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More Fake Outrage, More Wimpy Democrats

Blog: July 17th, 2006

A few days ago, the Democratic Party posted an ad on their website. For once, it was a powerful, effective ad, full of emotional imagery that succinctly presented an unmistakable message: The past six years have been awful, and it’s time for a change. Naturally, the Republicans in Congress and Republican bloggers were outraged! Outraged […]

The President and the Pig

Blog: July 18th, 2006

Will Ferrell’s got nothing on this Bush impersonator. It is an impersonator, right? Please tell me this is a joke:

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Calling all spinners — explain how Bush has "made us safer."

Blog: September 25th, 2006

There are times when being right makes you the happiest person in the world, and then there are the times it makes you crap your pants. Guess which one of those times this is. I want every angry, slogan-spouting flag-waiver who’s ever written in ordering me to “leave the President alone, he’s making us safer” […]

October Surprise: the Saddam Death Sentence

Blog: November 3rd, 2006

October Surprises happen in November these days. After being delayed for nebulous reasons, the Iraqi court trying Saddam Hussein (a court whose logistics are largely controlled by agents of the United States) has decided to announce its verdict this Sunday, two days before the U.S. Congressional elections.
As President Bush faces mounting criticism over the war, […]

Winning Hearts and Minds, example 29,987

Blog: December 1st, 2006

Disclaimer: Spotted this on SmirkingChimp.com; I have no idea what the source of this video may be, but verified stories coming out of Iraq make this look tame by comparison, so odds are it’s legit. It seems more like a sure-fire method for creating an insurgent, rather than a way to instill a sense of […]

It’s all in the timing.

Blog: December 20th, 2006

In 2001, according to former terrorism czar Richard Clark, he and others in the government demanded that President Bush pay attention to the threat from Al Qaeda. The White House ignored the demands (instead focusing on apparently more pressing matters, such as Internet pornography), and the entire world is familiar with the results of that […]

When the story matches the ad…

Blog: December 20th, 2006

Came across this moment of synchronicity on the Washington Post’s website this morning, and just had to capture it for posterity:  There comes a time when you have to cut your losses, admit your mistakes (or at the very least, declare victory) and leave, and we very well may be at that point right now. What […]

Merry Christmas, Iraq, three years late

Blog: December 24th, 2006

Is it just me, or does anyone else think this is something we should have done THREE @#$% YEARS AGO?
THE White House is expected to announce a reconstruction package for Iraq as part of a plan for a “surge” of up to 30,000 troops into Baghdad when President George W Bush unveils America’s new strategy […]

The SpOILs of War

Blog: January 10th, 2007

Colin Powell, 2003:“It cost a great deal of money to prosecute this war. But the oil of the Iraqi people belongs to the Iraqi people; it is their wealth, it will be used for their benefit. So we did not do it for oil.”London’s Independent, 2007:
Iraq’s massive oil reserves, the third-largest in the world, are […]

Clinton spins the war vote

Blog: March 22nd, 2007

Oh, please…
From The Hill:Former President Bill Clinton yesterday complained that “it’s just not fair” the way his wife, presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), is being depicted for her controversial Iraq war vote.Speaking to hundreds of supporters on conference call, the former president said, “I don’t have a problem with anything Barack Obama [has] […]