Today’s attempt to make my head explode comes courtesy of Stephen Hayes and William Kristol at the Weekly Standard: Continue reading
Even the mild pronouncements thus far by President Obama regarding the Iranian election turmoil were immediately seized upon by the beleaguered incumbents, who accused the U.S. of fomenting the massive unrest they now face. This can’t come as a surprise to the Obama administration. The White House is aware of America’s status in Iran as a convenient boogeyman, earned by our history of meddling in matters of Iran’s leadership. Nevertheless, the Ahmadinejad/Khamanei junta’s tone-deaf attempt to start a “Death to America” stadium wave betrays its own panic. Defensive finger-pointing is not the kind of behavior one expects from a party that supposedly just received a nearly two-thirds mandate. Continue reading
The arrest of Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich has been a slow softball down the middle for the news media. No, scratch that – it’s been more like TWO softballs down the middle. The first was the revelation of his corruption itself; the second and more shocking was how much he sucked at being corrupt. Yet even with this fat pitch lobbed at them, a few conservative commentators have merely fouled it off. [...READ ON...] Continue reading
As of right now, the McCain campaign is nothing more than a firehose of lies. Period.
Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and countless others from both parties have spoken highly of John McCain, praising his honor and dignity. I’ll take it on faith that McCain may have once possessed those qualities… but not anymore. Continue reading
There’s a new mutation of bullshit that is taking hold in Washington, and I want everybody to get inoculated now. Seriously, before we have to listen to any more of this infectious mealymouthed tripe. And look, it is not my aim to just pile on Bush again. He’s had a bad week, and I feel for him in that regard, but this little outbreak started with him. Continue reading
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