99% Negative
The GOP is increasingly worried about its tenuous hold on the U.S. House in the wake of the Foley scandal. Just on Friday, the NRCC dumped another $9.3 million in independent expenditures in their...
Author: Ken
The Company You Keep
I’ve refrained from commenting too much on the explosive Foley scandal, as I do have some thoughts on the subject, but don’t want to rush it. In the mean time, I discovered the possible...
Bipartisan Or Washington Elite?
Apparently, Joe Lieberman is so squeamish at the thought of being partisan, he won’t even condemn the coverup of a sexual predator! I’ve got news for Joe – when you can no longer oppose...
A Club With No Dues?
When it comes to political money, Congressman are tightwads. As the Daily Kos reported today, it appears the DSCC is no better than the DCCC in coaxing money out of its membership for the...
Macaca The Sequel?
The Post reports on a potential new angle to the ongoing Senator-Allen-is-a-racist storyline. Apparently, saying your mother’s father was in a Nazi concentration camp (implying he was Jewish) is fine, but being asked by...
Journalistic Broken Records
The New York Times showed how journalism is getting a very much justified reputation as glorified stenographers for the Bush Administration by writing this article on Democrats and the Iraq War. If the reporter...
Bonus Points for Consistency
If nothing else, Bush earns some bonus points for being consistent in regards to extra-legal authority on detainees. The New York Times reported today that Bush attacked 3 GOP rebels who were seeking to...
Enamored with pork
The New Republic made a liberal case for earmarks recently that I thought had a flawed logic to it. The thrust of their argument is that several progressive reforms – the tax simplification in...