I usually agree with George Will, but today's column isn't one of them. Will argues that the NSA surveillance program is "monarchical." The next time a president asks Congress to pass something akin to what Congress passed on Sept. 14, 2001 -- the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) -- the resulting legislation might […]
As predicted, it didn't take long for the comics to jump all over Dick Cheney. First we have David Letterman's Top 10 list of the Top Ten Dick Cheney Excuses: 10. "Heart palpitation caused trigger finger to spasm" 9. "Wanted to get the Iraq mess off the front page" 8. "Not enough Jim Beam" 7. […]
Over at Slate they have a little explainer on hunting etiquette and it's quickly apparent that the headline writer didn't read the story. First, the headline and subhed: Does Dick Cheney Know How To Hunt? What the veep needs to learn about shooting quail. And now the story: On Saturday, Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally […]
Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot a fellow hunter Saturday afternoon. The victim, 78-year-old Harry Whittington, is apparently going to be OK. Comedians are going to have a field day with this, but I think that this was just a cynical effort to up Cheney's poll numbers. Whittington is a lawyer -- shooting lawyers always […]
Time magazine has published a photo of President Bush meeting with disgraced lobbyist and felon Jack Abramoff. As of today, Time has not published anything on Abramoff's links to Senate Minority leader Harry Reid. In the photograph Time is touting on its Web site, Abramoff can only be seen as a smudge in the background. […]
John McCain has written a scathing letter to freshman Illinois Sen. Barack Obama that he's going to remember for a long time. I would like to apologize to you for assuming that your private assurances to me regarding your desire to cooperate in our efforts to negotiate bipartisan lobbying reform legislation were sincere. When you […]
Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty Tuesday to three felony counts of fraud, conspiracy and tax evasion. He could be sentenced for up to 11 years in federal prison. I hope that the public officials that participated in his schemes -- both Republican and Democrat -- end up spending quality time with him in the […]
Yesterday, during an interview with Fox News' Brit Hume, President Bush offered the opinion that he believed Texas Congressman Tom DeLay was innocent of the money laundering charges he is faced with in Travis County, Texas. Now the Democrats have voiced their outrage -- and it makes Page A4 of the Washington Post. Democratic leaders […]
John Fund has a blurb in today's OpinionJournal.com Political Diary (fourth item) on the Grossmont Union High School District here in eastern San Diego County. If you want to know what's going on in that district, Fund's piece is a horrible place to start. Let's start with the factual errors. Nonsense, says Ron Nehring, the […]
Way back when, "politician" wasn't a career choice -- it was something that you did for a short period of time in between real, productive jobs. Of course, for at least the last century, it has become a career for many -- including anyone named "Kennedy." However, there are still a few who hold on […]