Fleeing the Ship…

With yesterday’s announcement of Sen. Trent “Lobbying is My Friend” Lott retiring before his term ends, another republican has decided to flee while the fleeing’s good.

Let’s review the plethora of republican and White House departures and the soon-to-depart; Donald Rumsfeld, Karl Rove, Tom DeLay, Larry Craig, Dennis Hastert, Fran Townsend, Karen Hughes, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, David Hobson, Ralph Regula, Tony Snow, Wan Kim, Deb Pryce, Chip Pickering, Richard Griffin, Alberto Gonzales, Trent Lott… I could go on, but the internet only has so much space…

Why are they all fleeing?? What about the good of the party? What about the rest of Bush’s reign of terror term?

Over the course of seven years, Bush, his cronies and much of the gop has trampled all over our Constitution, driven the US economy into the ground, threw our world standing into the toilet and got us involved in a misguided and mismanaged war that has cost us, as a nation, thousands of lives…

And republicans are running out of DC faster than you can say ‘indictment’.

Why? Is it possible that they know something we don’t, like the shit is going to hit the fan very soon and the USS gop is going under faster than XX’s career?

Stay tuned…

The Tuesday ‘BushWhack’ing

Another day closer to the end of another month… one question; where the Hell did November go??

• Hilarious headline of the day; “Bush’s Mideast Legacy on the Line at Peace Conference.” Um… one question, how can he have a legacy considering this is the FIRST time, in 7 plus years in office, that he has hosted a Mid-East conference? It’s certainly not based on his past dealings there; Afghanistan, Iraq, etc…
• The republican presidential candidates are starting to snipe at each like the Democrats as Mitt Romney sent a harsh message to former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee by calling him a tax-raising, illegal immigrant-coddling liberal and then said that Huckabee is no Jack Kennedy Ronald Reagan… (but then again, neither is Romney… or Thompson… or Giuliani… as a Liberal, I believe that Ronald Reagan was one of a kind, and the gop needs to realize that and, instead of trying to find the next Reagan, should busy themselves with fixing their image from within…)
• Vice President Dick “President” Cheney is back at work after doctors used an electrical current to correct his irregular heartbeat… wow, talk about snark overload…
• He’s a former commanding general in Iraq, unable to get a fourth star and forced into retirement partly for his role in a prison scandal… she’s the speaker of the House., desperate to end a war that HE helped start… (Wow, this has the makings of a REALLY bad sitcom; someone call Fox and let them know we have a new show for them…)
• The United States and Iraq signed a plan for “bilateral relations”, meaning that the stage has been set for a ong-term presence of American troops in Iraq… (wow, I didn’t see that coming… it’s so hard to express sarcasm in the written form)
• And have we mentioned? That “President” Bush hosted (President) Gore at the White House yesterday? It’s true; Bush hosted Gore in honor of Gore’s Nobel Prize win. According to Gore, the two talked about global warming the entire meeting. No word if Gore used small words and lots of pictures in his conversation with Bush…

The Monday ‘BushWhack’ing

I trust we’ve all recovered from turkey-coma… and if you haven’t, this… won’t do it…

• And another one bites the dust as Sen. Trent Lott, (r-MS) intends to resign by the end of this year… all together now; ‘will the last republican out of DC please turn off the lights’…
• “President” Bush used his weekly radio address to rightfully give thanks to our troops serving around the globe…
• Illinois U.S. Rep. Danny Davis was pulled over early last Monday morning for “driving left of center”… did I mention Mr. Davis is black?
• Seven years into Bush’s term and the administration is hosting a Middle East conference today…
• And have we mentioned? That Nancy Nord, the acting chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, wasn’t around for Black Friday? We posted earlier this month that Nord has taken nearly 30 trips since coming on board and all of them were paid for by CPSC-regulated industries. Now it turns out that she, on the biggest shopping day of the year as consumers faced fears about Chinese-made toys, is traveling in Japan… (Sigh… I don’t know why anything done by people in this administration surprises me anymore – but it does…)

The Weekly Rewind

It’s that time again, no, no, no, not time to sit down to another full blown Thanksgiving dinner, I’m sure we are still all recovering from Thursday’s gastric distress ! No it’s time for another episode of The Weekly Rewind.

