First you had Virginia's incumbent Sen. George Allen "macaca" himself out of office with the help of an overzealous Washington Post. Now you've got that same state's Sen.-elect, Jim Webb, embracing his inner jackass. At a recent White House reception for freshman members of Congress, Virginia's newest senator tried to avoid President Bush. Democrat James […]
House Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi has decided that impeached judge Alcee Hastings isn't the person to chair the House Intelligence Committee. For those interested on some more background on Hastings, check out this report by National Review's Byron York on the impeachment inquiry led by Democrat Rep. John Conyers.
It will be curious to see if the media in the coming days gives Rep. Charlie Rangel's "members of the military only join because they can't get a good job" comments similar play to Sen. John Kerry's "the troops are stupid" slur. On "Fox News Sunday" this morning, Rangel had the following to say : […]
Whenever some nutjob threatens a Supreme Court justice or some other assorted liberal politician (yes, I've purposefully conflated some judges with political operatives -- because they act that way) the loons on the left lay blame on talk radio or the right-wing blogosphere. Curiously, these same people are untroubled by the hate and bile from […]
It looks like some Democrats believe that last Tuesday's election results are a mandate to make sure that the United States needs to give unprecedented rights to terrorists. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., is expected to take over as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and The (Calif.) Daily Journal reports that Leahy is drafting a […]
Now that the Democrats hold the House, comments like this one from Rep. Nancy Pelosi are going to get more scrutiny. From Fox News' "Special Report with Brit Hume": Major Garrett (voiceover): Asked if it was more important to win or leave Iraq, presumptive Speaker Nancy Pelosi told Fox this: Nancy Pelosi: The point is […]
Last week, Sen. John Kerry said the members of the U.S. military are stupid and uneducated. After two days and a shunning by his colleagues not seen since the days of Hester Prynne, Kerry apologized -- sort of. Kerry's apology was transparently insincere and it followed the template of insincere apologies by all politicians nowadays. […]
Late this afternoon Sen. John Kerry apologized -- sorta: As a combat veteran, I want to make it clear to anyone in uniform and to their loved ones: my poorly stated joke at a rally was not about, and never intended to refer to any troop. I sincerely regret that my words were misinterpreted to […]
I go to work and Sen. John Kerry continues his meltdown. The smart thing to do is to issue the following statement: In a lame attempt to make a joke at the president's expense I misspoke. I am sorry. I never intended to insult our troops in uniform serving in Iraq. I hope they will […]