It really is. But Gonzales blew it.
Earlier today we posted this story about newly released documents proving Attorney General Alberto Gonzales lied yesterday during his testimony before the Senate. On tonight’s “Countdown” Keith Olbermann talks with David Shuster and Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Patrick Leahy, about Gonzo’s perjury, Executive Privilege and the vote today in the House [...]
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AMERICAblog has found another. And it, too, is good.
It’s a rhetorical question. Of course, the answer is no. In the column today, Froomkin outdoes himself — and that’s a pretty high standard: "Like any terrorist organization, al-Qaeda wants attention. It wants to be perceived as powerful. And it particularly wants Americans to live in fear. Could [...]
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Just after I put together the earlier posts, THIS news broke. It dominated the first segment of Countdown tonight. It’s easy to see why…
We have documentation now, Congress. C’mon, is there another “Contempt of Congress” charge on the horizon? USA Today: Documents show that eight congressional leaders were briefed about the Bush administration’s terrorist surveillance program on the eve of its expiration in 2004, contradicting sworn Senate testimony this week by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. The documents, obtained by The [...]
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That’s right. That’s the charge. This is what happened:
Cheney Criticizer Arrested for “Assault”
Ah…another day, another story of how Cheney is dragging this country closer to 1930s Germany… Cliff Schecter: A man walked up to Dick Cheney, calmly told him he thought his Iraq policy was reprehensible, and walked away. A few minutes later he was arrested by the Secret Service, in front of his 8-year-old son, for “assault”. When [...]
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Bill O’Reilly is seriously going to say something that’s going to get him in real trouble one of these days. He’s so close to crossing that line, his toes must be cramped to hold him back..
O’Reilly On His Message Board: ‘When We See Objectionable Things, We Take It Off Immediately’
Fox News pundit Bill O’Reilly has embarked on a smear campaign to marginalize the netroots through a full frontal assault on the Daily Kos site. First, he was able to pressure JetBlue into distancing itself from the upcoming YearlyKos convention. Now, he is focused on preventing presidential candidates from attending the conference next week. Last night [...]
UPDATE: This may be the quote that does it. It’s not directly from Bill-O, but he hasn’t removed it from his website…
BillOReilly.com: "If [Hillary] wins… my guns are loaded"
UPDATE 2: AMERICAblog is all over this story, helped by other liberal bloggers:
BREAKING: Secret Service looking into anti-Hillary threats on Bill O’Reilly’s Web site
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Rough times, indeed, for the President of the United States. Seems he can’t catch a break from anybody. Anywhere.
Bush’s Unpopularity Topped Only By Nixon’s
The Washington Post reports that President Bush is the most unpopular president "in the history of modern polling" with the exception of Richard Nixon. Bush’s disapproval rating is now at 65%. Nixon’s, 4 days before his resignation, was 66%. "The historic depth of Bush’s public standing has whipsawed his White House, sapped his clout, drained his advisers, encouraged his enemies and jeopardized his legacy. Around the White House, aides make gallows-humor jokes about [...]
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Seems a lot of potential recruits are being talked out of joining the Army. By parents and other influential folks in their lives. So, the Army takes the next logical step. Bring in the big guns. The heavy hitters. The recruiters who can overwhelm the potential recruits, their families and friends.
Army Times: Army orders surge in recruiters
Yet more evidence of the strain the Army is under because of the Iraq War as it tries to meet its goal of 80,000 new recruits this year. Army Times reports that the Army has ordered 1,106 soldiers, former recruiters, away from their current assignments and back to recruiting duty starting on Friday. Army officials said recently that they were having significant difficulties getting new recruits because [...]
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We now have two (count ‘em, two) prominent cable news anchors who have decided to produce their own segments, editing out stories about stars in trouble with the law. I’m with ya’ on this one! It’s one of the reasons I got out of the biz.
First MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski refused to read, tried to burn, then shredded her script regarding the release of Paris Hilton [...]
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Flying anytime soon?
TSA Warns Airport Security About ‘Dry Runs’
The TSA has notified airports to be on the lookout for terrorist “dry runs,” and they have good reason to be worried, after numerous suspicious incidents: Airports warned about terror dry runs….So they noticed four of these rehearsals. How many incidents did the geniuses of the TSA fail to notice? We have no way of [...]
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There DOES seem to be a smattering of news that the surge is being successful in some Baghdad neighborhoods. However, I still don’t know what’s going to happen when we turn everything over to the Iraqis. Can they sustain what being reported below? Or does everything just implode when we leave? For now, enjoy a glimmer of hope…
"We’re not fighting a war here anymore"
Michael Totten’s latest from Iraq: We slowly rolled into the market area. Smiling children ran up to and alongside the convoy and excitedly waved hello. It felt like I was riding with a liberating army. Graya’at’s streets are quiet and [...]
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Sometimes the New York Times editorial folks just nail it. They did today.
NYT editorial: Petraeus wants "surge" to continue another 2 years
Yesterday provided two more frustrating and shameful examples of this denial. One was a new war plan drawn up by America’s top military commander and top diplomat in Baghdad that will keep American troops fighting in Iraq at least until 2009. The other was yet one more speech by President Bush that claimed that Iraq was the do-or-die front in the war on terrorism — rather than a rallying point for extremists and a never-ending drain on [...]
Andrew Cohen, over at the Washington Post, has a great one, too:
Impeach him, charge him with perjury, hold him in contempt … just do something
Andrew Cohen, who writes the Bench Conference online column for the WaPo, summed up the feelings a lot of us had yesterday, after watching Alberto Gonzales make a fool of himself before the Senate Judiciary Committee. No reasonable person watching Gonzales’ tragically comedic performance Tuesday’s on Capitol Hill … can any longer defend his appalling lack [...]
And, of course, the bloggers are right in there, too. Case in point: Daily Kos:
While Congress has yet to issue formal contempt citations for Bush administration officials, there’s no doubt that contempt in the old-fashioned sense — scorn, disdain, distrust, and disgust — is exactly what they feel for the current attorney general. "The department is dysfunctional [...]
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Hey, you can put the Presidential Palaces in Baghdad on your next trip!
Earlier this month, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) traveled to Iraq with a congressional delegation. In an interview with the Minnesota Star Tribune, Bachmann said that after her trip, she remains firm in her support for Bush’s escalation: This month, Bachmann traveled to Iraq, and despite more GOP defections from Bush’s base of support, she returned as [...]
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As if you haven’t read and/or heard enough about Alberto Gonzales’ testimony today, just take a look at Countdown tonight. I’ll update with a link to video when it’s available. Click Here for Countdown Video. But, wait! There’s more!
Yet another dispiriting revelation from Alberto Gonzales’ hearing today. During Gonzales’ last hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) questioned him about a [...]
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America’s healthcare and medical insurance industries need to be "fixed". No doubt about it. Premiums keep increasing, deductibles keep increasing, coverage keeps going the other direction. Horror stories abound. So, there’s lots of talk of Universal Healthcare. Wisconsin, apparently, is set to jump in with both feet. This blogger doesn’t think the higher taxes will go over well with folks who live there. I’m thinking there needs to be some math involved – comparing current health insurance premiums with the tax increases and looking at what the coverage includes. If it wipes out deductibles, etc, the tradeoff could be worth it. You’ll find the numbers on the link…
You’d think liberals around the nation would be happy about this program. You’d think we’d have been hearing about it all over the place. As it is, the Wall Street Journal (hardly a bastion of liberal sentiment) had to highlight the program in an op/ed. Wondering why? Maybe it’s because the program highlights the stark reality of socialized medicine: Free health care is expensive: [...]
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