Applaud: Here’s to doing something instead of just talking about it. Former president Bill Clinton’s “eco-friendly” presidential library’s roof is now going green. Over the past two weeks, workers have been hoisting 90 species of plants and more than four truckloads of soil atop the library to provide insulation and capture rainwater that otherwise would just be wasted as runoff. Picnic on the roof anyone?

Applaud: For finally catching up to the rest of us. The number of economists forecasting the U.S. will slip into recession almost doubled over the last two months, according to a survey by the National Association for Business Economics. Thanks for getting in line with the rest of the American Public, we’ve been waiting for you.

Heckle: To the further weakening of the economy. The U.S. dollar has fallen to historic lows against both the euro and the yen as worries about the strength of the U.S. economy continue. The drop has been precipitated by the U.S. credit crisis, which has caused foreign investors to pull some of their investments out of U.S. markets and put them in other countries. I’m waiting for someone to tell me that this is good for the economy….I need a good laugh.

Heckle: To a reversal in crime statistics. The FBI released its hate crime statistics for 2006 showing an increase of 7.8 percent. The Southern Poverty Law Center says the FBI report is “severely flawed,” noting that Alabama reported only one hate crime in 2006, while Mississippi and Hawaii did not report any hate crimes at all. “In fact, the level of hate crimes in the United States is astoundingly high — more than 190,000 incidents per year.” What the hell happened to the reports coming out of the Justice Department stating that crime was being reduced across the board? Oh yeah, another adminstration fabrication….

Heckle: The truth hurts… While the violence in Baghdad declines, northern Iraq has become more violent than other regions as al-Qaida and other militants move there to avoid coalition operations elsewhere. “What you’re seeing is the enemy shifting,” Army Maj. Gen. Mark P. Hertling told reporters yesterday. I guess they are not as dumb as we thought they were…

Heckle: To more of the same. US contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan more than doubled from 2004 to 2006 to over 25 billion dollars but government oversight of the firms involved has slackened,” reports the Center for Public Integrity. Former Halliburton subsidiary KBR topped the list with more than $16 billion in U.S. contracts. When is this going to stop?

Applaud: To forward thinking. Fearing that President Bush would again use a Congressional recess to install executive branch appointees without Senate confirmation, Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) gaveled in a 30-second Senate session yesterday. “This is an exercise in protecting the Constitution and our constitutional process,” Webb said. It’s pretty sad that it had to come to this, but thank you Senator for taking a stand.

Heckle: To the effects of a weakened economy. Americans enter the holiday season in a dark mood, with economic worries, security fears and a lack of confidence in government fueling growing pessimism, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday. The number of Americans who believe the country is on the right track fell from 26 percent to 24 percent in the last month, with about two-thirds believing it is headed in the wrong direction. And this is a surprise to anyone?…. I thought not..

This one could be good or bad. The Supreme Court has agreed to review an appeals court decision that struck down a 31-year-old Washington D.C., ban on pistols. The court’s examination of the meaning of the Second Amendment for the first time in nearly 70 years carries broad implications for gun-control measures locally and across the country. Personally, I would like to see gun bans repealed and while we are at it, my home state of Illinois can get it’s head out of it’s ass and pass CCW legislation for law abiding citizens.

Applaud: To thinking outside the box. Two groups of scientists yesterday revealed that they “succeeded in turning human skin cells into cells that are very similar — but not identical — to embryonic stem cells.” Experts, however, cautioned that it is unclear whether the new cells will be as effective as conventional embryonic stem cells may prove to be against certain disease. Since the administration is so narrow minded when it comes to the benefits to be obtained from stem cells, let’s see if they can embrace this ‘end run’.

