Time passes quickly, when you’re a short-timer.
Republicans See Gonzales Gone
From the latest Evans-Novak Political Report: "It is impossible to find a Republican on Capitol Hill who believes either that Alberto Gonzales will survive as attorney general or that he should survive. That typifies the poor congressional relations of the Bush Administration that are rooted in arrogance." "President Bush’s gesture of phoning Gonzales to reaffirm his support is [...]
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As somebody who’s been deeply involved in broadcast journalism for most of my adult life, I’ve been thoroughly disappointed in watching Fox News descend into an unacknowledged partisanship for the GOP. And, as noted in the post linked below, it’s not that they DO slant so much of what they report, it’s that they refused to admit it on the air! Why should you care? Because a lot of people do watch and do believe what they see and hear on Fox. And don’t understand that’s it’s slanted toward the Right.
FOX News needs to come out of the closet
I wish I’d invented that quote, but it was Democratic strategist Paul Begala, speaking of FOX News’ conservative bias. Hell, that’s like saying the DNC has a liberal bias. FOX News is a propaganda arm of the Republican party, period. And it’s about time the Democrats stood up to FOX and said they’re no longer going to enable the network’s racist, homophobic, sexist agenda. And that’s what Democrats did when they canceled a planned presidential primary debate to [...]
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And that stands for "Tony". Tony Snow. But, he’s not alone. He’s spreading the wealth around!
Tony Snow on Gonzales Presser
Ed Henry did a good job of confronting Tony Snow today at the gaggle. He asks him about the 18 day gap in the emails, or a trail so to speak and Snow says: "Why don’t you ask them."  Download (0) | Play (0) Henry has his own analysis as well….He makes the point that the gaggle is transcribed by someone [...]
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Quite the gem buried at the end of this post, but one worth digging for. I’m really hoping that some White House reporter tosses a quote from 1988 right back at Tony Snow!
A closer look at the White House’s ‘executive privilege’ claim
A president’s executive privilege power is complicated and nuanced, and I’m not going to pretend I’m an expert. But I think the political world is about to hear quite a bit more about the principle, what it means, and whether it should apply to the prosecutor purge scandal. Executive privilege protects confidential deliberations within the executive [...]
UPDATE: Well, now. That didn’t take long, did it? Reporters, doing their jobs. Read all about it –
Snow Job
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That has an interesting "ring" to it, doesn’t it? ProsecutorGate. Just in case you’re still not convinced that there was any political hanky-panky involved in the firings of those U.S. Attorneys, dig into this piece from Booman Tribune. Pretty much sums it all up -
ProsecutorGate and the Rule of Law
David C. Iglesias, the former United States attorney for the District of New Mexico, has an editorial up in the New York Times explaining why he was fired. It’s pretty straight forward. He was fired because Senator Pete Domenici, who had recommended him for the job, wanted him fired. And Pete Domenici wanted him fired because he didn’t bring unsubstantiated voter fraud cases against Democrats before the 2006 midterm elections. It’s a fairly open and shut case. We can add this case to the case of San Diego United States [...]
And, there’s another good roundup of information over at the Carpetbagger blog, including details on a mysterious "gap" in the emails -
‘Shades of Rose Mary Woods?’
I hope readers don’t mind that I do frequent round-ups of purge-related news. I like to offer comprehensive coverage of updates as they’re available, but there’s too much information for individual posts on each. There are plenty of gems available this morning. * The Politico’s Mike Allen reports that the DoJ’s document dump on Monday included “a [...]
UPDATE: Sheesh. Tony Snow is showing up in multiple posts today! His response to the email gap is, quite simply put, priceless.
Snow Won’t Comment On 18-Day Gap: ‘I’ve Been Led To Believe There’s A Good Response For It’
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They really are NOT messing around on this one! It’s full speed ahead, on a constitutional collision course with the White House.
House Committee votes to authorize use of subpoenas for Rove, Miers
CNN just reported that a House Committee voted to authorize the use of subpoenas in the U.S. Attorneys scandal that could let them obtain the sworn testimony of Karl Rove and others. The House Judiciary Committee isn’t messing around. The Democrats know that to get the truthful testimony of White House officials, they’ll need [...]
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The dems are bending the rules and the folks on the other side simply aren’t happy. Seems like much ado about not much, to me.
The Prophet of Global Warming
Does not wish to deal with irksome statements of critics…so, Al Gore refused to apper before the committee until the GOPers withdrew their opening statements…and, also, in a complete violation of normal rules of conduct, the GOP members weren’t provided [...]
UPDATE: But, when he got to speak, he made his point. Soundly.
Gore To House Panels: Not Too Late To Deal With Climate Change
Al Gore, a Democratic favorite for the presidency despite pronouncements that he’s not running, spoke out on his signature issue Wednesday, telling Congress that climate change poses a crisis that threatens civilization. In a return he described as emotional, Gore testified before House panels that it is not too late to deal with climate change "and [...]
Point. Counter-Point.
Gore: ‘If The Crib’s On Fire, You Don’t Speculate That The Baby Is Flame-Retardant’
At the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing today, leading climate skeptic Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) tried to cast doubt on the science behind global warming, claiming “even the mainstream media are now noticing that global warming science is uneven and evolving.” Vice President Al Gore rebuffed Barton’s attempts to interrupt his testimony and quickly [...]
