McCain Already Panders To Religious Right
Mydd is reporting that the McCain campaign has hooked up with Brett O'Donnell. O'Donnell is the debate coach at Jerry Falwell's Liberty University. In the past, O'Donnell has worked with the...
View ArticleThomas Friedman: Idiot
For a real demonstration of top-quality journalistic claptrap, please read Thomas Friedman's column in this morning's New York Times. In this column, Friedman announces that the situation in Iraq is...
View ArticleWhat We Need On Obama
A while ago, Kos had a diary in which he described how he and, as I recall it, Jerome Armstrong, had a heart-to-heart sit-down with Tester, and asked him to describe any skeletons in his closet that...
View ArticleDid We Just Get Taken?
The Senate Armed Services Committee approved the Gates nomination at DOD unanimously. All Senate Democrats voted to confirm him. Senator Rodham Clinton praised Gates for his "candor." Even Senator...
View ArticleCandidate for Nobel Peace Prize
Saturday's Washington Post had an interesting article about Abdul-Rahman al-Lahem, a Saudi lawyer who has taken up the cases of victims of the oppressive system of sharia-based law followed in Saudi...
View ArticleNone Dare Call It Treason?
I happened to hear columnist Zev Chafets on C-Span last night. He is a columnist for the New York Daily News. Though born in the U.S. (Dearborn, Michigan), Chafets spent about 30 years living in...
View ArticleLibby Pardon: Sooner or Later?
I am quite certain that Libby will be pardoned. The question is whether Bush will do it now or will he wait until after the '08 election. I have been struck by the amount of froth being emitted from...
View ArticleSmall World - And A Disgusting One, at That
Who is Victoria Toensing, and why does anyone care what she has to say? I just read that she will be testifying before Rep. Waxman's Committee, presumably as some sort of "rebuttal" witness to Valerie...
View ArticleIdea For McCain Fund Raiser
Recently, straight-talking John McCain spoke on Bill "Bust the Bank" Bennett's radio program and stated that Bush's "surge" has worked so well that unarmed Americans can now walk the streets of Baghdad...
View ArticleSupreme Court Does It Again
I haven't seen any posting here about the absolutely horrendous decision the Supreme Court just rendered on equal pay anti-discrimination cases. Before getting too exasperated with the Democratic...
View ArticleSome Gratuitous Advice For Obama
This primary season has been a new experience for me. I am an undecided voter. I can't think of any other time that I have been in this position. I'm a pretty opinionated person, and I usually take...
View ArticleLt. Col. John Nagl
I have read that Lt. Col. John Nagl is leaving the Army. He is the author of the Army's new Counterinsurgency Manual, and of the interestingly-titled book, Learning to Eat Soup With a Knife. He also...
View ArticleIt's Obama
This is a diary that is probably of little interest to anyone other than me. However, as a typically self-absorbed keyboardist, I'm going to post it anyway. After a great deal of hand-wringing (and I...
View ArticleNo More "I Will Vote For McCain If ..." Diaries
Can we please stop having diaries from either side saying they will vote for McCain, or will sit out the election, if the opposing candidate wins the nomination.
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