Month: July 2005
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Josh Marshall asserts White House behind Fitzgerald probe
According to two paragraphs at the end of a long Reuters story, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, which is chaired by Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas, will “hold hearings on the use of espionage cover” and “review the probe of special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, who has been investigating the Plame case for nearly two
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Atrios suggests Roberts is gayJust a day after I denounced conservatives for manufacturing a conspiracy to suggest that John Roberts is gay, Atrios has made the same suggestion, even though the judge allegedly described in the story was reportedly removed from contention: I Wonder Who This Was? And did he wear plaid pants? Amid the political hullabaloo surrounding white-bread
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Turning the world against us: Rich Lowry/Tom Tancredo edition
One of the primary criticisms of the Bush administration’s approach to foreign policy is to say that it unites the world against us. There’s some truth to that, but being popular is only useful insofar as it helps the US achieve its objectives, so I tend to think you need a more reasoned case for
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Hillary moving to the center?
With a big lead in her New York Senate race and early 2008 trial heats, is Hillary Clinton continuing to try to move back toward the center? Drudge is claiming that she will support John Roberts and has a background quote supposedly bashing MoveOn.org: Senator Hillary Clinton has confided to associates that she intends to
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Manufacturing an anti-Roberts conspiracy
Via Kevin Drum and Unfogged comes one of the wackiest blog posts I’ve ever read. The author, Charmaine Yoest, a conservative apparatchik now at the University of Virginia, accuses the left of insinuating that Supreme Court nominee John Roberts is gay. What’s the evidence for that very serious charge? A blog post on “Manhattan Offender”
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More George Allen follies
In addition to catching flak from Democrats for his ugly racial history, Virginia Senator George Allen’s recent pre-presidential trip to New Hampshire reportedly also managed to annoy Republicans, as Robert Novak reports: Sen. George Allen of Virginia, the hottest early prospect for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, blundered on his visit to New Hampshire May
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Did Ari Fleischer dissemble before the Plame grand jury?
Via Wonkette, here’s an ex-Bush administration official speaking in late 2004 with The Nation’s David Corn: “[Ari Fleischer] testified before the [Valerie Plame] grand jury for six hours. Afterward someone asked me if I thought he could get through all that without saying something untrue. Ari talk for six hours without saying something untrue? That’s
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Conflict of interest watch update: Ron Brownstein
Back in May, I wrote about how Los Angeles Times Ron Brownstein had failed to disclose his engagement to John McCain’s communication director when he hyped McCain’s 2008 presidential prospects. To his credit, Brownstein eventually ran a disclosure after getting married. LAT Washington bureau chief Doyle McManus later commented it was ok for Brownstein to
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Jon Chait on the exercise president
Like me, Jon Chait is troubled by the President’s obsession with exercise over substance: A week ago, when President Bush met with Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III to interview him for a potential Supreme Court nomination, the conversation turned to exercise… Am I the only person who finds this disturbing? I don’t mean the fact
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Dog bites man
Breaking news from Drudge: “Mel Gibson’s next film will feature abundant violence…”