The Most Disappointing President By Dan Froomkin Special to washingtonpost.com Tuesday, April 22, 2008; 12:44 PM No president in recent history has let the American people down the way this president has. In the past six and a half years, the public’s view of President Bush has gone from one extreme to another. After the [...]
Archive for April 22nd, 2008
22 Apr
War Funding Bill Will Put Pelosi’s Strength to the Test
FINALLY: After years of seeing the House pushed around by President Bush, Speaker Nancy Pelosi has learned to say no.
22 Apr
McCain: A Question of Temperament
McCain: A Question of Temperament (By Scott Anderson — Associated Press) By Michael Leahy Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, April 20, 2008; Page A01 John McCain cupped a fist and began pumping it, up and down, along the side of his body. It was a gesture familiar to a participant in the closed-door meeting of [...]
22 Apr
What Monetary Policy? Conservatives? Blind Eye to Fed Bailouts
Having behind us the commercial interests and the laboring interests and all the toiling masses, we shall answer their demands for a gold standard by saying to them, you shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
–William Jennings Bryan–
22 Apr
Homeland Security at Five Years
Home > Issues > 2008 > Homeland Security at Five Years Homeland Security at Five Years April 17, 2008 More information about the event “What we owe … is to give the public freedom from fear,” said Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee at a Center for [...]
22 Apr
IRAQ — CHENEY FALSELY CLAIMS AL QAEDA WILL ‘ACQUIRE CONTROL’ OF IRAQ’S OIL RESOURCES IF U.S. WITHDRAWS:�
IRAQ — CHENEY FALSELY CLAIMS AL QAEDA WILL ‘ACQUIRE CONTROL’ OF IRAQ’S OIL RESOURCES IF U.S. WITHDRAWS: Last Thursday, Vice President Cheney appeared on Sean Hannity’s radio show and fear-mongered about the consequences of withdrawing from Iraq. “[I]f al Qaeda were to take over big parts of Iraq, among other things, they would acquire control [...]
22 Apr
ADMINISTRATION — IRAQI PARLIAMENT WILL VOTE ON LONG-TERM AGREEMENT, BUT CONGRESS CANNOT:
ADMINISTRATION — IRAQI PARLIAMENT WILL VOTE ON LONG-TERM AGREEMENT, BUT CONGRESS CANNOT: Last year, President Bush and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki issued a “Declaration of Principles for a Long-Term Relationship of Cooperation and Friendship,” which could help clear the way for the erection of permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari [...]
22 Apr
McCain’s Plan for Working Class Offers Plenty for Corporate World
McCain’s Plan for Working Class Offers Plenty for Corporate World By Michael D. Shear and Jonathan Weisman Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, April 16, 2008; Page A07 Sen. John McCain yesterday offered sweeping rhetoric about the economic plight of working-class Americans, promising immediate assistance even as he spelled out a tax and spending agenda whose [...]
