Month: October 2005

Jitters in the White House

Posted by | Oct 14, 2005 |

The NY Times reports:

The prospect of a White House without Mr. Rove, Mr. Bush’s longtime strategist, has some allies of the president in a near panic, fearful that without him the administration would lose the one person capable of enforcing discipline across a party that has become increasingly fractious and that is almost at war with itself over the president’s nomination of Harriet E. Miers to the Supreme Court.

The worm is turning. Let’s remain optimistic that the worst harm has been done, and brighter days are on the horizon.

Update [2005-10-14 9:10:28 by BooMan]: For a belly laugh:

“In my administration,” Bush told voters in Pittsburgh in October 2000, “we will ask not only what is legal but what is right, not what the lawyers allow but what the public deserves.”

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CARTOON: Kiss and Tell

Posted by | Oct 14, 2005 |

You’ve got to figure when people like Chris Matthews, Judith Miller, Joe Scarborough, Karl Rove, etc. travel in the same social circles (and jump between jobs in government and media), this PlameGate kind of stuff was gonna happen.  I’m hoping to see “Good Night, And Good Luck” sometime soon and I’m having trouble imagining Edward R. Murrow taking part in these sorts of activities.  Can you imagine Murrow and Joe McCarthy at the same cocktail parties?

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Political Animals – Featuring an All-Nude Cast!

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WMD: Bush Wanted to Go Beyond Iraq

Posted by | Oct 14, 2005 |

One of PM Tony Blair’s advisers has revealed that in January, 2003 President Bush told Blair in a telephone call that he “wanted to go beyond Iraq” in dealing with the spread of illicit weapons, and mentioned Saudi Arabia and Pakistan in a list of countries posing particular problems” according to this article in the International Herald Tribune by Douglas Jehl of the NYT.

Bush’s comment, in a private telephone conversation on Jan. 30, 2003, could be significant because it appeared to add Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to a list that previously had included public mentions only of Iraq, Iran and North Korea, which the president had dubbed an “axis of evil.”

This might shake up those allies a bit…

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Shifting the Focus Back to Abramoff

Posted by | Oct 14, 2005 |

Like synchronized swimmers in the media pool of spin, both the New York Times and the Washington Post have top stories in Friday’s papers about how the Plamegate scandal has affected the mood in the White House. Poor administration officials and staffers. Yeah – like we care. I hope they’re pissing in their high-paid boots until Fitzgerald is done with his investigation.

The NYT article, Jitters at the White House, is much ado about Karl Rove. Spare us NYT and get your asses onto writing the real story – what Judith Miller knows. We’re waiting.

The Washington Post article talks about the “toll” taken on Bush’s second term as a result of the culture of corruption. Most of us knew they were corrupt during the first term – where was the MSM then? Perhaps surprisingly though, what seems to have the White House most concerned isn’t Plamegate at all, according to former Republican congressman Vin Weber of Minnesota. It’s the Abramoff scandal.

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Froggy Bottom Cafe, Closed,

Posted by | Oct 13, 2005 |

Hi, I am putting this up since it looks like you need a new one after this stupendous day of FBc’s.

Froggy Bottom Cafe

Welcome newcomers! Please introduce yourself

Come on in!

Coffee & Tea under the window, platters of treats on every table

Newspapers are in their regular spot next to the door
Please recommend (and unrecommend the Cafe/Lounge from yesterday)
May the 4’s be with you

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