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DEMOCRATS: INVESTIGATE ALBERTO GONZALES FOR LYING UNDER OATH
Senate Democrats have called for a special prosecutor to look into allegations that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales lied to Congress while testifying about the U.S. attorney firings and the terror surveillance program. Sen. Charles Schumer, who also led the...
ALASKA REPUBLICANS UNDER CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
Rep. Don Young of Alaska, the former chairman of the House Transportation Committee, now is the subject of a continuing criminal inquiry involving possible political favors for a company in Alaska, people close to the case said. Sen. Ted...
YOUNG REPUBLICAN PLEADS GUILTY TO RAPE
The former head of the Michigan Federation of Young Republicans admitted today that he sexually abused a colleague during a national convention here last summer. Michael Flory, a 32-year-old attorney from Jackson, Mich., pleaded guilty to sexual battery on...
NEWSPAPERS REFUSED TO PUBLISH PROPAGANDA OP-ED FROM CONDI RICE
A few months ago, she decided to write an opinion piece about Lebanon. She enlisted John Chambers, chief executive officer of Cisco Systems as a co-author, and they wrote about public/private partnerships and how they might be of use...
JOE BIDEN SLAMS RUDY GIULIANI IN YOUTUBE VIDEO
Presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden blasts Rudy Giuliani over Republican weakness on the war on terror in new Youtube video......
DEMOCRATS HAVE $100 MILLION ADVANTAGE OVER REPUBLICANS
With more than a year to go before the 2008 elections, Democratic candidates have raised $100 million more in campaign contributions than Republicans, putting them on track to win the money race for the White House and Congress for...
TOP SENATOR: CENSURE BUSH FOR IRAQ WAR LIES
Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold said Sunday he wants Congress to censure President Bush for his management of the Iraq war and his "assault" against the Constitution. (LINK)...
MCCAIN "HAPPY" OVER FAILING CAMPAIGN
John McCain on Sunday assured Iowa supporters that he's doing fine and intends to seriously compete in the state's leadoff caucuses despite staff cuts and money problems. The Republican presidential candidate met privately with supporters, then held a news...
MITT ROMNEY: HILLARY, OBAMA, JUST LIKE BIN LADEN
TMZ obtained photos of presidential candidate Mitt Romney trying to win over grammatically challenged South Carolinians Thursday by holding a sign that said, "No to Obama, Osama and Chelsea's Moma." (LINK)...
REPUBLICAN SENATOR ADMITS USING PROSTITUTE
Louisiana Sen. David Vitter apologized Monday for his telephone number showing up on the old phone records of Pamela Martin and Associates, the alleged prostitution ring run in the nation's capital by Deborah Jeane Palfrey. "This was a very...
PAL: FRED THOMPSON WORKED WITH PRO-CHOICE GROUPS
A former law colleague of likely Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson told CNN Monday that Thompson worked in the 1990s for a group trying to loosen abortion restrictions. Likely Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson has consistently voted in favor...
MCCAIN CAMPAIGN HAS TONS OF LOBBYISTS ON STAFF
John McCain, who made his name attacking special interests, has more lobbyists working on his staff or as advisers than any of his competitors, Republican or Democrat. A Huffington Post examination of the campaigns of the top three presidential...
GIULIANI SLAMMED FOR CONNECTION TO CHURCH PEDOPHILE SCANDAL
Advocates for victims of abuse by Catholic clergy want presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani to fire a priest who was suspended from the church and then hired by the ex-mayor's security consulting business. A spokeswoman for Giuliani said the firm...
CHENEY TRIED TO DESTROY GOV'T AGENCY
For four years, Vice President Dick Cheney has resisted routine oversight of his office's handling of classified information, and when the National Archives unit that monitors classification in the executive branch objected, the vice president's office suggested abolishing the...
REPUBLICAN BROWNBACK ATTACKS MITT ROMNEY ON MORMONISM
An aide to GOP presidential candidate Sam Brownback has been reprimanded for sending e-mail to Iowa Republican leaders in an apparent attempt to draw unfavorable scrutiny to rival Mitt Romney's Mormonism. Emma Nemecek, the southeastern Iowa field director for...
DICK CHENEY WANTS WAR WITH IRAN
A year after President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced a new strategy toward Iran, a behind-the-scenes debate has broken out within the administration over whether the approach has any hope of reining in Iran's nuclear program,...