Well folks, that’s it for this week. It’s Thanksgiving weekend, time to have another helping of turkey, stuffing and whatever else filled your holiday table. Raise a glass to all that you are thankful for and don’t forget to say thanks to the people in your life who mean the most to you. I’m sure they would appreciate it.

Be good, stay informed….later.

The Wednesday ‘BushWhack’ing

Day before Thanksgiving…if you’re gonna be traveling, travel safe...

• The mud-slinging and name-calling for the Democratic presidential candidates is getting very nasty and, quite frankly, very childish…
• Former White House spokesman Scott McClellan’s book doesn’t come out until April, but as we mentioned yesterday, the excerpt is causing waves... odds of the administration throwing him under the bus are growing larger by the minute…
• Rudy Giuliani is being swift-boated by firefighters and 9/11-victim’s families…
• Trying to prevent “President” Bush from recess-appointing some executive branch nominees, the Senate Democrat’s offensive, in a pro-forma style, is working. Yesterday, Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) gaveled in a 30-second Senate session yesterday, saying; “This is an exercise in protecting the Constitution and our constitutional process.” About time the Democrats start showing some balls… just keep it up!!!
• David Obey (D-WI) and John Murtha (D-PA) pushed back the Bush(whacked) Administration claims that the Pentagon is going to run out of money soon because Congress failed to pass the war funding bill before the Thanksgiving recess… never mind that the $460 billion defense bill signed by Bush last week can pay for the wars…
• And have we mentioned? That Americans are not coming into the holiday season as happy campers? According to a Reuters/Zogby poll released today, the number of Americans that believe we’re on the right track fell dropped to 24% from last month’s 26%... add to that that two-thirds believe we’re headed in the wrong direction and you have a nervous nation... January 20, 2009 can NOT come soon enough..

Let the spin begin

One thing that conservatives never tire of is playing the politics of fear card… and even though there’s still a little less than a year until the presidential election, the Bush(whacked) Administration is at it again by claiming that al-Qaeda may target the presidential elections.

Did I mention they have absolutely no evidence or claim for that…

In the past it was Vice President Cheney or Spokesman Tony Snow spouting this, but this time it’s outgoing Homeland Security Adviser Frances Fragos Townsend.

Responding to a question, she told CNN that al Qaeda may target the presidential elections, saying there isn’t any “specific information,” but then added that “we know that Al Qaeda views these periods as being a particularly vulnerable period.”

Prepare yourself… as we get closer to the 2008 presidential election, look out for more claims that voting for Liberals will empower the terrorists.

The Tuesday ‘BushWhack’ing

Meh…

• Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan has written in memoirs and he, as written in a publisher-released excerpt, he implicates “President” Bush in the Valerie Plame scandal and was lied to about it by those above him… (Interesting turn of events, isn’t it? Stay tuned…)
• Global Warming has been doing a good job of staying out of the presidential race...
• New polling shows Fred Thompson’s (r-TN) ratings are sliding while Mitt Romney’s (r-MA) are spiking upwards in New Hampshire and John McCain (r-AZ) is pushing his national security “strength” as the reason people should vote for him in that state… (uh-huh…)
• And have we mentioned? That a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C. has opened an investigation into the role of Blackwater security guards in the shooting deaths of 17 Iraqi citizens in September in Baghdad? As has the U.S. military, the FBI, and the Iraqi government are also investigating the shooting… (yeah, this should end well…)

The Monday ‘BushWhack’ing

It’s the beginning of a short week, so have a short ‘whack’ing:

• Fearful that “President” Bush will recess appoint nominees that , Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has scheduled “pro-forma” sessions that, essentially, keeps the Senate in session… Bush(whacked) Administration whining starts in five, four, three…
• Try to contain your shock, but another administration official has fled the sinking ship left; homeland security adviser Fran Townsend resigned her position today and cited no reason for her departure. I know I’ve said this many, many, many times before, but will the last administration official leaving DC please turn off the lights?
• And have we mentioned? That a survey by the National Association for Business Economics shows bad economic times ahead? It’s true, according to the survey, the number of economists that are forecasting the U.S. will slip into a recession has “almost doubled over the last two months.” Add to that the fact that the U.S. dollar has fallen to historic lows against the euro and the yen, and you have a nation worried about the strength of the U.S. economy… (And yet, the Bush loyalists continue to say that the economy is robust… which begs the question of what they HELL they are smoking…)

The Weekly Rewind

Um.. have I ever mentioned before that Blogger bites it? There is more to this week's rewind... but it's lost somewhere...

