Author: BooMan

Little Orphan Libby

Dana Milbank recounts the strange behavior of Scooter Libby’s defense attorney during yesterday’s closing arguments. In many ways, Ted Wells’ performance was a metaphor for how the neoconservatives feel about...

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Open Thread

Another day in Bu$hCo.: Federal prosecutors counted immigration violations, marriage fraud and drug trafficking among anti-terror cases in the four years after 9/11 even though no evidence linked them to terror activity, a...

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Will Bush Pardon Before Fitz Can Deal?

Raw Story did a nice interview with Marcy Wheeler over the weekend. One part I really liked is this exchange. BB: How disappointed were you when Cheney was excused. MW: I wasn’t surprised. But you know Cheney can’t keep his...

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Church and State

I’m not sure why Atrios has been consumed with the topic of religion in politics for the last week. But I think he has finally made a breakthrough. Here he hits a grand slam: …I do agree that questioning the...

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Libby Case Implicates Cheney

The prosecution has finished their summation in the Libby case and the defense is up. Meanwhile, the press is beginning to tackle the implications of the trial evidence for understanding the performance of the Vice-President....

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