Month: February 2006
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Pat Roberts smears Democrats
After criticism of President Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program during a Senate intelligence committee hearing yesterday, Pat Roberts trotted out some nasty post-9/11 rhetoric: [I]n a statement issued later, Senator Pat Roberts, the Kansas Republican who is chairman of the committee, accused Mr. Rockefeller and other Democrats of derailing the discussion about security threats with their
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Tim Kaine’s crazy eyebrow
I gave up on the State of the Union long before Tim Kaine came on to give the Democratic rebuttal, but the word is out about his disturbing left eyebrow — take a look at this picture: Kaine’s background and his recent victory in Virginia make him an interesting figure to deliver the Democratic response,
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The SOTU bounce myth
Michael Beschloss touted the myth that State of the Union addresses boost the president’s poll numbers on “The Daily Show” last night, but it’s not true according to Gallup: Historical Gallup findings dating back to President Jimmy Carter’s administration demonstrate that, despite the fanfare, presidents rarely are able to increase their approval ratings following a
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Bush has been good for Jon Stewart
During an interview with Michael Beschloss on last night’s “Daily Show,” Jon Stewart (who previously said he has the flu) admitted how good this administration has been for the bank accounts of liberal pundits: STEWART: I watched the State of the Union address and I obviously had a fever and was vomiting. BESCHLOSS: Has this
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WSJ: GOP Congress is unpopular
When the Wall Street editorial board is calling Republicans unpopular, you know they’re in trouble: The question is, does the Congressional GOP think it really needs a major change? It’s easy to be complacent in this age of gerrymandered districts and “safe” seats. But Republicans might also want to consider that they now have worse
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Your tax dollars at work: Kids’ disaster websites
A National Public Radio story this morning discusses the boondoggle of useless kids’ disaster websites. The Department of Homeland Security is launching Ready Kids, a website helping kids prepare for disasters that features Rex, who NPR hilariously describes as a “flashlight-toting mountain lion”: And it turns out that FEMA has a similar kids website called
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Best White House transcript ever
From the official SOTU transcript: Congress did not act last year on my proposal to save Social Security — (applause) — yet the rising cost of entitlements is a problem that is not going away. (Applause.) Per Josh Marshall’s request for video, it’s at 35:07 in the C-SPAN footage (Real Player – if the link