Applaud: to something that we mentioned earlier this week that shouldn’t be a surprise… a new poll by the Norman Lear Center and Zogby International showed that Liberals are more open to opposing viewpoints than conservatives. (explains an awful lot, doesn’t it?)
Heckle: to the establishment of a legal defense fund for former attorney general Alberto “Still an Albatross” Gonzales. Gonzales is still staring down a Justice Department investigation investigating if he committed perjury or tampered with a congressional witness. All fine and good, but my question is, if he says he didn’t do anything wrong, why does he need a legal defense fund?

Applaud: to the House for approving, 227 to 189, the RESTORE Act, which will update the Protect America Act that will restore judicial oversight to the “surveillance of foreign targets outside the United States.” (Wow… almost like the Constitution is still around, imagine that…)

Heckle: to an end-around that shouldn’t be allowed to happen. “President” Bush’s Surgeon General nominee, Dr. James Holsinger, resigned his position on the Asbury Theological Seminary board of trustees because he expects to be recess appointed as Surgeon General. (Classic Bush tactics. Don’t like what’s happening, take a back-door approach so people can’t question the motives… what a fucking tool…)

Applaud: to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for “considering” pro forma sessions during the Thanksgiving break aimed at stopping Bush from using the break to install his executive branch nominees like Holsinger… (Nice to see you show up Harry… keep it up)

Heckle: to more depressing economic news. The “economic optimism index”, one of the primary measures of consumer confidence has dropped to a two-year low, partially weighed down by the housing market turmoil and surging oil prices… but conservatives still maintain that the economy is robust… to which I ask what color is the sky in your world?

Applaud: to Billionaire investor Warren Buffett. He urged Congress earlier this week to keep the estate tax and said that repealing it would “benefit a handful of the richest American families and widen income disparity in the United States” and is a “death present” for the wealthy… (Comforting, isn’t it, to see someone with that much money saying that it SHOULD NOT be repealed… too bad he’s in the majority within his demographic…)

Heckle: to Blackwater USA. A FBI investigation shows that the deaths of Iraqi civilians by Blackwater guards back in September were “unjustified and violated deadly-force rules in effect for security contractors in Iraq”… immunity offer from the Bush(whacked) Administration in five, four, three…

Applaud: to the Senate Judiciary Committee for striking telecon immunity from the current FISA bill.

Heckle: to the so-called hidden economic costs the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have cost the US. So far the total has topped $1.5 trillion and has cost an average American family of four more than $20,000.... (It was worth it since we got bin Laden… oh, wait. At least it’s made oil and gas prices drop… oh, wait…)

Applaud: to the American people. According to a new American Research Group poll, 55% of those polled think “President” Bush has committed impeachable offenses and has “abused his powers” in a manner that rises “to the level of impeachable offenses under the Constitution.” (You never know, it could still happen…)

Heckle: to news that further enhances the opinion that this administration has done NOTHING towards making us safer when we fly. The GAO filed a report that shows government investigators were able to smuggle liquid explosives and detonators through airport checkpoints, thereby “exposing dangerous vulnerabilities in security efforts.” (Lovely… at least we’ve spend so much on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan…)

Applaud: to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown for NOT acting like a Bush lapdog. Acting the polar opposite of his predecessor, the Bush(whacked) Administration is “losing patience” with Brown because he has so-far been reluctant to declare that Iran must never be allowed nuclear weapons… (way to go Gordo. Not only are you distancing yourself from Tony Blair, but also the arrogant, declining Bush White House. Keep it up)

Heckle: to Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf. After declaring a state of emergency, he has become the “most unpopular figure in the country.” Nothing surprising there… but “running a close second” is President Bush… with people now calling the two of them “Busharraf”…

Applaud: to federal judge Henry Kennedy who ordered the White House to “preserve copies of all its e-mails” even though administration lawyers had argued against it.

