George Will Sums Up McCain's "Unattractive Righteousness"
George Will, voicing the position of those (like Mitch McConnell) who don't like getting attacked for things their attacker has done, captures the state of McCain's attempts to hypocritically avoid the rules he himself wrote.
First, the Times muddied, with unsubstantiated sexual innuendo about a female lobbyist, a story about McCain's flights on jets owned by corporations with business before the Senate Commerce Committee, and his meeting with a broadcaster (McCain
Meet Our New Sovereign Wealth Fund Overlord
The NYT tries to shed some light on the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
January 23, 2006
Is it a coincidence that Fitzgerald revealed the missing emails to Libby's lawyers the day before SIS "discovered" the missing email?
SIS has "filled in" the blanks
It looks like Steven McNevitt's colleagues in CIO are rather skeptical that the White House was able to restore all the missing OVP emails.
Enron Accounting at the NRCC
The Politico fleshes out the NRCC accounting story--and it sure looks like they had a scheme ripe for money laundering.
McCain Hearts Renzi
John McCain doesn't mind so much that one of his state co-chairs was just indicted for screwing (figuratively) his constituents.
What They Didn't Want McDevitt To Talk About...
The White House tried to cover up their missing email problem from the Archives.
Fitzgerald Testifies Before HJC
Fitzgerald before HJC on Special Counsels.
No Wonder Fitzgerald Never Officially Closed His Investigation
Today's hearing on the missing emails included a number of revelations. Most of all, though, I think it revealed several reasons why Fitzgerald may not have officially closed the CIA Leak investigation.
Waxman Hearing on White House Emails
Already a sqabble over whether the interrogatories from McDevitt, the guy who said 473 days of email were missing, should be entered into the record.
Gitmo Fixer Resigns
William Haynes, the guy who insisted that "we can't have acquittals" resigned today. You think that has anything to do with Colonel Morris Davis' announcement on Thursday that he would testify for the defense of Salim Ahmed Hamdan?
Bullying CBS Didn't Work Out So Well This Time, Did It Turdblossom?
Karl whines that CBS didn't give him another chance to spike their story.
Monday Cheney Games
Why did Cheney sneak off to Dallas?
Taliban Cells and Cables
The Taliban have just threatened to start taking out cell phone towers in Afghanistan. They say the US is using cell phone signals to faciliate attacks on insurgents. What a coincidence, then, that the telecom power in Pakistan went out recently, not longer after a strike at a top Al Qaeda leader.
Mitch McConnell, Hans Von Spakovsky, Mitt's Re-Emergence, and McCain's FEC Money Woes
Best as I can tell, Mitch McConnell has one of two choices. Do McCain a favor by withdrawing his insistence that Hans von Spakovsky be considered in a block with the three other FEC nominees--which would result in a quorum that could rule on McCain's bid to decline FEC matching funds. Or, he could remain intransigent, and make it much more likely that someone he doesn't hate as much as he hates McCain--like Mitt Romney--gets the GOP nomination to be President.
60 Minutes Goes Black--Who Does It Protect?
As a number of you pointed out in the comments, 60 Minutes curiously went off the air in Northern Alabama last night for over half of the segment on Governor Siegelman. The station did rebroadcast the show at 10 PM last night. Still, the fact that just one station in Alabama lost the show just when it was showing a damning story on Alabama's politicized prosecutions sure reeks, particularly given the
The First Stage Is Denial
McCain's advisors claim you shouldn't worry that they're a bunch of lobbyists. But the Bush Administration's troubles with their lobbyist clients demonstrates how much you should worry.
Vicki Iseman's Lobbying Career
The trajectory of Vicki Iseman's career has moved from a focus on media consolidation to a focus on defense and Veterans issues.
McCain's Favors for Iseman Involved Helping Far Right-Wing Families to Sustain their Shell Companies
When I noted that John McCain's gal lobbyist friend had represented the two networks that would, in 2004, show the anti-Kerry propaganda piece, Stolen Honor, I admitted I didn't know precisely whether or how John McCain had helped Iseman's second
Paxson Refreshes McCain's Memory
Bud Paxson says McCain's 2002 deposition--and not his claims yesterday--are the truth.