"Breaking GOP Ranks"
Martin Sieff's observation that "[A]s more Republican senators sour on Rumsfeld's war, John McCain and Chuck Hagel may no longer be the party's lone men of conscience" gives a bit of credence to...
View ArticleBarbara Tuchman on "Wooden-headedness, the source of...
Via Dowd's The Springs of FateWhen Mars rushes into Achilles' soul in his battle with Hector, as Alexander Pope wrote in his translation of Homer's "Iliad,""the springs of fate snap every lock...
View Article"Saving Private England: Sequel to a Hit"
If Frank Rich is any guide, and most times he's perceptive in these matters cum politics and pop culture, we just might want to see the new documentary about Al Jazeera, "Control Room". He claims that...
View ArticleKerry: "Ameria must be America for everyone."
An inspiring speech made with passion: "Kerry Marks Desegregation Anniversary with Warning."We should not delude ourselves into thinking that the work of Brown is done when there are those who still...
View ArticleThere are Courts-Martials and there are Courts-Martials: a view from the...
Deserter cites prison abuses as defenseMajor Players:Staff Sgt. Camilo Mejia's - "first public deserter in the war...28, a squad leader in the Florida National Guard who did not return to his unit in...
View ArticleTommy Franks calls this person: "the fucking stupidest guy on the face...
Here are some clues.....Not a single Iraq war screw-up has gone by without someone tagging...as the guy to blame. [Gifted with] purity of neoconservative fervor, he has turned out to be Michael Dukakis...
View Article"Berkeley law students denounce professor for POW memo"
Thanks to TalkLeft"Berkeley Law School Students Protest Professor's Work For Bush Administration"Some graduating University of California law students used their commencement Saturday to denounce a...
View ArticleMore Legalese? U.S. Disputed Protected Status of Iraq Inmates
Were "they" not under oath before recent Congressional Hearings? If so, then tell me why perjury charges against "them" are not appropriate, to wit: Presented last fall with a detailed catalog of...
View ArticleLady liberty Weeps: "Europeans wary of Bush's D-Day visit"
John Kerry, hinted at as much as the press went on and on about....Many leaders `see him as a disaster'LONDON -- In Europe, the legacy of the 9,386 American soldiers who lie buried on a bluff...
View ArticleIrony of Ironies as "Delusions of Triumph"
Paul Krugman notes a couple of ironies for us here.Republicans, we hear, are frustrated by polls showing that the public has a poor opinion of George Bush's economic leadership. In their view, the...
View Article"The FBI is now interrogating the neocon cronies of Ahmed Chalabi."
Washington's Chalabi nightmare - One more headache for the besieged Bush administration....Sidney Blumenthal weighs in here, concluding:Washington, which was just weeks ago in the grip of...
View Article"[T]he straight shooter never existed...To Tell the Truth"
Although we knew Bush wasn't the Real Deal along - People who get their news by skimming the front page, or by watching TV, must be feeling confused by the sudden change in Mr. Bush's character. For...
View ArticleUpdate: Kerry's Campaign Slogan
We vigorously "entertained" this matter via the "Kerry's New Slogan SUCKS!"Diary Today's NYT brings us this headline: In 5 Words by Langston Hughes, Kerry Aides Hear a Likely Campaign SloganIn the past...
View Article"A National Catastrophe" of major proportions although not on...
Whitley's Journal pegs "It": The outing of Valerie Plame.Don't believe for a moment the rantings of lying radio hosts about this case. Valerie Plame was no small fish. The revelation of her name is, in...
View ArticleIs the news of the "Taming of the Blogosphere" premature?
Kevin Drum reports on Billmon's return from sea to "mourn the taming of the blogosphere" in a piece in the La Times with this provacative headline "Blogging Sells, and Sells Out". Drum Highlights these...
View ArticleWe don't need no stinking Drama Critics for these debates....
...wildly paraphrasing Krugman in his piece today, Swagger vs. Substance. He makes this salient point among many others:Let's face it: whatever happens in Thursday's debate, cable news will proclaim...
View ArticleAnd Here's McGruder: "cartoonist with an edge":
Aaron meets Aaron ORNEWSNIGHT meets "The Boondocks":BROWN: All right. Two sentences: who won the debate? You're going to say this.MCGRUDER: Kerry. He got his ass whooped.BROWN: Who did?MCGRUDER: Kerry....
View ArticleABC News Memo: Hold Bush Accountable
Initial Title: Sooooooooooooo, holding Bush accountable is unacceptableAlternative title thanks to Grassroots MomACTION ALERT: ABC News Attempts to Hold Bush Accountable and Right Wing Crybabies...
View ArticleThe Anatomy of the "Balance" Question in the Press
According to Spin Buster, Public Editor Daniel Okrent doesn't quite give the balance question justice in his column today: Political Bias at The Times? Two Counterarguments. As the Campaign Desk points...
View Article"Top 35 Trends that say Kerry will Take the White House in November"
[editor's note, by DemFromCT]Today is a travel day for Kos, so expect to see some supplemental postings as an antidote to jet lag. This one ("Political Strategy' link has more details) is a worthy read...
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