Archive | January, 2006
Sheehan and the First Amendment
I suppose there was no more fitting way for Bush’s speech to begin than the removal of Cindy Sheehan from the House. After all, the reminder that the majority of Americans oppose this war–and that our sons and daughters are dying in Iraq would make those empty, chest-pumping, sports-metaphor-laden war whoops a bit unseemly.
Continue reading...Bush on Domestic Issues, Part 2
31. January 2006
Okay, so I can’t even make myself pretend to analyze the platitudes about energy independence and education. But this… Bush: Yet many Americans, especially parents, still have deep concerns about the direction of our culture, and the health of our most basic institutions. They are concerned about unethical conduct by public officials, and discouraged by activist courts [...]
Continue reading...Bush on Domestic Issues, Part 1
31. January 2006
So, the first half (or more) of the speech is Bush taking credit for foreign gains that he had nothing to do with (Lebanon, Egypt, AIDS) and refusing to explain the same old cliches about wiretapping and 9/11. So, let’s look at the domestic agenda that Bush has to offer. Bush: Our economy is healthy, and vigorous, [...]
Continue reading...Classy moment on MSNBC
31. January 2006
Gosh, I wonder why they panned the camera over Maxine Waters, John Lewis, and Jesse Jackson, Jr. when President Bush mentioned the death of Coretta Scott King. Classy.
Continue reading...Baucus Vote Today?
31. January 2006
True story? If so, it would make a lot of sense. Today Senator Max Baucus of Montana voted for Alito’s confirmation, then later changd his vote to against. Why? Because, according to the Senator, he wasn’t paying attention during the vote.
Continue reading...Please
31. January 2006
Please don’t let Bush make a gratuitous, graceless, shameless political moment out of the death of Coretta Scott King tonight.
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