Archive for 'POTUS'

Saturday, April 21st, 2007

Is Partition The Answer?

There of those of us who still believe in the idea of a united, democratic Iraq, though our hopes have been dashed time and time again and the remnants are fading.  I never thought the idea of a partitioned Iraq was worth fighting and dying over.  You can understand, then, my disappointment that it has come […]

22 Comments » - Posted in Harry Reid, POTUS, Elephants, Donkeys, Iraq by Mark

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Thursday, April 19th, 2007

The Last Stand Of Alberto Gonzales?

The White House officially stands by their man, but behind the scenes, the prognosis is grim:
White House insiders tell CNN that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales hurt himself during testimony before a Senate committee Thursday on the firing of eight U.S. attorneys.
The sources, involved in administration discussions about Gonzales, told White House correspondent Suzanne Malveaux that […]

6 Comments » - Posted in Domestic Affairs, POTUS by Mark

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Sunday, April 8th, 2007

Senator Levin: We Will Not Stop Funding The War

A Democratic senator with big-time influence and authority is quite publicly sending a message to Harry Reid and other Democrats who have thrown their lot in with the Nutroots®, and the message is this: we won’t stop funding for the war.
The Senate will not stop paying for the Iraq war nor relent from insisting that […]

9 Comments » - Posted in Harry Reid, POTUS, Donkeys, Iraq, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots® by Mark

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Saturday, April 7th, 2007

Joe Klein’s Contentless Rant

Nothing is more disappointing than seeing a formerly reasonable person lose control of his senses.  Joe Klein has always been a pretty calm oasis of sanity in the midst of the Bush Derangement Syndrome that has gripped much of the left, but I’m afraid I’ll have to start using the past tense after reading this piece:
From […]

4 Comments » - Posted in POTUS, Iraq by Mark

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Saturday, March 31st, 2007

Are Pigs Flying?

The Wall Street Journal editorial board praises…Charlie Rangel??!!?? On trade???!!!???
Believe it:
How’s that bipartisan thing going in Washington? Not very well, despite those January promises. But Congress and the White House still have a chance to work together on something important–namely trade. The outcome may hang on who runs trade policy in the House: Charlie Rangel, […]

2 Comments » - Posted in Domestic Affairs, POTUS, Elephants, Donkeys, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots® by Mark

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Friday, March 30th, 2007

This Is Why People Distrust Old Media

Perfect example of an MSM storyline:
Five-and-a-half years after the September 11 attacks, President George W. Bush’s war on terrorism has emerged as a wasteful, misguided exercise that poses its own threat to U.S. national security, experts say.
Experts say? Not SOME experts, but experts? With no qualifier, I’m left to believe that ALL experts say the […]

16 Comments » - Posted in POTUS, Radical Islam / GWOT, NY Times/Media Watch by Mark

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Thursday, March 29th, 2007

Good To See The President Can Still Laugh At Himself…

…after all he’s been through. From this year’s Radio and Television Correspondents’ Dinner:
“A year ago my approval rating was in the 30s, my nominee for the Supreme Court had just withdrawn, and my vice president had shot someone,” President Bush said Wednesday night during the annual gathering.
“Ah,” he said, “those were the good ol’ days.”
In […]

No Comments » - Posted in POTUS, NY Times/Media Watch by Mark

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Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

More On The Upcoming Veto

I don’t know what else to call it, since the Senate will apparently keep the withdrawal language, as we discussed below; basically, the Senate and House have voted for a veto. Fair enough, a veto they will get:
The Democratic-controlled Senate narrowly signaled support Tuesday for the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by next […]

3 Comments » - Posted in POTUS, Donkeys, Iraq by Mark

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Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

Sharpen Your Veto Pen

Senator Mitch McConnell, who has been nothing short of brilliant in outmanuevering his Democratic colleagues on Iraq thus far, in particular ‘Dirty’ Harry Reid, is signalling a temporary retreat on the language requiring troop withdrawals, predicting it will be in the supplemental funding bill that passes the Senate in the expectation that the President will […]

No Comments » - Posted in POTUS, Elephants, Donkeys, Iraq by Mark

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Sunday, March 25th, 2007

The ‘Virtue’ Of Righteous Anger

Good piece by George Will looking at the trendiness of anger, that is to say, the newfound belief that perpetual anger is somehow a sign of character:
Many people who loathe George W. Bush have adopted what Peter Wood describes as “ecstatic anger as a mode of political action.” Anger often is, Wood says, “a spectacle […]

2 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing, POTUS, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots® by Mark

