April 15, 2008 – 01:22 pm
From Philly.com’s Obama would ask his AG to “immediately review” potential of crimes in Bush White House: “Tonight I had an opportunity to ask Barack Obama…whether an Obama administration would seek to prosecute officials of a former Bush administration. Obama said that as president he would indeed ask his new Attorney General and his deputies to [...]
From Alternet’s How the U.S. Just Got Schooled by a ‘Rag-Tag’ Neighborhood Army in Iraq: “Guerrilla wars are slow, crock-pot wars. To win this kind of war, the long war, takes patience. Trying to force a ‘defining moment’ by military action is not just ignorant and idiotic, but risks further demoralizing your side when that [...]
From Slate’s new series, How to fix the executive branch: “With President Bush’s approval rating hovering in the 30s, just about everyone has an opinion on what George W. has done wrong in the past seven years. But not everyone can explain what the next president must do to fix it. So we’ve called in [...]
March 16, 2008 – 11:38 pm
From Maureen Dowd’s Soft Shoe in Hard Times : “Now that he’s mucked up the world and the country, [the President] can finally stop rebelling against his dad and relax in the certainty that the Bush name will forever be associated with crash-and-burn presidencies.” [This is scary as all fuck.]
March 13, 2008 – 01:43 pm
From Salon’s Report? What Report?: “With the fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war quickly approaching, the Pentagon sponsored a new study on the relationship between Saddam Hussein and terror groups including al-Qaida. The report found no ‘direct connection’ between Saddam’s Iraq and al-Qaida. The report did say that Saddam was one of [...]
March 10, 2008 – 11:43 am
From the NY Times’s Sniping by Aides Hurt Clinton’s Image as Manager: “Mrs. Clinton showed a tendency toward an insular management style, relying on a coterie of aides who have worked for her for years, her aides and associates said. Her choice of lieutenants, and her insistence on staying with them even when friends urged [...]
From NY Time’s Live Blogging Tonights Results: “Two Vermont towns approved symbolic measures Tuesday calling for the indictment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for what they consider violations of the Constitution. The measures seek to have police arrest Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney if they ever visit Brattleboro or nearby Marlboro. Not [...]
February 15, 2008 – 01:09 pm
From the Rutland Herald’s The Senate caves: “Democrats in the Senate caved on Tuesday for fear that they might be designated soft on terrorism, approving a bill that gives the federal government broad powers to spy on Americans with little judicial oversight. It was a defeat for Sen. Patrick Leahy, who has sought to hold [...]
February 14, 2008 – 03:13 pm
From the Rutland Herald’s Bush signs stimulus bill; checks to be sent by spring: “President Bush signed legislation Wednesday to rush rebates ranging from $300 to $1,200 to millions of people, the centerpiece of government efforts to brace the wobbly economy. First, though, you must file your 2007 tax return.” [Remember, terrorists save their rebate; [...]
January 21, 2008 – 04:31 pm
From Newsweek’s In The Shadow of Bush: “By examining Bush’s hubris, his almost willful disregard for annoying counterarguments, the Republican candidates can demonstrate a greater level of critical open-mindedness and self-awareness—they can show that they are not deluded by wishful thinking and Manichaean narratives. Come to think of it, that’s not a bad standard for [...]
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