GIULIANI IGNORED IRAQ WITH "12 COMMITMENTS"
When he unveiled his so-called 12 commitments yesterday in New Hampshire, Rudy Giuliani failed to make a commitment to the American people on the most pressing issue facing the country today: the Iraq War. When asked specifically about Iraq...
RELIGIOUS RIGHT: WE'LL LEAVE GOP IF RUDY IS NOMINEE
Rudy Giuliani's support for abortion rights and gay rights has not to date prevented him from winning the support of a sizable number of socially conservative voters, according to polls. But the continued strength of his candidacy is causing...
GIULIANI UNDER FIRE FOR ABORTION DONATIONS
LINK: "Rudy Giuliani’s status as frontrunner in the battle for the 2008 Republican nomination is under fresh threat after it was revealed he had made at least six donations to a group that performs abortions. The leaking of details...
D.C. MADAM SEX SCANDAL HEATING UP
LINK: Deputy Secretary of State Randall L. Tobias submitted his resignation Friday, one day after confirming to ABC News that he had been a customer of a Washington, D.C. escort service whose owner has been charged by federal prosecutors...
ALBERTO GONZALES A JOKE AT HARVARD REUNION
LINK: A small group of student protesters, including one wearing a black hood and an orange jumpsuit, heckled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales as he posed with old classmates Saturday during their 25-year Harvard Law School reunion. "When the photographer...
AMERICA THINKS BUSH IS NUTS ON IRAQ
LINK: As the Democrat-controlled Congress and the White House clash over an Iraq spending bill, with President Bush vowing to veto it because it contains withdrawal deadlines, the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that a solid majority of...
JOHN MCCAIN: EVEN AFTER VA TECH MASSACRE, HE WANTS "NO GUN CONTROL"
Republican presidential candidate John McCain declared Wednesday he believes in "no gun control," making the strongest affirmation of support for gun rights in the GOP field since the Virginia Tech massacre. LINK...
MITT ROMNEY FLIP FLOPS ON SUPPORTING HILLARY CLINTON
Romney claimed that he didn't support "it takes a village", but in 1998 he did. [LINK]...
JIM WEBB SLAMS JOHN MCCAIN FOR PATRIOTISM SMEAR
Senator Jim Webb, former Secretary of the Navy under Ronald Reagan spoke out against Senator John McCain and his attacks on Democrats: "I'm disappointed in John McCain. I've known him for many years. The day before we begin the...
BIN LADEN WANTS JOHN MCCAIN TO WIN ELECTION
"Osama bin-Laden did all he could to get Bush re-elected. Bush's natural arrogance, practised ignorance, bumbling and incompetence couldn't have done more for the Islamicist cause if he had been on al-Qaeda's payroll. And now, along comes McCain. It's...
WHITE HOUSE ON RED ALERT OVER MISSING E-MAILS
"The administration has acknowledged that some e-mails missing from Rove's Republican party account may relate to the firing of eight U.S. prosecutors last year. The Democratic-run Congress is investigating whether the firings resulted from political pressure by Attorney General Alberto...
MITT ROMNEY SPENDS CAMPAIGN CASH LIKE A DRUNK SAILOR
"Seeking to raise his profile among voters, Romney spent $11.6 million in the first three months of the year, to Giuliani's $5.7 million. Romney has been airing television ads in New Hampshire, Iowa, South Carolina and Florida, all of which...
A REVOLUTION: DEMOCRATS NOW OUT-FUNDRAISING GOP
"In dwarfing the sums raised by Republicans in the first three months of this year, Democratic presidential candidates capitalized on growing support from upper-income professionals. While higher-earning households overwhelmingly favored Republicans as recently as the start of President Bush's first...
REPUBLICANS SLAMMED FOR PREACHING INSTEAD OF WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE
"At noon, U.S. Rep. J. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) and congressional allies held a press conference at the Capitol to "officially call America back to prayer and encourage people to sign up to pray for our nation for five minutes each...
ATTY GENERAL ALBERTO GONZALES RUNS AWAY FROM QUESTIONS
"Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales today cut short a press conference about Internet safety, leaving the room at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago when reporters questioned him about the firings of U.S. attorneys. The questioning was to have lasted...