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Saturday, March 24th, 2007

New Sanctions On Iran…

…but to what avail?
Iran’s foreign minister rejected a unanimous vote by the U.N. Security Council on Saturday to impose new sanctions on Iran because of its refusal to suspend its uranium enrichment program.
Speaking to the 15-member council in measured tones after the vote, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said, “Iran presents no threat to […]

No Comments » - Posted in Iran, POTUS, Iraq, UN/Oil-For-Food by Mark

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Friday, March 23rd, 2007

Bush’s Statement On The House Vote

A clearly angry President George W. Bush laid into the House Democrats today, and he was absolutely right to do [all points of emphasis mine]:
Here in Washington, members of both parties recognize that our most solemn responsibility is to support our troops in the war on terror. Yet, today, a narrow majority in the House of […]

11 Comments » - Posted in POTUS, Donkeys, Iraq, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots® by Mark

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Friday, March 23rd, 2007

House Vote Will Go Pelosi’s Way, But It Won’t Matter

All indications are that the Democrats will pass their anti-war measure today:

Speaker Nancy Pelosi is headed for a big victory in the vote in the House Friday on $124 billion in funds for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
If, as looked likely Thursday night, she does win, her victory will be largely due to […]

6 Comments » - Posted in POTUS, Donkeys, Iraq, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots®, Uncategorized by Mark

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Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

The Shameless Hacks Of The New York Times

Oh, boy, here we go again:
The House of Representatives now has a chance to lead the nation toward a wiser, more responsible Iraq policy. It is scheduled to vote this week on whether to impose benchmarks for much-needed political progress on the Iraqi government — and link them to the continued presence of American combat […]

1 Comment » - Posted in POTUS, Donkeys, Iraq, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots®, NY Times/Media Watch by Mark

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Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

Gonzales Showdown Intensifies

Threats of subpeonas lead to threats of withdrawn offers, and away we go:
A House Judiciary subcommittee today authorized subpoenas for Karl Rove, President Bush’s political adviser, and other senior White House officials in the investigation into the firing of eight United States attorneys.
Democrats said the subpoenas, approved on a voice vote of the panel, […]

15 Comments » - Posted in Domestic Affairs, POTUS, Donkeys by Mark

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Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

Taking A Stand

President Bush is trying to draw a line in the sand regarding AttorneyGate, but the Democrats are not playing along so far:
President Bush sought yesterday to defuse the controversy over the firings of U.S. attorneys, offering strong support for embattled Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales while proposing to make Karl Rove and other top aides […]

No Comments » - Posted in Domestic Affairs, POTUS, Elephants, Donkeys by Mark

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Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

Russia Now Helping Against Iran?

This is a welcome story:
Russia has informed Iran that it will withhold nuclear fuel for Iran’s nearly completed Bushehr power plant unless Iran suspends its uranium enrichment as demanded by the United Nations Security Council, European, American and Iranian officials said.
The ultimatum was delivered in Moscow last week by Igor Ivanov, Russia’s Security Council Secretary, […]

No Comments » - Posted in Iran, POTUS, Radical Islam / GWOT, Foreign Affairs, UN/Oil-For-Food by Mark

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Monday, March 19th, 2007

Alberto Gonzales: Dead Man Walking

If this Politico story is to be believed (and I’ve found their early work pretty trustworthy to date), the resignation of Alberto Gonzales is a matter of when, not if:
Republican officials operating at the behest of the White House have begun seeking a possible successor to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, whose support among GOP lawmakers […]

4 Comments » - Posted in Domestic Affairs, POTUS, Elephants by Mark

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Monday, March 19th, 2007

Has The Gonzales Story Lost Any Momentum?

That’s the question all of Washington will be asking this week, as the Attorney General struggles to weather the storm over the U.S. Attorney firings.  Certainly, Democrats are doing their best to keep the heat on:
The Democratic senator leading the inquiry into the dismissal of federal prosecutors insisted Sunday that Karl Rove and other […]

No Comments » - Posted in Domestic Affairs, POTUS, Elephants, Donkeys by Mark

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Friday, March 16th, 2007

At What Point Does Congress Decide To Actually Do Some Work?

Even as a House panel forwards the latest ‘date certain’ Iraq pullout proposal for a vote by the full House, the Senate has already closed the door:
The Senate on Thursday rejected a Democratic resolution to withdraw most American combat troops from Iraq in 2008, but a similar measure advanced in the House, and Democratic leaders […]

No Comments » - Posted in POTUS, Elephants, Donkeys, Iraq, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots® by Mark

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