UPDATE: As noted, the complaining from the Right was pretty much baseless –
Fox seizes on GOP charges that Gore violated witness rules, ignoring chairs’ discretion to waive or ignore them
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Here’s one to put on your TV-watching schedule. Richard Engel has consistently produced excellent coverage of the Iraq War for NBC and MSNBC. Watch this. Or record this. Then, let’s talk about the War. And how television covers it. This is how it can be done and SHOULD be done.
Iraq: Engel’s Documentary Shows "How Gruesome This Conflict Is"
Richard Engel’s "War Zone Diary," premiering tonight on MSNBC, has some pretty gruesome imagery. "This is war and there are [...]
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Time passes quickly, when you’re a short-timer.
Republicans See Gonzales Gone
From the latest Evans-Novak Political Report: "It is impossible to find a Republican on Capitol Hill who believes either that Alberto Gonzales will survive as attorney general or that he should survive. That typifies the poor congressional relations of the Bush Administration that are rooted in arrogance." "President Bush’s gesture of phoning Gonzales to reaffirm his support is [...]
Tags: Alberto Gonzales, Evans-Novak Political Report
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As somebody who’s been deeply involved in broadcast journalism for most of my adult life, I’ve been thoroughly disappointed in watching Fox News descend into an unacknowledged partisanship for the GOP. And, as noted in the post linked below, it’s not that they DO slant so much of what they report, it’s that they refused to admit it on the air! Why should you care? Because a lot of people do watch and do believe what they see and hear on Fox. And don’t understand that’s it’s slanted toward the Right.
FOX News needs to come out of the closet
I wish I’d invented that quote, but it was Democratic strategist Paul Begala, speaking of FOX News’ conservative bias. Hell, that’s like saying the DNC has a liberal bias. FOX News is a propaganda arm of the Republican party, period. And it’s about time the Democrats stood up to FOX and said they’re no longer going to enable the network’s racist, homophobic, sexist agenda. And that’s what Democrats did when they canceled a planned presidential primary debate to [...]
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And that stands for "Tony". Tony Snow. But, he’s not alone. He’s spreading the wealth around!
Tony Snow on Gonzales Presser
Ed Henry did a good job of confronting Tony Snow today at the gaggle. He asks him about the 18 day gap in the emails, or a trail so to speak and Snow says: "Why don’t you ask them."  Download (0) | Play (0) Henry has his own analysis as well….He makes the point that the gaggle is transcribed by someone [...]
Tags: Tony Snow, 18 Day Gap, Emails, CNN, Ed Henry
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Quite the gem buried at the end of this post, but one worth digging for. I’m really hoping that some White House reporter tosses a quote from 1988 right back at Tony Snow!
A closer look at the White House’s ‘executive privilege’ claim
A president’s executive privilege power is complicated and nuanced, and I’m not going to pretend I’m an expert. But I think the political world is about to hear quite a bit more about the principle, what it means, and whether it should apply to the prosecutor purge scandal. Executive privilege protects confidential deliberations within the executive [...]
UPDATE: Well, now. That didn’t take long, did it? Reporters, doing their jobs. Read all about it –
Snow Job
Tags: White House, Executive Privilege
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That has an interesting "ring" to it, doesn’t it? ProsecutorGate. Just in case you’re still not convinced that there was any political hanky-panky involved in the firings of those U.S. Attorneys, dig into this piece from Booman Tribune. Pretty much sums it all up -
ProsecutorGate and the Rule of Law
David C. Iglesias, the former United States attorney for the District of New Mexico, has an editorial up in the New York Times explaining why he was fired. It’s pretty straight forward. He was fired because Senator Pete Domenici, who had recommended him for the job, wanted him fired. And Pete Domenici wanted him fired because he didn’t bring unsubstantiated voter fraud cases against Democrats before the 2006 midterm elections. It’s a fairly open and shut case. We can add this case to the case of San Diego United States [...]
And, there’s another good roundup of information over at the Carpetbagger blog, including details on a mysterious "gap" in the emails -
‘Shades of Rose Mary Woods?’
I hope readers don’t mind that I do frequent round-ups of purge-related news. I like to offer comprehensive coverage of updates as they’re available, but there’s too much information for individual posts on each. There are plenty of gems available this morning. * The Politico’s Mike Allen reports that the DoJ’s document dump on Monday included “a [...]
UPDATE: Sheesh. Tony Snow is showing up in multiple posts today! His response to the email gap is, quite simply put, priceless.
Snow Won’t Comment On 18-Day Gap: ‘I’ve Been Led To Believe There’s A Good Response For It’
Tags: U.S. Attorneys, David Iglesias, Bud Cummins
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They really are NOT messing around on this one! It’s full speed ahead, on a constitutional collision course with the White House.
House Committee votes to authorize use of subpoenas for Rove, Miers
CNN just reported that a House Committee voted to authorize the use of subpoenas in the U.S. Attorneys scandal that could let them obtain the sworn testimony of Karl Rove and others. The House Judiciary Committee isn’t messing around. The Democrats know that to get the truthful testimony of White House officials, they’ll need [...]
Tags: U.S. Attorneys, Karl Rove, Supoenas
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