Firedoglake (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ever since they were released last Friday, I’ve been meaning to write about the FBI notes of Dick Cheney’s interview with Plamemania special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald. As is her wont, Emptywheel has already critiqued Cheney’s non-answers from a variety of angles, and multiple media reports have commented on the ex-Veep’s nearly all-encompassing amnesia, best summarized by...
Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | yesterday
Talk about an odd couple! Former Alaska Governor and GOP Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin will be joining U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, the longest serving openly LGBT member of Congress, as headliners for the Gridiron Club winter dinner . No word on whether they'll sing a version of "Endless Love" together. The Gridiron Club's winter dinner is one of those inside-the-Beltway events where...
Hitchens Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last year, Christopher made an appeal to his readers for books for the newly opened American University of Iraq in Sulaimaniya or AUI-S , a fledgling oasis of learning in the heart of Kurdistan. At about the same time as Hitch was begging for books, Hitchens Watch's very own Mark G, got himself hired as an instructor at the University and spent the best part of a year teaching there. Now his end-of-term...
Hullabaloo (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cheney-Rumsfeld Replay by digby Edward Harrison at Naked Capitalism offers up a convincing look at the dynamics that led Obama to choose the path he's chosen in dealing with the financial sector. Here's the conclusion: When historians look back at the Bush 42 presidency, it will be defined by 9/11 and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. While George W. Bush was politically pre-disposed to the Neo-con...
MSNBC.com: Politics (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Former Vice President Dick Cheney held back no criticism Thursday of President Barack Obama, strongly questioning the administration's policy in Afghanistan and its approach to combating terrorism.
MSNBC.com: U.S. Security (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Former Vice President Dick Cheney held back no criticism Thursday of President Barack Obama, strongly questioning the administration's policy in Afghanistan and its approach to combating terrorism.
Google News - Top Stories (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Voice of America Cheney urges strong U.S. commitment to Afghan war Reuters BENTON HARBOR, Michigan (Reuters) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday urged President Barack Obama to commit enough troops to win the war in Afghanistan, warning hesitation would embolden US foes and devastate its allies. ... New Afghan violence makes Obama decision tougher The Associated Press Obama's 'dithering'...
Broadway Carl's Blog-O-Mania (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
"I actually have to agree with Vice President Cheney, that the president is dithering. And I actually had to look up 'dithering,' and it means 'indecisive,' and that's exactly what he's being." That's Republican Rep. Joe "YOU LIE!" Wilson (R-NoBookistan) agreeing with former VP Dick Cheney's assessment... after some lowly, eye-rolling staffer had to look up the word "dither"...
Tuscaloosanews.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Some actors have made careers playing bumbling, arrogant morons who blithely bulldoze their way through the world, disregarding manners, convention and the lives of others. Kind of like Larry Langford, Dick Cheney or Donald Trump, except you might actually welcome a comedian into your house.
SteveAudio (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Compare and contrast: Cheney told FBI he had no idea who leaked Plame ID Former Vice President Dick Cheney told the FBI in 2004 he had no idea who leaked to the news media that Valerie Plame, wife of a Bush administration critic, worked for the CIA. [...] In the FBI interview, the vice president's memory of key events appeared hazy. [...] Cheney's occasional denials that he talked about Plame to various...
TheWineBlog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
It's time to ruminate on wines and turkey. From the perspective of undoubtedly many a wine professional – spending Thanksgivings at tables with as many as a dozen different bottles of wine at a time (the most ever for me: some five dozen bottles shared with Greg and Gary Butch’s families at their restaurant, Elizabeth on 37th in Savannah... thanks, boys! ) – I think I can do this....
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The one thing I love about liberal columnists is how they complain about people spewing invective as they spew invective. Such was deliciously the case in New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd's offering Wednesday when she went after Rush Limbaugh: Years ago, when I dubbed Dubya “The Boy Emperor,” Limbaugh spewed a stream of personal invective about me that embarrassed even my mother,...
2parse/blog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Rush Limbaugh, Dick Cheney, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, Charles Krauthammer , and other right wingers have begun to converge on a unified theory of Obama – a systematic critique of who he is, what he stands for, and what he is trying to do. Part of this theory – one of the core themes being developed – is that Obama is the most far left American leader ever. Rush Limbaugh expresses...
The Swamp (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
by Mark Silva Republican Sen. John McCain, who has been urging the White House to support a significant new troop deployment in Afghanistan, says he is "past being a bit angry.'' "I'm disappointed that we haven't made a decision,'' McCain (R-Ariz.), said in an appearance on FOX & Friends this morning. "The fact is, we already have men and women over there, and, the longer we delay...
Ensaios Imperfeitos (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
President Barack Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush, will go down in history as one of America's worst presidents, squandering diplomatic, international and economic assets that were bequeathed to him. As a result of the perfidy of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, Obama inherited a great deal of low-hanging foreign policy fruit that he has been slow and even hesitant to pick. Two losing...
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