Apparently two of the Democrats campaigning for President never had civics classes: Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean called on Friday for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign, citing a “pattern of deception” in his statements on Iraq and a failure to plan for the postwar period. Dean is the second Democratic candidate for the 2004 …
Archives for September 2003
Media Bias, Cont.
I can’t wait for the villifciation of this guy as nothing more than a right wing hack: Auxiliary Bishop Andraos Abouna of Baghdad said he believed media were running a propaganda campaign to discredit the American-led coalition that ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and now runs Iraq. Bishop Abouna, a Chaldean Catholic, told the Catholic …
Oh No, Not Again
Charles Krauthammer is busy crushing Teddy Chappaquiddick’s dissent: “There was no imminent threat. This was made up in Texas, announced in January to the Republican leadership that war was going to take place and was going to be good politically. This whole thing was a fraud.” — Sen. Edward Kennedy The Democrats have long been …
This Sucks
One of the most interesting people on the planet has died: George Plimpton, the self-deprecating author of “Paper Lion” and other sporting adventures and a patron to Philip Roth, Jack Kerouac and countless other writers, has died. He was 76. Plimpton died Thursday night at his Manhattan apartment, his longtime friend, restaurateur Elaine Kaufman, said …
Bill O’Atrios
Atrios is channeling Bill O’Reilly, and the results are pretty damn funny. Now if everyone would stop pretending that O’Reilly was a conservative.
Absurd Post of the Day
Oliver puts up the dumbest post I have seen in a long time: For months we’ve been told that drawing a line between Halliburton and their giant contracts in Iraq and Vice President is sheer follly. C’mon, there’s no connection, he divested himself long ago. Bull. Cheney may still have Halliburton ties The report says …
The Smears Continue
The ‘smears’ against General Clark continue. The other day, Gen. Hugh Shelton stated he would not vote for Clark. Now, in an obvious smear, Drudge is using Clark’s own words against him: Democratic presidential hopeful General Wesley Clark offered lavish praise for the Bush Administration and its key players in a speech to Republicans — …