SPOKESMAN TONY SNOW HAS CANCER RELAPSE
"Snow's deputy, Dana M. Perino, broke into tears at an off-camera briefing this morning as she announced that the cancer has spread to his liver. Doctors discovered it when they operated on Snow on Monday to remove a small growth...
REPUBLICAN PARTY FALLING APART
"The survey, by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center for People and the Press, found a "dramatic shift" in political party identification since 2002, when Republicans and Democrats were at rough parity. Now, half of those surveyed identified with or leaned...
RUDY GIULIANI'S WIFE ADMITS SHE'S BEEN MARRIED TWICE BEFORE
"The fact that the Giulianis have said "I do" six times between them is sure to increase the spotlight on Giuliani's marital past, which includes a 14-year marriage to his second cousin, Regina Peruggi, and his very public and ugly...
SENATE, HOUSE AUTHORIZE SUBPOENAS IN PROSECUTOR SCANDAL
Both the House and the Senate have authorized the issuing of subpoenas to top Bush administration officials Karl Rove, etc.... Bush admin. is stonewalling the investigation and has hinted that they plan to obstruct the investigation by claiming executive privilege......
VIDEO: ANOTHER MITT ROMNEY FLIP-FLOP CAUGHT ON TAPE
Newly unearthed video from 2002 shows Republican candidate Mitt Romney showing his strong support for abortion. Trying to curry favor with Republican extremists, Romney now claims he is pro-life.......
SWIFT BOAT LIAR HOOKS UP WITH REPUBLICAN FLIP-FLOPPER MITT ROMNEY
"The primary donor of an independent group that raised questions about Senator John F. Kerry during the 2004 presidential election has signed on to raise money for former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney's GOP presidential campaign. Bob Perry, a Houston home...
SENATORS FROM COAST TO COAST DEMAND FIRING OF ALBERTO GONZALES
"As the scandal over the firing of eight U.S. attorneys continues, Senator John Sununu (R-NH) has become the first Republican to call on the White House to remove Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. In a statement, Senator Sununu explains, "The President...
GOP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SLAMMED FOR ILLEGAL CAMPAIGNING
"Today, CREW filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) against the Peace Through Strength Political Action Committee (PTS PAC), the leadership PAC for presidential candidate Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA). The complaint asks the FEC to investigate PTS PAC's...
SCOOTER LIBBY CONVICTED IN CIA LEAK CASE
"Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was convicted Tuesday of obstruction, perjury and lying to the FBI in an investigation into the leak of a CIA operative's identity." [LINK]...
SWIFT BOAT LIARS REASSEMBLE TO ATTACK DEMOCRATS IN 2008
"Remember Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, the right-wing goon squad whose defamatory insinuations helped sink John Kerry's presidential campaign? They're back! This afternoon, key Swift boaters George "Bud" Day, Mary Jane McManus and Carlton Sherwood are holding a little reunion,...
NEWT GINGRICH SLAMS KATRINA VICTIMS
"How can you have the mess we have in New Orleans, and not have had deep investigations of the federal government, the state government, the city government, and the failure of citizenship in the Ninth Ward, where 22,000 people were...
RUDY GIULIANI: AT WAR WITH HIS KIDS
"As he embarks on a campaign for the presidency, former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani is going forward without two people who once played supporting roles in his political life: his children, Andrew, 21, and Caroline, 17." [LINK]...
ANN COULTER CALLS DEM A "FAGGOT" AT CONFERENCE WITH GIULIANI, ROMNEY
"Speaking today at the Conservative Political Action Conference, right-wing pundit Ann Coulter said: “I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if...
MCCAIN: TROOPS "WASTED" IN IRAQ WAR
"The Democratic National Committee called on John McCain to apologize to American troops and their families who've served in Iraq for telling David Letterman on the Late Show last night that "American lives" are being "wasted" there. [CBS Late Show,...
JOHN MCCAIN'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COLLAPSING
"In six years McCain has gone from being perceived as a fiercely-independent Senator with lion-like political bravery to someone accused of flip-flopping and displaying such predictable loyalty to the Bush administration that he is now considered the GOP establishment candidate."...
MCCAIN DECLARES 2008 CANDIDACY
"McCain used an appearance on CBS's "Late Show With David Letterman" to say what has been clear for many months, erasing whatever doubts may have existed that he intends to battle for the Republican nomination, which eluded him in 2000."...
