"We must have a foreign policy that is both strong and smart. Yes, the Republicans have been strong, but they haven't been smart. And the policy is one big mess, everyone knows it."
- Senator Chuck Schumer
View Article  RUDY SAYS WHICHEVER COUSIN HE'S MARRIED TO ON ANY GIVEN WEEK WILL SIT IN ON CABINET MEETINGS
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I guess it's better that he bring whichever... woman he's married to at the moment to the cabinet meetings than any of his Mafia friends-- yes, real Mafia; we'd be trading in Bush's bad enough Mormon Mafia for the actual Cosa Nostra. (I guess even worse would be his Opus Dei pals.) But, come on, is this what the Republicans want to thrust on America next? Do they hate the country that much?

Actually, the answer to that is "no." Even Republicans are tearing out their hair at Giuliani's latest unmasking as an imbecile. Yes, all you Republicans ...   more »
View Article  THE GEORGE W. BUSH "SCANDALS AND FUCK-UPS" COLLECTOR PLATES
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Ahhh... can this clip be submitted as evidence in an impeachment hearing?
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View Article  NANCY PELOSI GOES TO SYRIA. WINGNUTS GO INTO ORBIT
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Is there a story in the fact that Speaker Nancy Pelosi is leading a congressional delegation on a fact-finding trip to the Middle East that will include Syria, a country the Bush Regime accuses of all kinds of things? The Bush Regime thinks so and their propaganda arm is out screaming that the sky is falling. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad "probably really wants people to come, and have a photo opportunity, and have tea with him, and have discussions about where they're coming from. But we just think it's a really bad idea," according to Bush's current spokesperson, Dana ...   more »
View Article  BLUE AMERICA: JERRY McNERNEY-- CONGRESSMAN AT YOUR CORNER
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Today we welcome Jerry McNerney-- now Congressman Jerry McNerney back to Firedoglake. It's been 8 months since we last sat down with Jerry for a chat, at a time when Inside-the-Beltway pros were scoffing at the idea that an anti-war, grassroots, alternative energy expert with no support from the Party Establishment could take on a powerful and entrenched incumbent-- in a Republican district. Join us over at FDL on Saturday at 1PM Pacific Time and find out what's happened with Citizen McNerney since then.

If you know who Karl Rove is it certainly didn't surprise you to find out ...   more »
View Article  WHAT HAPPENS IF A SENATOR BECOMES PRESIDENT?
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Yesterday CongressDaily brought up an interesting point to consider. There's a good chance that the next president of the United States is going to be someone who is will have an unexpired U.S. Senate term to fill. The last sitting senator to have been elected president was JFK in 1960. This time it would be the case with Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, or that crazy old Republican kook from Arizona. And some of the hometown pols pushing these guys the hardest are the ones interested in replacing them. The most optimum scenario would be Obama winning the presidency and ...   more »
View Article  Friday by the Numbers
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Total American dead in the Iraq Illegal Occupation: 2500 2513 2532 2540 2546 2558 2571 2585 2597 2605 2619 2641 2710 2737 2758 2788 2809 2826 2865 2888 2906 2959 3006 3018 3025 3067 3087 3118 3132 3151 3166 3189 3210 3233 3245

Total coalition forces dead: 258
Total Iraqi Dead: 600,000+

Number of days since Baby Doc said he'd get Osama Bin Laden "dead or alive": 2027
Number of days since the illegal occupation of Iraq began: 1477
Number of days since "Mission Accomplished": 1427
Number of days between Pearl Harbor and the end of ...   more »
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