McSame’s Mock Obama Strategy Under the direction of John McSame‘s new Rovian campaign strategist, Steve Schmidt, the attacks against Obama’s character have become so vituperative that even long-time McSame supporters like Mike Murphy and Mike Weaver are crying foul, (or at least, lame). Not only because they are damaging his brand as someone who eschews personal attacks, but because he …
Urban renewal project in beautiful downtown Baghdad Chris Matthews‘ substitute host, McCain enthusiast Mike Barnicle, reacted incredulously Wednesday to a comment by Iraq war vet Jon Soltz, co-founder and chairman of VoteVets.org, that the so-called “surge” has not been a success. Pressed by Barnicle, who reflects the corporatist media’s official narrative of the surge, Soltz made a number of arguments: …
Well, not so much… Today was the deadline that the Iraqi government was supposed to roll over and capitulate to the Bush- Cheney Administration‘s demand for a Status of Forces Agreement that would formalize the permanent military occupation of their country. The attempt to guarantee future investments of US oil companies in Iraq by transforming US troops into company security …
Impact of two terms of Bush’s management of the US Economy The Bush Administration today issued a mind boggling record deficit projection of $482 billion for 2009. And that’s not even counting the off-budget estimated $80 billion being spent in Iraq and Afghanistan, nor the cost of the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac and homeowner bailout bill. That’s a yearly deficit of …
Traitorous Muslim Metrosexual— That’s how the right-wing meme machine is trying to define Barack Hussein Obama these days. . .
Um, yeah. . . Please don’t ask us how McCain manages to hold himself upright for these several dozen examples of a humanoid without a backbone. We have no frakkin’ idea.
A Charge To Keep, by W.H.D. Koerner The above painting was proudly displayed in Governor George Bush‘s office in Austin, Texas. As Crooks and Liars describes it: In 1995, he issued a memo to his Texas staff, describing the painting, by W.H.D. Koerner in 1916, which he kept on his office wall. Bush told his aides: The…painting is based upon …
