Think Progress 8/25/08 4:53 PM Ben Incompetent Establishment Iraq McCain Petraeus Gen. David Petraeus, top commander of coalition military forces in Iraq, recently sat down with Newsweek to do a ?valedictory? interview before he takes up his new post as CENTCOM commander next month. Newsweek reported that while Petraeus recognized that al-Qaeda in Iraq has [...]
Archive for August 25th, 2008
25 Aug
In Response to Rorry’s Comment
I don’t nomally comment on comments left on the blog in this fashion (i.e., on the blog itself) but this issue needs airing! New comment on your post #2318 “McCain’s Warped Worldview” Author : Rorry (IP: 15.203.233.75 , zcce02cs1741-db20.houston.hp.com) E-mail : svgeone@aim.com URL : Whois : http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=15.203.233.75 Comment: Attention Liberal morons!!! You’ve had [...]
25 Aug
A Tale of Two Parties
The American Prospect This year’s conventions represent two distinct Americas. HAROLD MEYERSON | August 25, 2008 | web only Anyone who insists there’s no difference between our two political parties should be made to attend their conventions. Even the high-dollar wing-dings thrown by the same lobbyists and law firms at both conventions [...]
25 Aug
Are you better off?
No doubt, the economy is gloomy. But how are you doing? It’s a question the candidates are asking – and an issue that Americans are dealing with every day. By Tami Luhby, CNNMoney.com senior writer Last Updated: August 25, 2008: 10:01 AM EDT NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The statistics are grim: Inflation is at a [...]
25 Aug
Meet Joe Biden
Post from Amanda Scott’s Blog: By Amanda Scott – Aug 24th, 2008 at 6:59 pm EDT Joe Biden is a rare mix. A leader who has worked for decades in Washington, but has never lived there. An expert on foreign policy, whose heart and values are firmly rooted in the middle class; one who has [...]
25 Aug
Joe Biden Is a Key Fighter in Dissolving Bush’s ‘Terror’ Myths
By Andy Worthington, AlterNet. Posted August 24, 2008. Biden doesn’t have clean hands when it comes to Iraq, but he’s been a leader in re-establishing the rule-of-law in Bush’s terror war. In the end, then, it came down to this: Barack Obama needed a vice-presidential candidate with well-established Washington credentials, foreign policy experience and [...]
25 Aug
The Three Dumbest Neocon Predictions Since the Disaster in Iraq
By John Dolan, AlterNet. Posted August 25, 2008. Nothing seems to keep the Neocons from losing respectability. Here are three contenders for the dumbest Neocon predictions post-Iraq. Now that the Beijing games have wound up, we can get on to a sporting event with real significance: a Neocon Olympics to decide the most grossly wrong, [...]