REPUBLICAN CUTS TO FOOD SAFETY KILLING AMERICANS
"The federal agency that's been front and center in warning the public about tainted spinach and contaminated peanut butter is conducting just half the food safety inspections it did three years ago. The cuts by the Food and Drug Administration...
WHO WILL MCCAIN SUCK UP TO NEXT?
""Senator McCain may not see a problem with 'sucking up to everybody' in his win-at-all-costs campaign, but if he is serious about confronting global warming he must either denounce Rev. Falwell's outrageous claims about climate change or explain why he...
MITT ROMNEY CAMPAIGN SECRETS REVEALED
"Campaign advisers even fret that the former Massachusetts governor has too perfect hair, according to the 77-slide PowerPoint presentation, a copy of which was obtained by The Boston Globe. The document also outlines plans for positively branding the Republican contender,...
SECRET RIGHT WING REPUBLICAN CLUB DISAPPOINTED WITH 2008 CANDIDATES
"The event was a meeting of the Council for National Policy, a secretive club whose few hundred members include Dr. James C. Dobson of Focus on the Family, the Rev. Jerry Falwell of Liberty University and Grover Norquist of Americans...
MITT ROMNEY'S FAMILY PRACTICED POLYGAMY
"While Mitt Romney condemns polygamy and its prior practice by his Mormon church, the Republican presidential candidate's great-grandfather had five wives and at least one of his great-great grandfathers had 12. Polygamy was not just a historical footnote, but a...
CHENEY: MCCAIN IS MY BITCH
"Karl: "You probably heard John McCain again come out and say that your friend Donald Rumsfeld is perhaps the worst secretary of defense ever. What do you make of that?" Cheney: "I just fundamentally disagree with John. John said some...
VIDEO: JOHN MCCAIN WAS FOR ROE VS. WADE BEFORE HE WAS AGAINST IT
Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate who recently pandered to the religious right and said he would overturn the Roe vs. Wade abortion decision has been caught in video from 1999 saying that he was against overturning Roe. Hypocrisy...
VIDEO: MITT ROMNEY FLIP FLOPPED ON ABORTION
Video catches GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney in 2002 claiming he was pro-choice, but now in 2006 Romney says he's "pro-life"... incident is just the latest in growing list of flip-flops for former MA governor......
ACCUSED TERRORIST GAVE MONEY TO REPUBLICANS
"The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) won't say what it plans to do with thousands of dollars in campaign donations it received from an accused terror financier. Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari gave $15,250 to the NRCC since 2002, according...
GOP PLOT TO DESTROY ROE VS WADE WOULD KILL WOMEN'S RIGHTS
Center for Reproductive Rights: "As absorbing as the politics of a possible Roe reversal might be, the actual consequences of such a reversal would be drastic. According to our study "What If Roe Fell?" 30 states would be poised to...
BUSH BRINGING FASCIST GOVT TO USA
"The most obvious symptoms can be observed in the regime's style, which features an almost casual contempt for democratic and lawful norms; an expanding appetite for executive control at the expense of constitutional balances; a reckless impulse to corrupt national...
TREASON: REPUBLICANS START CAMPAIGN TO BLAME IRAQ WAR ON DEMOCRATS
"After four years of disastrous ineptitude during which Reynolds et al happily watched the Bush administration destroy America's standing in the world and wage the most incompetent conflict since the War of 1812, they've decided that opposition to the trivial...
JOHN MCCAIN FLIP FLOPS ON ABORTION
Conservative senator John McCain switches his position on abortion in pander to religious far right... [LINK]...
MITT ROMNEY FLIP FLOPS ON GUN CONTROL
"Former governor Mitt Romney, who once described himself as a supporter of strong gun laws, is distancing himself from that rhetoric now as he attempts to court the gun owners who make up a significant force in Republican primary politics."...
GIULIANI'S SECRET DOCS REVEAL SEX AND SCANDAL THAT COULD DESTROY PRESIDENTIAL RUN
"Giuliani leads most public opinion polls of Republican primary voters though he has not announced his candidacy for President. But the dossier, which envisions spending more than $21 million this year alone, shows that Giuliani began meeting with potential supporters...
