Tom DeLay was just on Hardball pushing his book, and received the obligatory fellatio that Chris Matthews seems to reserve for disgraced former pols. The book apparently highlights DeLay’s recovery from alcoholism (he cops to swilling 10-12 martinis and driving home on a regular basis, as well as cheating on his wife), which he attributes …
Archives for March 2007
The Gap
The WH and Bush have trumpeted their document dump of emails, stating that if the Democrats and others want to know what happened, they should read the emails. Which is great and everything, except for one little detail- three weeks of messages appear to be missing: I think a commenter in our document dump research …
HELP THE CAPTAIN, HE IS GOING DOWN!
Someone throw the Captain a life preserver, as he is going down: That, to me, indicates a problem with Domenici and Wilson more than the White House, which seems to have caved to Congressional pressure on Iglesias. Will Congress demand a public explanation, under oath, from their own? Unlikely, since many of them stick their …
Subpoena Powers
Just watched Bush’s presser, and my first thought was that despite Rove’s alleged political genius, this group sure steps in it a lot. The party is in shambles, the administration is a bunch of bungling incompetent boobs and under fire, and they have no one to thank but themselves. My second thought is that I …
Remove Oversight, Dysfunction Follows
Water flows downhill. A new report by a federal panel investigating the fatal 2005 explosion at a BP refinery in Texas criticizes the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for lax oversight of the nation’s oil and chemical refineries. The Chemical Safety Board, an independent agency charged with investigating industrial chemical accidents, also provided more evidence …
Patterico Throws In The Towel
Patterico, who really does do his best to be fair and reasonable (I think, at least) while defending this administration, has finally had enough and has thrown in the towel: Guys: I think the press has distorted some of the aspects of this case against you. And, for that reason, at least, I want to …
Open Thread
Is Darrell actually DougJ? Discuss.