Please Let Palin Speak More

Given Palin’s strong support for Bush/Cheney executive power grabs, it isn’t clear whether this is her usual ignorance or lust for power on display.  Via Think Progress:
Yesterday, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) sat for an interview with KUSA, an NBC affiliate in Colorado. In response to a question sent to the network by a third grader [...]

Tell Health and Human Services to Protect Women’s Health

Fight back against the administration’s disastrous move confusing birth control with abortion.
Via Feministing:
This administration has, time and again, put its political and ideological concerns above the best interests of the American people.
They are, however, a very serious threat to women’s health and to existing patient protections that ensure that even in the face of religious [...]

McCain Rides PUMA to Dead End

I know PUMA says they have 16 gazillion supporters, but really, if they number more than a couple thousand I’d be impressed.  That hasn’t stopped McCain from attempting to divide and conquer:
John McCain’s campaign suggested Sunday that rival Barack Obama snubbed Hillary Rodham Clinton as his running mate because of her criticism during the battle [...]

Republican President Set to Strike

Today is the anniversary of the day a Republican President let partisanship cloud his judgement, and ignored the report stating “Bin Laden set to strike”.  The day the myth of Republicans as stewards of national security was shattered with finality.
Since then we’ve seen Democrats lay down or assist a Republican party bent on trading their [...]

Pffft, Just Another Broken Law (Biological Weapons This Time, Yawn)

Dave is all concerned about international law and illegal biological weapons potentially produced by the US (emphasis mine):
You see, the process used to create this anthrax was in flagrant violation of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (more here). The United States is not just a cosigner, it is one of the chief authors of [...]

Bush, Rove, Cheney – We’ll Never Pay

Karl Rove has flown the coop!  I don’t understand how we can pretend to be a nation of laws when this guy is allowed to ignore a subpoena:

Karl Rove was scheduled to testify before the House Judiciary Committee yesterday. He didn’t show. Not only that, the Committee was told that Rove had left the country [...]

Analysis: Obama’s Argument on FISA

The last thing Obama wants to do is move closer to John McCain and George Bush on issues of constitutional rights.  But take a look at his own rationale for his terrible decision to vote for the FISA bill (TPM, emphasis mine):

Obama on the FISA ‘Compromise’ …
“Given the grave threats that we face, our national [...]

Specter Calls to Finally Investigate Illegal Spying On Americans?

That’s what I first thought when I saw an opinion piece from SI.com on google news.  I quickly realized the venerable congress critter was talking about investigating a fucking football spying scandal.
The chances of anyone in the Bush administration ever seeing justice for illegally spying on Americans?  Still zero.

Obama on McCain’s Bush Problem

Stuff like this really makes me dig Obama(emphasis mine):
Turning his rhetorical aim on Republican John McCain, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama just told cheering supporters in North Carolina that he’s running for president to prevent what he calls a “third term” for President Bush. “At this defining moment in history –- a moment when [...]

Hillary Clinton is Desperate

She’s waving Osama around in her newest ad (Huffington Post):
Still, there might be something to the rumors that tomorrow’s primary is expected to be a tight contest, and the clearest sign that the Clinton campaign is taking that seriously is that they’ve released a new thirty-second ad called “Kitchen,” which “detail[s] how tough the job [...]

Fuck Harry Reid

Fuck you Harry Reid.  Fuck you for letting Republicans in sheep’s clothing turn the Democratic party into the spineless quivering mass of cowardice and intellectual pus it is today (Pam, Pandagon):
The Hill article also notes that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), despite Lieberman’s cleaving to Bush/McCain-lite positions, is going to protect the Connecticut Senator’s [...]

Bush vs Pope on Sanctity of Life

If to you, sanctity of life is but a code for “Save the fetuses”, then yes, Bush and the Pope agree.  Out of the womb, the President and the Pope are sharply at odds with each other.  You wouldn’t know this from some of the reporting out there (BBC):
This Pope has criticised the war in [...]

Clinton’s Hollow Words on Bush

Hillary Clinton is attempting to dress Obama in Bush’s legacy (Washington Times, emphasis mine):
Speaking at the Newspaper Association of America’s annual conference, Mrs. Clinton derided Mr. Bush, saying that “rather than defending the Constitution, he has defied its principles and traditions.”
She noted the long nomination battle but said, “When the campaigns conclude … all that’s [...]

Bush to Illegally Spy on Us

Washington Post (emphasis mine):
The Bush administration said yesterday that it plans to start using the nation’s most advanced spy technology for domestic purposes soon, rebuffing challenges by House Democrats over the idea’s legal authority.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said his department will activate his department’s new domestic satellite surveillance office in stages, starting as soon [...]

Cheney Administration Insiders Defend Illegal Torture

Is there any surprise at all?  Its not like Dick Cheney would ever say “Oh, you caught me.  Yes, I broke the law and approved torture methods.”.  Instead members of the Cheney Administration proved once again they have a little credibility as they have honor or morality ABC News (emphasis mine):
On Dec. 19, 2005, Vice [...]