Begala on Indictments: Bush's False Moral Superiority
Fri Oct 28, 2005 at 12:25:57 PM PDT
Paul Begala speaks out again on the PlameGate investigation and inditements on
the Huffington Post, and points out that this investigation is showing
just how hollow Bush's Claims of moral superiority have clearly become:
It is not boilerplate to state that those accused are entitled to the presumption of innocence. But that is a legal matter. As a matter of morality, the Bushies are already guilty. Guilty of smearing the Wilson family. Guilty of twisting intelligence. Guilty of lying about the role of White House aides in outing Mrs. Wilson. Guilty of sanctimony and hypocrisy and hubris. Most of all, they are guilty of misleading us into this God-awful war.
More after the flip...
Paul Begala on Fitzgerald- "an exquisite form of torture"
Wed Oct 26, 2005 at 10:36:04 PM PDT
Paul Begala, who helped get Clinton into the White House, and was there when the Clinton White House was going though the stress of its Grand Jury,
gives some perspective at the
Talking Point Memo Cafe on what the current White House is going through, referring to it as "an exquisite form of torture" and why it is probably significantly worse than what Clinton and his staff went through.
More after the fold ...
[Updated] New RW Term - "Bush Packing"
Wed Oct 05, 2005 at 05:07:09 PM PDT
Evidently, conservative groups uncomfortable with the choices that Bush is making for the Supreme court have coined a new phrase: "Bush-Packing".
More after the fold . . .
Who Framed Social Security? (Or Cutting the Electricity to the Third Rail)
Sun May 01, 2005 at 10:46:01 PM PDT
Assuming your not dead, you have probably heard a fair bit about the Social Security crisis. From the news and from the framing we know that Social Security is facing a looming crisis - in 2017, Social Security will "go into debt" and in 2041 it will be "bankrupt", and these points rarely seem to be in dispute.
To use the popular lingo, the republicans have successfully framed the issue in terms that will justify their actions, because if a program is in jeopardy, it is appropriate to take extreme steps - "We had to destroy Social Security to save it". Lets take a look at the "going into debt" and "bankruptcy" that is facing Social Security after the break.
Electoral-Vote was Down - Under Attack? (w/poll) [Updated]
Tue Oct 12, 2004 at 12:02:13 PM PDT
This is my first diary - please be gentle!
It appears that Electoral-vote.com is intermittently down - just get a "White Box Enterprise Linux Test Page" when I try the site. Is the the result of a coordinated attack?
More Below the fold . . .
[Update] It appears the site is back up.