Applaud: to Catholics United. The group launched an ad campaign that targeted “pro-life Christian” politicians who voted against SCHIP expansion by criticizing those that say they’re “pro-life,” but then voted against SCHIP expansion. Said the ads; “That’s not pro-life. That’s not pro-family.” (Well said CU, well said…)

Bush + Libby's Pardon = Same for Bonds?

HT to TP...

It’s not often that my love of politics and my love of sports collide, but it has this week.

For those of you who don’t know, Major League baseball’s home run king Barry Bonds was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on five counts of perjury and obstruction of justice due to his testimony about steroid use. Now he is looking at a possible prison term of thirty years.

(Note: I agree that steroids are bad, and that using them is wrong. BUT… until recently, steroid use was not “illegal” in MLB… so I place just as much blame on the league’s shoulders as I do the players because the league looked the other way… and I’m unsure how baseball can penalize people for doing something in the past that was, at the time, not illegal… but before I get off on a wild tangent, let’s get back to our regularly scheduled post)

Following the indictment, White House spokesman Tony Fratto put out a statement, saying; “The president is very disappointed to hear this. […] As this case is now in the criminal justice system, we will refrain from any further specific comments about it. But clearly this is a sad day for baseball.”

Is Bush disappointed enough that he would consider commuting Bonds’ sentence if he’s convicted???

Consider this tidbit from ThinkProgress;

“The White House response to Bonds’ case recalls their reaction to the indictment of Scooter Libby. Libby too was charged with five counts of perjury, obstruction of justice, and making false statements. Bush said, “We’re all saddened by today’s news.” Cheney expressed his “deep regret” that Libby had to resign. […] Libby was of course found guilty by a jury and sentenced to 30 months in jail, but before he served a day in prison, Bush commuted his sentence. Tony Snow claimed that Bush’s commutation order was issued on the “basis of principle. […] So will the White House now operate on that same principle and also consider And if not, why should he be treated differently?”

Interesting theory, isn’t it? And it is just that, a theory… but remember that Bush, according to sports columnist Skip Bayless, “looked the other way…” regarding steroid use when he was the managing partner of the Texas Rangers.

Baltimore Sun columnist Rick Mease asked in a column today; “So what makes Bonds different? … His biggest mistake? Breaking a record. And maybe not looking quite enough like Scooter Libby.”

Pretty harsh condemnation of Bush if you ask me…

Bush pardoned Libby for, essentially, the same thing Bonds did: lying to a federal grand jury… so if Bush doesn’t pardon Bonds, he’s going to have to answer more questions about his pardoning of Libby… and with public opinion on the pardon already squarely against him, the public won’t stand for cronyism as an excuse…

Stay tuned.

