Author: BooMan

TNR: Zengerle is Scum

Jason Zengerle of The New Republic is really starting to piss me off. He is on the warpath to embarass anyone associated with Jerome Armstrong, including Markos and Chris Bowers. First Roddy Boyd of the Rupert Murdoch’s...

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On Rove and Plame: A Reminder

I know we all know this but it bears repeating. Here’s a little segment from the September 29, 2003 NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. JIM LEHRER: …White House officials denied today that political chief Karl Rove approved...

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Open Thread

Dick Cheney is on CNN giving an exclusive interview to John King. He really is an obstinate jackass. At least he doesn’t flash happy grins like I saw Rumsfeld doing during his press conference this afternoon. Rumsfeld...

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Thoughts on Leopold, Rove, and Plame

One of the perqs of blogging is that I get free copies of books from publishers that hope I will review them. This morning I tripped over Jason Leopold’s book News Junkie when I left the house for supplies. I’ve read...

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Specter Sees Abuse of Power as Problemsome

Raw Story reports on a Boston Globe article that will cover Arlen Specter’s intention to hold hearings about George W. Bush’s habit of using signing statements to skirt the law and the will of Congress. I never put...

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