Archive for the ‘GW Bush Admin’ Category
Senate Approves Amnesty for Telecom Spies
Paul Kiel at TPMMuckraker:
Let there be no doubt: a majority of senators, and a large number of Democrats, think the telecoms should not suffer the hazard of accountability for cooperating with the administration's warrantless wiretapping program. Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) took to the floor last night to give a speech asking, "This is our defining [...]
Eighteen Shitheads
Democrat Evan Bayh (Indiana)
Democrat Tom Carper (Delaware)
Democrat Kent Conrad (North Dakota)
Democrat Dianne Feinstein (California)
Democrat Daniel Inouye (Hawaii)
Democrat Tim Johnson (South Dakota)
Democrat Herb Kohl (Wisconsin)
Democrat Mary Landrieu (Louisiana)
Democrat Blanche Lincoln (Arkansas)
Democrat Claire McCaskill (Missouri)
Democrat Barbara Mikulski (Maryland)
Democrat Ben Nelson (Nebraska)
Democrat Bill Nelson (Florida)
Democrat Mark Pryor (Arkansas)
Democrat Jay Rockefeller (West Virginia)
Democrat Ken Salazar (Colorado)
Democrat Debbie Stabenow (Michigan)
Democrat [...]
Norm Coleman Enjoying George W. Bush’s State of the Union Address
George W. Bush’s Last State of the Union Address
We're also standing against the forces of extremism embodied by the regime in Tehran. Iran's rulers oppress a good and talented people. And wherever freedom advances in the Middle East, it seems the Iranian regime is there to oppose it. Iran is funding and training militia groups in Iraq, supporting Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon, and [...]
No Amnesty Yet for Wiretap Criminals
Glenn Greenwald at Salon.com, January 28, 2008:
The vote on the Motion for Cloture on the 30-day extension [of the Protect America Act] (i.e., to proceed to a vote on it) just failed -- 48-45 (again, 60 votes are needed). All Democrats (including Clinton and Obama) voted in favor of the Motion, but no Republicans did [...]
New York Times on FISA: Help from the House?
New York Times editorial, "The FISA Follies, Redux," 1/26/08
The Senate (reportedly still under Democratic control) seems determined to help President Bush violate Americans’ civil liberties and undermine the constitutional separation of powers. Majority Leader Harry Reid is supporting White House-backed legislation that would expand the administration’s ability to spy on Americans without court supervision and [...]
George W. Bush’s Favorite Painting
Bush Administration Iraq Lies Quantified
President George W. Bush and seven of his administration's top officials, including Vice President Dick Cheney, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, made at least 935 false statements in the two years following September 11, 2001, about the national security threat posed by Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Nearly five years after the [...]
Congresswoman Baldwin on Cheney Impeachment
Tammy Baldwin in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal, January 19, 2008:
On Dec. 14, I joined with my colleagues on the House Judiciary Committee, Reps. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) and Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), in urging Chairman Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) to conduct hearings on a resolution of impeachment now pending consideration in that committee.
Among my constituents, there are those [...]
Congressman Wexler Appeals for Cheney Impeachment
Kaboom
Bush Begins Preparations For Nation's Final Year
As his last term in office winds to a close, President Bush has directed White House aid[e]s and Cabinet staff to begin preparing for 2008, the nation's 232nd and final year in existence.
"My fellow Americans, it has been an honor to be your last president," said Bush during a [...]
386 Days
Hugh's Bush Administration Scandals List
The Bush Administration's Dumbest Legal Arguments of 2007
Talking Points Memo's List of Scandalized Bush Administration Officials