The Friday Presidential Race ‘BushWhack’ing

• The Democratic presidential candidates staged another debate yesterday in Las Vegas, and it was a heated debate to say the least. All were in attendance, Clinton, Edwards, Obama, Biden, Richardson, Kucinich and Dodd. The primary target was “frontrunner” Hillary Clinton (D-NY) who mostly traded barbs with John Edwards (D-SC) and Barack Obama (D-IL)… pundits suggest that Clinton overcame her “issues” with the last debate and won this one… stay tuned.
• The Iowa republican Party (insert own joke here) canceled a presidential debate scheduled to be televised on Fox “News” on Dec. 4 because Romney was afraid refused to attend. (My thought? So effin what that Romney wouldn’t be there… I say still stage it and make his campaign the target of all the slinging. Canceling a debate because one candidate couldn’t be there is rather inane… but then again, it IS the republicans…)
• And when I say they were all there, I qualify that by saying all of them were there that could afford to be there. Mike Gravel was excluded from the debate because of lackluster fundraising… and the fact that I have a better chance of getting the nomination than he does…
• The National Right to Life Committee endorsed Fred Thompson (r-TN) as their presidential nominee… which should easily propel him to victory…(It’s so hard to express sarcasm in the written form)
• Obama won the endorsement of the United Auto Workers in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota earlier this week…
• The shady political strategies have officially started as New Hampshire and Iowa residents have been receiving phone calls this week that raised questions about Mitt Romney’s background...
• Romney took a swipe at Rudy Giuliani this week as he said that Rudy himself is partly responsible for the vast number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. today… (Uh, okay… rather shallow reasoning there Mitt…)
• Now that he's moved up to second place in Iowa (really??) Mike Huckabee is “now in his opponents crosshairs”…
• And have we mentioned? That the chairman of the republican National Committee, Mike Duncan, said yesterday that the party is ready for the Democrats in Nevada? Duncan proclaimed as such during an interview with Wolf Blitzer after last night’s Democratic Debate… to which I, along with many others I suspect, would say to him that, at this stage, the rNC is not really ready for ANYTHING, yet along battling the Democrats in a strategic battleground state.

The Thursday ‘BushWhack’ing

One day closer. . .

• The Democrats have another debate tonight, this time in a city that, as I wrote yesterday, is expected to be a major player in the next election; Las Vegas, Nevada. Pundits Those who are trying to make a mountain out of a molehill say that “frontrunner” Hillary Clinton (D-NY) is on the “hot seat” for this debate because, according to CNN, this is the first debate since her “stumble at a debate in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.” (Yes, her answer to the question about driver's licenses for illegal immigrants was, to say the least, convoluted, but the one and only reason it resonated for so long is because the media kept it going for days afterwards. Truth be told, it was not that big of a ‘stumble’, and I think that she will hit back hard tonight at her foes and they may regret making this such a big issue… stay tuned)
• CNN is reporting that Rep. Dennis Hastert (r-IL) will announce on the House floor that he is retiring from Congress today, triggering a special election to replace him. Let’s hope…
• Showing that the Democrats may be more than all talk and no substance, the House approved a war-funding bill again, but this time it actually has a timeline for Iraq troop withdrawal… and it’s substantially less than “President” Bush requested… (Game on!)
• New Attorney General Michael “Don’t call me albatross” Mukasey has already started kissing the administration’s ass jumped into the fray as he told Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Patrick Leahy (D-T) that he would urge “President” Bush to veto Leahy’s new surveillance plan… (Wow, that didn’t take long, did it? Thanks again to all the Democrats who voted to confirm this crony who looks to be ready to follow in Gonzales’ dirty-little footprints…)
• And have we mentioned? That publisher Judith Regan (she of the OJ Simpson book If I Did It) is getting involved in the presidential race? Regan alleges in a lawsuit filed earlier this week that senior executives at News Corp (owners of Fox “News” – big shocker) told her to lie to investigators about her affair with ex-New York Police Commissioner, Rudy Giuliani crony and recent indictment victim Bernard Kerik in order to protect Giuliani's presidential ambitions. (Wow, it’s like a bad soap opera... stay tuned to see what happens next…)
  

Color me not surprised

A new poll by the Norman Lear Center (really?) and Zogby International finds that Liberals are more open to opposing viewpoints than conservatives (no, rrrrreeaalllyyyy???) and tend to rely on Fox “News” for their information…

You don’t say, I never would have guessed…

Among the highlights…

• Fox “News” wins the prize for the most politically divisive TV channel (I am shocked, shocked to find gambling in this establishment) with 70% of conservatives watching it on a daily basis compared to 3% of liberals.


