Disgraced former GOP Rep. Mark Foley says he's going into rehab. According to the Drudge Report, a letter was sent to TV station WPBF by Foley includes this line. I strongly believe that I am an alcoholic and have accepted the need for immediate treatment for alcoholism and related behavioral problems. Foley may be alcoholic, […]
Florida Republican Rep. Mark Foley resigned from the House Friday amid allegations that he is a pervert and sexual predator. ABC News reported yesterday that it had interviewed Foley, 52, about excerpts of instant messages provided by current and former pages under the age of 18. ABC reported that Foley, under the AOL Instant Messenger […]
John Bolton has been doing an excellent job as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations for the past year-plus. Unfortunately, he has not been confirmed by the Senate and his recess appointment will expire at the end of the current Congress. I'm of the opinion that there are only two reasons to reject a president's […]
The coverage of Colorado's redistricting pales in comparison to the attention given to the mid-decade redistricting that occurred in Texas. Unlike in the Texas case, Democrats didn't flee the state in order to deny a quorum in the legislature. Also, because Colorado is a smaller state, fewer House seats were at issue. Keeping those facts […]
On the other hand, the media, in trying to prove that Republicans are stupid, make themselves look stupid. Q Does the President support the Republican candidate for Senate in Connecticut? MR. SNOW: The President supports the democratic process in the state of Connecticut, and wishes them a successful election in November. Q Wait a minute. […]
Local congressman Darrell Issa (R-Vista) and Tom Davis (R) raised a ruckus last week over the possibility that the Interior Department may have covered-up some incompetence (or something more serious?) that resulted in billions of dollars in profits for oil companies. Here's the AP article. A Bloomberg version is here. From the Bloomberg version: The […]
A federal appeals court yesterday refused GOP requests to put someone other than former Rep. Tom DeLay on the ballot. The GOP lawyer: "This is completely incomparable with a viable two-party system," Bopp said. "This makes a mockery of our democratic system and denies voters a meaningful choice." Rewind 4 years and fly on over […]
Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert has proven yet again that you too can be a "C" student and rise to a position of power in American politics. This time Hastert has decided that one judicial beatdown is not enough and that he's considering going back to the woodshed to be spanked again to defend […]
This week the GOP's most sensitive senator, George Voinovich of Ohio, finally got over his emotional outburst at the thought of John Bolton being the U.S. representative to the U.N. Voinovich said that his observations are that "while Bolton is not perfect, he has demonstrated his ability, especially in recent months, to work with others […]
Rep. Brian Bilbray was one of the Republicans who voted, unsuccessfully, to override President Bush's veto of government-funded embryonic stem cell research. Ramesh Ponnuru over at National Review Online reports that Bibray's vote broke a promise made to pro-lifers during his recent campaign. While I wouldn't put such a campaign lie past Bilbray, I do […]