To John’s post below, I would just add that this story illustrates why the Abramoff scandals scare GOP insiders more than anything else right now. Remember these two things: practically every Republican in DC connects to Jack Abramoff, and practically everything he did was in some way illegal. It shouldn’t surprise anybody that the Abramoff …
Worst. Majority. Leader. Ever.
Yesterday Bill Frist and Dennis Hastert hatched a brilliant stunt to turn the tables on investigation-happy Democrats. Republicans would go nuts investigating who leaked the story about illegal CIA torture camps, and Democrats would look like h-y-p-o-c-r-i-t-e-s if they complained about it. The story reversed itself in a big way when Trent Lott revealed that …
A Good Night For Democrats
Carpetbagger has a rundown. Kos has another. More in sorrow than in anger, my advice to Republians is that if you want to start winning elections again then you’ve got to stop wearing pants. ***Update*** I should add that this post is a riff on the endless offerings of insipid more-in-sorrow-than-in-anger ‘free advice’ tossed out …
Like Whacking Moles
Creationists crushed in Dover. Hoping to keep stupid alive even after they themselves are gone, the Dover board packed it into a small spaceship and sent it to Kansas.
The Pittsburgh Mayoral Race
Surprising exactly one person, Bob O’Connor (D) beat Joe Weinroth (R ) for mayor of Pittsburgh today. I don’t know who this Weinroth guy is, but you have to know that he was only running in case O’Connor got hit by a truck or got caught with a kilo of uncut Panamanian blow. This is …
Hope Like Hell This Isn’t True
Italian documentary alleges that US forces ‘used chemical weapons’ during assault on city of Fallujah In a documentary to be broadcast by RAI, the Italian state broadcaster, this morning, a former American soldier who fought at Fallujah says: “I heard the order to pay attention because they were going to use white phosphorus on Fallujah. …
Entre L’Enclume Et Le Marteau
Just a bit more on the riots in France. My wife, being French, just returned from a trip and had the following observations that I thought I would pass on. * The French have an expression, entre l’enclume et le marteau, meaning ‘between the hammer and the anvil.’ It describes people in an impossible situation, …