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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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BE AFRAID! Plot to bomb planes thwarted!

Blog: August 10th, 2006

Nabbing a few poor Black people from the projects who surprisingly aren’t fond of the government wasn’t scary enough. Neither was foiling a boneheaded plot to flood Manhattan by bombing the Holland Tunnel - a scheme that didn’t take into account the fact that New York is above the water level (you never know when […]

Candorville on Israel

Blog: August 23rd, 2006

Israel is our ally, and rightly so. And any nation has a right to defend itself. Almost everyone agrees about those two precepts. I believe Israel has a right to exist, and just as with the U.S., I’m going to speak out when I think their tactics are either inhumane or counterproductive. The best way […]

Is the Boogeyman dead?

Blog: September 23rd, 2006

First the crocodiles are denied their chance to bring Steve Irwin to justice, and now this…
The information purporting the death of the world’s most sought after terrorist is based on what the newspaper calls “a usually reliable source,” stating that Saudi intelligence sources “are convinced” of bin Laden’s death.The French intelligence report goes on to […]

Clinton Unloads on Faux News

Blog: September 24th, 2006

As anyone who’s seen a brilliant trailer and then gone to find out that the movie was total crap knows, it’s easy to give a false impression with a few simple editing tricks. For the past couple days, the Drudge Report and other right-wing sites have been downright orgasmic over a 50-second clip that they […]

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, […]

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] […]