I haven’t seen much yet about this: Mary Cheney, a daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney, is expecting a baby with her partner of 15 years, Heather Poe, Mr. Cheney’s office said Wednesday. Lea Anne McBride, a spokeswoman for Mr. Cheney, said the vice president and his wife, Lynne Cheney, were “looking forward with eager …
Archives for December 2006
Comity Watch
Congress edition. Like a retreating army, Republicans are tearing up railroad track and planting legislative land mines to make it harder for Democrats to govern when they take power in Congress next month. Already, the Republican leadership has moved to saddle the new Democratic majority with responsibility for resolving $463 billion in spending bills for …
More ISG
Watching the Iraq Study Group story unfold (the WSJ has the Group’s executive summary online) I remember one question* which has rattled around my head since this thing began: which Bush does James Baker serve? Recall that Baker doesn’t do impartial policy analysis. He’s the Bush family fixer. Harvey Keitel from Pulp Fiction. Baker serves …
So Much For Stay The Course
I have to wonder whether Bush senior’s breakdown in Tallahassee yesterday had that much to do with Jeb losing an election in 1994. Don’t get me wrong. I have nothing against Jeb. Jeb seems like a nice guy. Floridians should remember Jeb as a genial governor who did an alright job in a state known …
Cut Off At The Knees. Again.
One of the most perplexing things about the last 6-7 years is that time and time again, this administration has violated nearly every conservative principle, yet there remains a core of supporters who continue to cheerlead these fools. Whether it be campaign finance reform, the prescription drug plan, the hideous spending- you name it, the …
The War on the Media
And the right wing of the blogosphere has yet another front in the never-ending war on the media: You’ve probably not read much about it because only a handful of mainstream media outlets have covered it, but the Associated Press – for decades America’s largest and most trusted wire news service – is at the …
Open Thread
If terrorists played the Baltimore Ravens, who would you want to win? *** Compare your answer with the results from this quiz. I predict that many will, like me, score 100% both times.