Archive for April, 2008
April 29th, 2008
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The Chi Trib’s political blog, The Swamp, TELLS US about a gimmick cooked up by U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam (above) of the 6th Congressional District of Illinois, west of Chicago.
Roskam, a Republican, is running a competition for the best legislative ideas from his constituents. What do you want to bet that the winners will be no-brainers (in one way or another)?
Incidentally, Roskam, a right-wing rubber stamp for the Bush administration, defeated Democrat Tammy Duckworth in the 2006 election. During the campaign, he decried those who would “cut and run” from Iraq — an insensitive comment considering that Duckworth lost both her legs in Iraq when the Blackhawk helicopter she piloted was shot down.
April 29th, 2008
It’s astonishing how the nation’s principal wire service is buying into the Republican line concerning a TV ad about John McCain’s rhetoric regarding Iraq.
Josh Marshall explains HERE.
POSTSCRIPT: By the way, when are the AP and the other media going to give the Rev. Wright treatment to the racist neo-confederate who serves as an ADVISER to McCain’s campaign? Just askin’.
POSTSCRIPT II: Well, well, well. Lookie HERE: Three years before McCain argued on the campaign trail that U.S. forces could be in Iraq for 100 years in the absence of violence, he decried the very concept of a long-term troop presence. Another flip-flop by Mr. Straight Talk.
April 29th, 2008
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Last week, I passed along a REPORT that a potential witness in the Tony Rezko corruption trial was prepared to testify about efforts involving the White House to get U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald fired.
Now we have TESTIMONY from another witness to the effect that the plan was for Fitzgerald to be succeeded by a hack chosen by then-House Speaker Dennis Hastert and that said hack would kill the federal investigation of Rezko’s questionable activities.
April 28th, 2008
THIS is almost funny.
My favorite part is the claim that the Bible says the Antichrist will be a man “of Muslim descent.” But there were no Muslims until hundreds of years after the Bible was written.
April 28th, 2008
No, I’m not on the LIST, but neither are you, I’m guessing.
April 28th, 2008
ONE OF THEM is pretty well-run. Â THE OTHER is not.
So, which of the two portends competence in the White House?
April 27th, 2008
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The National Day of Prayer, this year’s edition of which is set for Wednesday of this week, is controlled by Focus on the Family and like-minded groups on the Religious Right.
But some folks are trying to make the event more INCLUSIVE.
April 27th, 2008
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Frank Rich TELLS US something the rest of the media failed to notice about last week’s Pennsylvania primary elections:
Twenty-seven percent of participants  in the GOP primary — a whopping 220,000 people — voted against John McCain.
April 26th, 2008
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Ten days ago, I PROPOSED here that the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates meet this year in a series of actual debates, a la the seven debates of 150 years ago this summer between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas, without journalists ruining the affair with their stupid questions and silly rules.
Well, Hillary Clinton (a regular reader of Applesauce, no doubt) WANTS TO GO the Lincoln-Douglas route with Barack Obama — right away.Â
So far, Obama is non-committal on the idea. I think he’d be wise to accept the challenge. Granted, he doesn’t do well when he’s thrown off stride by ridiculous questions (such as whether he thinks his pastor truly loves America),  but I think he’d excel in a format where it’s just Hillary and him setting the agenda.
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