Month: August 2008

THANK you, Eric Boehlert!

If you haven’t read Smirking Chimp writer Eric Boehlert’s excellent column regarding the shameless double standard in media coverage of John McCain, now is the time to do it.  There are some grammatical errors,...

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Hillary R. Clinton, Will You Please Go Now?!?

Not likely.  The Village says she’s playing hardball with her convention role. Sources close to both Obama and Clinton told ABC News that the New York senator is highly unlikely to allow her name to be formally...

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The Barbecue Republic Revisited

Every week I read out of the way, oddly related stories that remind me what an abject barbecue republic America has become under young Mr. Bush’s stewardship.  Here are a few of the latest ones. First up is an item...

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Happy Aug. 6th PDB Day

It’s the seventh anniversary of the day that the CIA briefed George W. Bush about bin-Laden’s intention to hijack American airplanes, use explosives, and attack federal buildings. George W. Bush’s response?...

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Anthrax Thread

The government has released a bunch of documents on the anthrax case. You can peruse them at The Smoking Gun. What do you think? Case closed?

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