CHENEY'S LESBIAN DAUGHTER PREGNANT
"Mary Cheney, the gay daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney, is pregnant, the vice president's office said on Wednesday. Mary Cheney, 37, and her longtime partner are expecting their first child." LINK...
GEORGE BUSH'S SCANDAL PARTY
Over 27 connected to Bush administration involved in scandals, crimes, and worse... One of the most corrupt administrations in history, by the numbers... LINK...
MITT ROMNEY HIRED ILLEGAL ALIENS TO CLEAN UP HIS MANSION
"As Governor Mitt Romney explores a presidential bid, he has grown outspoken in his criticism of illegal immigration. But, for a decade, the governor has used a landscaping company that relies heavily on workers like these, illegal Guatemalan immigrants, to...
MITT ROMNEY'S LOSING RECORD HIGHLIGHTED IN PRESIDENTIAL RUN
Even as he is being lambasted by his fellow Republicans going into a three day Republican Governors' Association meeting in Miami, Florida, RGA Chairman Mitt Romney is not hiding from his presidential ambitions. Today the Washington, DC based political journal...
BILL FRIST WON'T RUN FOR PRESIDENT
"Sources close to outgoing Maj. Leader Bill Frist tell the Hotline that Frist has decided not to run for President." LINK...
JOHN MCCAIN: ELECT ME PRESIDENT & I'LL OUTLAW ABORTION
In an appearance on ABC's This Week, John McCain, the elderly hot-tempered Republican running for president made a surprise flip flop from his previous position, announcing that if elected president he would do everything in his power to outlaw the...
DEMOCRAT RANGEL: BRING BACK THE DRAFT
"A senior House Democrat said Sunday he will introduce legislation to reinstate the military draft, asserting that current troop levels are insufficient to sustain possible challenges against Iran, North Korea and Iraq. "There's no question in my mind that this...
"ANGRY" JOHN MCCAIN MAKES BID FOR 2008 ELECTION
"Republican Sen. John McCain is creating a presidential exploratory committee, the first formal step toward a possible 2008 White House bid. The Arizona senator will file the paperwork Thursday to register the committee with the Federal Election Commission, a committee...
REPUBLICANS ELECT RACIST SENATOR TO TOP POSITION
"Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott, ousted from the top Senate Republican leadership job four years ago because of remarks considered racially insensitive, won election to the No. 2 post Wednesday for the minority GOP in the next Congress. Lott returned to...
MAJORITY LEADER HARRY REID: I'LL KNOCK SOME SENSE INTO BUSH ON IRAQ
"Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.), who was elected Senate majority leader yesterday, said last night that President Bush still has not grasped the urgent need to change course in Iraq. Reid vowed to press quickly for phased troop withdrawals, a...
CONSERVATIVE OUTRAGE AT NEW RNC BOSS MEL MARTINEZ
Grassroots Republicans are enraged at the selection of Florida Senator Mel Martinez to be the new head of the RNC. Hand picked by President Bush, Martinez favors the President on immigration, a sore point with the far right in control...
GIULIANI MAKES BID FOR WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL
"Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, a moderate Republican best known for his stewardship of the city after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, has taken the first step in a 2008 presidential bid. The former mayor filed papers...
REPORT: FLORIDA SENATOR MEL MARTINEZ TO BE RNC CHAIRMAN
"Sen. Mel Martinez, a Florida Republican elected in 2004, has accepted an offer by the White House to become the new chairman of the Republican National Committee, three sources tell CNN." CNN...
GOP In Emergency Mode As House Melts Away
Barnstorming from Bush across red states not helping Republicans as losses continue to pile up for election day......
Dems Demand Details Of GOP Nuke Secrets Leak
"Four Democratic senators demanded on Saturday that the Bush administration explain its decision to post documents from Saddam Hussein's covert nuclear program on a now-shuttered federal Web site."...
ANN COULTER UNDER FIRE FOR ELECTION SHENANIGANS
"An alleged voting violation by GOP pundit and bestselling author Ann Coulter will be investigated by Palm Beach County State Attorney Barry Krischer's office. Arthur Anderson, Palm Beach County's elections supervisor, said today that he would refer the accusation that...
CHENEY DESTROYING EVIDENCE IN ADVANCE OF ELECTION NIGHT LOSSES?
