Apr - 24th
Vietnam More Popular Than Iraq
Posted at 3:36 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized
Just another notch in Bush's belt... A new poll finds "63% of Americans saying the United States made a mistake in sending troops to Iraq... surpassing by two points the 61% who said the Vietnam War was a mistake in May 1971." (via Dan Froomkin)
Apr - 9th
In the News… the Second Season.
Posted at 7:43 am | Filed Under In the News
- Bush has renewed his efforts for an immigration reform bill, which in all honesty, is not so bad. The bill will most likely lie in the votes of conservative democrats.
- The democrats are hounding the White House over GOP-issued laptops for administration officials, a system that "may have been used to conceal activities [such] [...]
Jan - 17th
Quote of the Day
Posted at 3:45 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized
President Bush on the sacrifice every American is paying for his continued war in Iraq...
"Well, you know, I think a lot of people are in this fight. I mean, they [the American people] sacrifice peace of mind when they see the terrible images of violence on TV every night. I mean, we've got a fantastic [...]
Jan - 9th
Who am I?
Posted at 7:37 am | Filed Under Uncategorized
Crazy. For the first time in a long (long) time, I did not touch a computer yesterday. I checked my email on my phone -- 44 33 55 55 666. (That spells "hello.") I didn't even have a chance to read blogs -- Jake Tapper's Political Punch, Dan Froomkin's White House Briefing -- or read [...]
Jan - 3rd
Quote of the Day
Posted at 3:28 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized
The democratic representative from Harlem, coarse-spoken Charles Rangel, on President Bush...
"More than any other President that I can think of, you have really, truly shattered the myth of white supremacy."
Tip of the hat to the incredible Dan Froomkin.
Nov - 13th
Bush’s Iraq Policy Redefined
Posted at 1:31 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized
Dan Froomkin helps summarize the president's Iraq policy... "So let me make sure I have this straight: Bush is for 'full speed ahead' in Iraq, as well as a complete re-evaluation of his plans; and nothing is off the table, except for the many things that are not negotiable."
Aug - 10th
Bush’s Vacation Temporarily Ruined; Is Yours?
Posted at 1:50 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized
Dan Froomkin had envisioned he could utilize President Bush's (shortened) annual August vacation as an opportunity to relax and take a break from his widely-read White House Briefing column...
"It's August. Bush is on vacation... Barring major news, the column will go dark Thursday and Friday -- and will return on Monday, August 14."
And as we [...]
Jun - 23rd
In the News… Suicide, Skeletons and Bush.
Posted at 12:52 pm | Filed Under In the News
- Alright, I am breaking my hockey silence now that Sabres coach Lindy Ruff earned Coach of the Year honors, and I don't have to kill myself.
- It is true what they say, everyone has skeletons in their closet, including bloggers. Including Markos and whomever and whomever that help Kos lead this supposed army of [...]
Jun - 9th
In the News
Posted at 8:56 am | Filed Under In the News
I know, it's been awhile. I am still getting used to my new job.
- Tony Snow on Bush's faith: "And it's not like faith is something where [Bush] clears his throat and acts righteous. No, 'I have faith in Jesus Christ, he's my lord and savior.' Boom! It's that simple." Fools. Ignorance is bliss...
- YearlyKos... [...]
May - 1st
Froomkin Meets Rove… Stay Tuned.
Posted at 2:36 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized
On Saturday, Washington Post blogger Dan Froomkin met Karl Rove... "I met Karl Rove, but I didn't feel good about it."
Apr - 13th
In the News. Well, Not Really.
Posted at 1:36 pm | Filed Under In the News
- Jake Tapper, whose book "Down and Dirty" I am still reading, is ending his (short-lived) blog, by the same name. If an old-school journalist can't adapt to the pressures of on-demand web publishing, what hope is there for the rest of us?
- The 100-year anniversary of the great 1906 earthquake and fire that destroyed [...]
Oct - 14th
Bush Press Secretary Resorts To "New-Aged McCarthyism"
Posted at 2:16 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized
Welcome to the new age (read: Velvet Underground, Beck). The Bush administration has had enough with those in the media who do not support the increasingly unpopular so-called "war on terror," and they are no longer worried about expressing that. McClellan went after Helen Thomas yesterday in the briefing room; McClellan basically told Helen that [...]
Oct - 12th
Bush Rips Bin Laden’s Inherited Wealth
Posted at 1:04 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized
Dan Froomkin picked up a ditty from Bush's October 6, 2005, national security speech...
And what this man [bin Laden] who grew up in wealth and privilege considers good for poor Muslims is that they become killers and suicide bombers. He assures them that his -- that this is the road to paradise -- though he [...]
Jun - 19th
Email to Dan Froomkin
Posted at 10:13 am | Filed Under Uncategorized
I sent the following email to Dan Froomkin this past week.
Dan-
Excellent pick up on the Fox News Dynamic poll. What about this ditty? IsFox News suggesting that all Americans are Christian? It seems that way.The questions reads: Muslim prisoners, Muslim holy book, Americanprisioners, Christian holy book.
"20. At the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Muslim prisoners are [...]
May - 12th
Bush On Airplane Scare: "Don’t Bother Me."
Posted at 10:29 am | Filed Under Uncategorized
In light of yesterday's potential terrorist scare, it has become known that the Secret Service did not bother the president, as he continued bike-riding a safe distance away from the Capitol, since he was not in grave danger.
Dan Froomkin, of the Washington Post, whom I consider a genius, stated today on his blog...
His Secret Service [...]
Apr - 11th
Half-Court Press
Posted at 1:08 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized
On April 8, 2005, aboard Air Force One, the president met with seven reporters. Unfortunately, they didn't ask Bush anything of significance. As Dan Froomkin reports in today's White House Briefing:
Entirely missing, by contrast, were any questions about whether he thinks it's okay to eject dissenters from his public events, or what his exit strategy [...]
Feb - 10th
Gagging on Gannon
Posted at 4:40 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized
Here are some of Gannon's greatest questions posed to the president or his press secretary, Scott McClellan.
Q In your denunciations of the Abu Ghraib photos, you've used words like 'sickening,' 'disgusting' and 'reprehensible.' Will you have any adjectives left to adequately describe the pictures from Saddam's rape rooms and torture chambers? And will Americans ever [...]
Dec - 6th
You’re Damned If You Do, You’re Damned If You’re Musharraf
Posted at 2:25 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized
Dan Froomkin highlights the goings-on with Bush's ally in the war on terror this weekend.
President Bush gave up part of his Saturday to meet with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and offer a public show of confidence.
In an Oval Office photo op with Musharraf at his side, Bush had this to say about his companion's exploits [...]
Oct - 7th
What Are WMD Anyway?
Posted at 1:44 pm | Filed Under Uncategorized
Bush said it. And the world doubted it. But he presented irrefutable evidence, and Colin Powell even signed on. We went to war in Iraq to eliminate the imminent threat that Saddam posed since he had so many weapons of mass destruction.
The weapons inspectors Bush sent into Iraq to find those weapons have returned to [...]
Jan - 21st
State of the Union - Take 3
Posted at 10:09 am | Filed Under Uncategorized
Bush's third State of the Union speech, hopefully his last, was a conglomerate of campaign rhetoric, platitudes, and scare tactics. Dan Froomkin of the Washington Post, however, noted the following missing items from Bush's horrific speech.
- The traditional long list of major new legislation.
- Any mention of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
- Any mention of his big [...]