Except that we will; Gibbs is leaving the White House press secretary post only to become a political adviser to the president and his re-election campaign. It will still be very pleasant not to have Gibbs as Obama’s public face … Continue reading →
…but it’s not the stupid thing that some on the right have accused him of saying. First, watch the video: Now, what he didn’t say. He didn’t say the Constitution has no binding power. His statement was in answer to … Continue reading →
Floyd Abrams, one of the lawyers who defended the NY Times in the Pentagon Papers lawsuit, differentiates between Daniel Ellsberg’s actions in releasing those documents and Julian Assange’s in Wikileaks. Ellsberg, he says, was mindful of the damage that could … Continue reading →
Julian Assange objects to the leak of police files related to the rape allegations against him, published in—of all places (et tu, Brute?)—the leftist Guardian. Actually, it’s his lawyers who object. I’m sure Assange himself would fully support the Guardian’s … Continue reading →
It’s the talk of the blogophere: Obama’s bizarre (there’s no other word for it) decision to leave a press conference in Bill Clinton’s more capable hands. Here are some very truncated video excepts: What are we to make of this? … Continue reading →
Maureen Dowd seems deeply offended by Sarah Palin’s shooting a moose on the latest episode of her TLC Alaskan show (actually, Dowd seems to be deeply offended by nearly everything Palin does, including drawing breath). You may wonder why I … Continue reading →
This comment from “bubonicplacebo” appeared on one of the recent Wikileaks threads here: Of course, when the story was all about hacked e-mails concerning climatology, the usual conservative knuckleheads were focused on discussing the merits of the find, rather than … Continue reading →
Predictably, Sarah Palin calls Obama out for not doing something about Wikileaks sooner. It’s a good question; why hasn’t he? There are those who believe that it’s because Obama is so intent on sabotaging the United States and its standing … Continue reading →
Another day, another Wikileaks dump. And it will go on until there are negative consequences with teeth in them for such acts. At the moment, secret communications seem easy to obtain and to leak, and no one seems all that … Continue reading →
Amazingly enough, a long and almost entirely positive piece about Sarah Palin has appeared in the NY Times Magazine. A few sample facts learned from it, some of which I’d already suspected: She’s got the energy of a dynamo and … Continue reading →
…lost Margery Eagan, who’s voted for him for the last 30 years. No more. Oh, and even though Frank won re-election handily, he still lost—his chairmanship of the Financial Services committee. Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. And John Kerry … Continue reading →
Shorter NY Times: it’s the tactics, stupid. Yes, the Republicans just had a better organization and attack machine, “careful plotting,” and a “torrent of corporate money from outside interests.” Ha! Somehow they managed to overcome mere “miscalculations” of Obama and … Continue reading →