Don’t ever say we don’t give you good “stuff” around here! This is the kind of political insight that will have people talking about you after you leave. I hope that’s a good thing!
Via the always interesting Richelieu: “Here is a farfetched but not impossible scenario you can use to wow your friends at cocktail parties: Rudy continues to drop in the polls. His campaign is indeed [... ]
Tags: 2008 Election
Categories: 2008 Election
Abstinence-only just doesn’t cut it. The research is there. It’s solid. And the federal rules are really beginning to frustrate some states. A growing number of states.
Abstinence-only fails, sex ed doesn’t
The WaPo reported the other day that at least 14 states have “either notified the federal government that they will no longer be requesting [sex education] funds or are not expected to apply,” because the Bush administration mandates abstinence-only lessons in public schools receiving the funding. “We’re concerned about this,” said Stan Koutstaal of the Department [...]
Why Jamie Lynn Spears is Pregnant
The red states have a vastly higher teen pregnancy rate than the blue. It isn’t an accident [...]
Tags: Sex Education, Abstinence
Categories: Bush Administration
I’m a native Iowan. Born and raised there. I still think the caucus situation is wrong and don’t understand why it’s allowed to stand at the head of the line and, essentially, make or break a candidacy. The rules are wrong, the timing is wrong, the attention is wrong. Have I said that I don’t like the Iowa Caucuses? Read on. Jump into the comments and twist my arm. Convince me I should vote for this weird system.
PEEK: Iowa Caucuses, Like the Electoral College, Are Irrelevant
The caucuses draw a small, unrepresentative sample of a small, unrepresentative state [...]
Tags: 2008 Election, Iowa Caucuses
Categories: 2008 Election
And, will the next administration be willing to give it up? No matter what they say right now, it seems human nature would make it tough to step backwards.
In CQ Politics this week, David Nather recaps the Bush administration’s enormous expansion of executive power and then asks whether any of the candidates running for election in 2008 are likely to give up that power if they win [...]
Tags: 2008 Election, Bush Administration
Categories: 2008 Election · Bush Administration
If you run around listening to right-wing talk radio or read only conservative blogs (not that you shouldn’t do either of those things, but some balance would be nice) you probably have a very good image of a man named John Kiriakou. You know the story - waterboarding works. Right? Well, that’s not the whole story. Let’s fill in the missing pieces, shall we? Put that learning cap on, my friends and pull it down tight.
Kiriakou’s 15 Minutes of Shame
John Kiriakou has completed his “Gee It’s Sad That We Have To Torture People” Tour, and the media has nodded sagely over his every word. While a few media stories headlined Kiriakou’s regret over using torture, his real message went out loud and clear to the right wing nutosphere. Like that old Gary Larson cartoon, in which a dog picks only its name out of a string of words, pro-torture Republicans discarded every other part of the conversation and [...]
Tags: Torture, Waterboarding
Categories: Bush Administration · Torture · Waterboarding
Wouldn’t you know it? They just couldn’t resist the urge to make another change to leave a legacy for the next administration.
Where are the adults? Is there anyone in charge? Anyone at all? Yeah, I know we have “The Decider”. But I know that there is also supposed to be oversight. And I have the distinct impression that a very large majority of our population would be completely surprised to learn how far under radar the [...]
Tags: Bush Administration
Categories: Bush Administration · Military
Life’s tough for WH Spokesperson, Dana Perino. I’m betting she’s really looking forward to a few days that she doesn’t have to show up to face reporters.
Dana “Pig Missile” Perino — Doesn’t Want To Be The Next Scott McClellan
Emptywheel notes that Dana’s a bit touchy these days behind the podium, worried that if she’s saying one thing and “anonymous sources” are saying another about the of the destruction of the torture tapes, she looks like a bit of a toady. Oh well, it’s always fun to watch her pitch [...]
Tags: Bush Administration
Categories: Bush Administration
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