YOU CAN’T APPEASE EVERYBODY
by Ann Coulter May 28, 2008
After decades of comparing Nixon to Hitler, Reagan to Hitler and Bush to Hitler, liberals have finally decided it is wrong to make comparisons to Hitler. But the only leader to whom they have applied their newfound rule of thumb is: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
While Ahmadinejad has [...]
Former press secretary’s book bashes Bush
May 28, 2008
WASHINGTON - Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan writes in a new memoir that President Bush relied on an aggressive “political propaganda campaign” instead of the truth to sell the Iraq war, and that the decision to invade pushed Bush’s presidency “terribly off course.’
The Bush White House [...]
May 27, 2008
Atomic Monitor Signals
Concern Over Iran’s Work
By ELAINE SCIOLINO
PARIS — The International Atomic Energy Agency, in an unusually blunt and detailed report, said Monday that Iran’s suspected research into the development of nuclear weapons remained “a matter of serious concern” and that Iran continued to owe the agency “substantial explanations.”
The nine-page report accused the [...]
Obama criticizes McCain on veterans’ benefits
By CHRISTOPHER WILLS, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 58 minutes ago
BAYAMON, Puerto Rico - Barack Obama told veterans Saturday that he can’t understand why Republican John McCain opposes legislation that would provide college scholarships to people who have served in the U.S. military.
“Now, let me be clear: No one can [...]
Senate passes Iraq war funding bill with add-ons
By ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press Writer May 22, 2008
WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans have broken with President Bush to help Democrats add support for veterans and the unemployed to a bill paying for another year of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
The 75-22 vote also added billions of dollars in other [...]
McCain Exceptionalism
By WILLIAM KRISTOL
Published: May 19, 2008
Last Tuesday, Republicans lost another Congressional seat in a special election — their third such defeat in two months. On Wednesday I received an acerbic e-mail message from a disgusted young G.O.P. loyalist: “I just have to say that Republicans are a dumb party that chooses stupid candidates. [...]
A question submitted from the online audience asked Bush whether he felt he had been misled about Iraq as he made the decision to go to war.
“‘Misled’ is a strong word,” he said. “Not only our intelligence community, but intelligence communities all across the world shared the same assessment. And so I was disappointed to [...]
President George W. Bush may turn out to be the top economic forecaster in the country.
About a month ago he told reporters, “We’re not in a recession, we’re in a slowdown.” At a White House news conference a few weeks later, despite the fact that reporters pressed him to use the “R” word, Mr. Bush [...]
Myriad Crises, but Inertia in Official Washington
By CARL HULSE
Published: April 30, 2008
WASHINGTON — Americans are pumping their paychecks into their gas tanks, and the economy is in a stall. Food scarcities threaten governments overseas and spur hoarding at home. Foreclosures are up, home sales are down. Progress in Iraq and Afghanistan is halting.
Despite this confluence [...]
Lawyers Fear Monitoring in Cases on Terrorism
By PHILIP SHENON
Published: April 28, 2008
PORTLAND, Ore. — Thomas Nelson, an Oregon lawyer, has lived in a state of perpetual jet lag for the last two years. Every few weeks, he boards a plane in Portland and flies to the Middle East to meet with a high-profile Saudi [...]