• 22% of conservatives say that they have “never” enjoyed entertainment that reflects values other than their own, compared to 7% of Liberals. (Put another way, Rush “NarcoDog” Limbaugh’s potential audience is larger than that of Liberal competitors because Liberals will listen to conservative voices but if conservatives hear other ideals, their heads would explode)


• Conservatives think “fictional TV shows and movies are politically biased” and “overwhelmingly (76%) believe that TV shows and movies ‘very often’ contain political messages, but they are the least likely to learn anything about political issues from them. Just 4% say they learn lessons from movies.”

This isn’t the first time that Fox “News” viewers have been revealed to be, shall we say, less than erudite. Back in April a Pew Research Study survey found that viewers of Fox “News” had the lowest knowledge of national and international affairs… and a more-recent AP-Ipsos poll showed that Liberals read more books than conservatives.

Liberals are more open to opinions other than their own… consider that the literal definition of ‘liberal’ means that one is open to new ideas while “conservative” means that you hold to tradition and are, for the most part, scared of change and/or innovation… but the manner in which these terms are thrown around in politics today are so-far from their literal meaning because they are more-so rolled up with each party’s ideologies.

That must be why it’s so hard to have an intellectual debate with a conservative.

The Wednesday ‘BushWhack’ing

Have some ‘hump day’ whackings...

• Much like the last presidential election, Las Vegas is shaping up to be a battleground for the 2008 tilt as well, stat tuned…
• I’m not a fan of political pundit Roland Martin, per se, but his latest salvo about not letting a few select states choose the president in the primary is pretty damn accurate. The time of Iowa and New Hampshire has passed, and it’s time that the national parties and the states themselves see that. The primary process, like life, needs to adapt, move forward and change with the times...
• When it's all said and done, every American family in the US will have paid $46,000 to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan...
• As the presidential race heats up, some of the lower-tiered candidates are getting desperate. Case in point, gop hopeful Tom Tancredo’s (r-CO) latest campaign ad depicting a terrorist attack on a mall. It’s no Goldwater Nuke ad, but it comes ridiculously close… and by ridiculous I mean that the American people don’t need to be reminded of the terrorist threat to our country, and by depicting it in an attempt to garner votes with politics-of-fear tactics is below even you… well, maybe not you…
• Mitt Romney (r-MA) is spending more than $85,000 a day on campaign ads for a total of $10.25 million while Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) has spent a total of $3.9 million so far.
• The Justice Department is opening an investigation into the Bush(Whacked) Administration’s no-warrant electronic surveillance program… and I’m sure what they find will be accurate and truthful… (It’s so hard to express sarcasm in the written form…)
• And have we mentioned? That a new American Research Group poll finds that 55% of voters believe President Bush has “abused his powers”? As if that wasn’t bad enough, 55% also believe that he’s abused his powers in a manner that rises to “the level of impeachable offenses under the Constitution.” (But let’s not call for impeachment… after all, he’s done nothing as serious as screwing an intern…()

The Tuesday ‘BushWhack’ing

No ado…

• Despite Bush(whacked) Administration lawyers’ arguments against it, a federal judge has ordered the White House to preserve copies of every email they send… claim of executive privilege in four, three, two…
• If the thing about the college student and the Clinton campaign turns out to be true, I sincerely doubt she’s the only campaign that does it… hell, even the White House picks its audiences. Having said that, if it is true, she should make a vow that her campaign won’t do it again. But I still have doubts that it actually happened, for no other reason than the student in question didn’t have a problem doing it during the event nor immediately after the event but a few days after. I’m not defending Clinton, but let’s keep in mind that people do tend to make things up about her… remember the Iowa waitress last week?
• Fred Thompson has picked up the endorsement of the National Right to Life Committee… Because he’s a republican, this is good for his campaign because we all know how much they like following the herd…
• The White House is passing the buck and blaming Congressional Democrats for not getting a bill that would fund veteran’s care programs… (Both are to blame and both need to get their collective heads out of their collective asses and get the bill passed…)
• And have we mentioned? That Hillary Clinton’s (D-NY) campaign is accusing John Edwards (D-SC) of acting like “President” Bush? Ouch, that’s way too harsh…