Archive | May, 2007
Honoring the Dead in Iraq Means Bringing the Soldiers Home
Another senseless death in Iraq, and Josh Marshall writes a powerful response : You remember that famous passage in Henry V: Act IV, scene one where Bates tells the disguised King Henry that if the King's "cause be wrong, our obedience to the King wipes the crime of it out of us." There's a shameless game of moral chicken [...]
Continue reading...Maybe Sideshow Scott *doesn’t* understand…
14. May 2007
In what is becoming a familier "what-if" situation, the Republican House Speaker "Sideshow" Scott Sales is threatening to push yet another special session by suggesting that the House adjourn without seeing the results of the budget debate in the Senate. I am beginning to think that Mr. Sales really just doesn't get how the Montana [...]
Continue reading...Some Great Ads From One of the “Other” Democrats
13. May 2007
Though the media would have you believe that there are only two, perhaps three candidates running for the Democratic nomination, these are some of the best ads I have seen in the cycle (below the fold.)
Continue reading...Rudy Giuliani: Man of the People
12. May 2007
So it's not news when Rudy Giuliani blows off an Iowa couple because they don't make enough money, but the cost of John Edwards's house is? Indeed. Deborah VonSprecken said Giuliani's campaign backed out of the event at her home after deciding she and her husband did not fill the bill for the candidate's talk about [...]
Continue reading...Doolittle Points the Finger at Connie
12. May 2007
I'm going to be quite disappointed if Conrad doesn't get charged only because he lost in November. John Doolittle seems to think that is the case: Alleging political motives in the raid of his home in April, Doolittle claimed the Justice Department is under pressure to produce more convictions in the Abramoff case, particularly members of Congress. Doolittle noted that [...]
Continue reading...Republican Ethics: Dirty Deals and Prostitutes
12. May 2007
When even the zealots at Red State are criticizing a Republican, you know it must be bad. Charged with replacing disgraced John Dolittle on the House Appropriations Committee, the stewards of ethics and public service in the House selected John Calvert, who: has been arrested for solicting a prostitute has been involved in a number [...]
Continue reading...I Think I’ve Found My Candidate
7. May 2007
It's awfully early to have decided on a candidate for the 2008 Presidential election, but I think I have found the one candidate I can support without reservation . Consider these radical proposals: the eight-hour workday, abolition of child labor, equal pay for equal work He's even got a MySpace page . Vote Debs!
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- Tester-Burns Debate
- A Somewhat Cynical Observation about Mansfield-Metcalf
- Montana's Max: Nutcakes!
- Dennis Rehberg: Master of the Oblivious
- Off to See Hillary and Obama
- Idaho Anti Wolf Coalition Falls Short (18)
- Blogs and the Media: Kemmick and Crisp (17)
- Tester-Burns Debate (14)
- The conscience of a liberal: why I am considering abstaining in the Iraqi War Referendum vote... (14)
- The Religious Right's Trump Card Exposed (13)
- Questions and One Thought After the GOP’s Last Day
- Fixing Failing by Predetermining Passing
- Rehberg’s 14 Minutes and the Media’s Response: Which Was Worse?
- Some More Thoughts About Denny’s Stunt in Washington
- DHS now officially seizing and searching laptops
- NorthWestern Energy makes me sick
- I just lost my appetite
- McCain confuses Somalia and the Sudan
- Some Questions I’d Like to See Someone Ask Steve Daines
- Our Endorsements for the Democratic Primary: Bullock, Juneau, and Hunt
14. May 2007
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