Shredding services truck has been sighted outside of Dick Cheney's compound at the naval observatory.... Link...
GEORGE ALLEN HAMMERED ON SEALED ARREST RECORD
"Democrats are demanding that George Allen stop stonewalling and immediately release records addressing why multiple warrants were issued for his arrest in 1974 while he was a student at the University of Virginia. The court records of his arrests are...
REPUBLICAN POWER CRUMBLING IN ELECTION YEAR NIGHTMARE
"Fifty-five percent of likely voters in the new NEWSWEEK poll say they would vote for the Democrat in their district if the election were held today, versus 37 percent who say they would vote for the Republican. That's not surprising;...
MCCAIN RAISING MONEY FOR PAGE SCANDAL REPUBLICAN
"Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is scheduled to appear Oct. 20 in Rochester, N.Y., at a fund-raising luncheon with Rep. Thomas Reynolds. The New York Republican is among members of the House GOP leadership who this spring learned that former Rep....
CHENEY RAGES OVER WOODWARDS "STATE OF DENIAL"
"Today on Meet the Press, Bob Woodward described how Vice President Dick Cheney called him 10 days ago about Woodward's new book State of Denial. Woodward says Cheney cursed at him ("he said what I was saying was bull-something")...
VOTERS DISGUSTED WITH REPUBLICAN-RUN GOVERNMENT
"A record low primary turnout and voter disgust for politics could spell trouble for Republicans trying to keep control of the House and Senate. Only 15 percent of eligible voters cast primary ballots this year, breaking the 19 percent low...
REPUBLICAN SEX SCANDAL GROWS AS THREE MORE PAGES COME FORWARD
"The pages served in the classes of 1998, 2000 and 2002. They independently approached ABC News after the Foley resignation through the Brian Ross & the Investigative Team's tip line on ABCNews.com. None wanted their names used because of the...
REPUBLICAN CORRUPTION FEEDS VOTER OUTRAGE
"With midterm elections less than five weeks away, the latest Associated Press-Ipsos poll found that about half of likely voters say recent disclosures of corruption and scandal in Congress will be very or extremely important when they cast their vote...
REPUBLICAN LEAKED E-MAILS AT SOURCE OF SEX SCANDAL
"The source who in July gave news media Rep. Mark Foley's (R-Fla.) suspect e-mails to a former House page says the documents came to him from a House GOP aide. That aide has been a registered Republican since becoming...
GOP STAFFER QUITS UNDER PEDOPHILE SCANDAL CLOUD
"The chief of staff for Republican Congressman Tom Reynolds, Kirk Fordham, resigned after questions were raised about his role in the handling of the congressional page scandal, according to Republican sources on Capitol Hill." The Blotter...
SCANDAL, WAR DROP BUSH DOWN TO 30; DEMS POISED FOR GOV'T TAKEOVER
"The news of a Republican congressman's improper correspondence with a teenage page and the recent release of journalist Bob Woodward's unfavorable portrayal of the Bush administration's handling of Iraq all seem to have taken a toll on President Bush and...
TOP REPUBLICAN: SPEAKER HASTERT TO BLAME FOR FOLEY'S PEDOPHILE RAMPAGE
"In a radio interview with 700 WLW radio in Cincinnati, House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) placed responsibility for the Foley matter not being handled properly on House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL). "I believe I talked to the Speaker and...
GOP COULD LOSE HOUSE, SENATE OVER PEDOPHILE SEX SCANDAL
"Republican strategists said yesterday that public revulsion over the sexually graphic online conversations between Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) and former House pages could compound the party's problems enough to tip the House to the Democrats in November -- and could...
DEMS ON THE MOVE; SENATE TAKEOVER IN THE CARDS
"Five weeks out from the midterm elections, MSNBC/McClatchy polls, conducted by Mason-Dixon in eight states, show Democrats are in striking distance of taking control of the Senate. The Democrats are very likely to gain several Senate seats with some races...
FBI INVESTIGATING REPUBLICAN PEDOPHILE, COVER-UP BY SENIOR GOP OFFICIALS ALLEGED
"The FBI is examining former Rep. Mark Foley's e-mail exchanges with teenagers to determine if they violated federal law, an agency spokesman said Sunday. House Speaker Dennis Hastert asked Sunday for a federal investigation into the case - a lurid...
GOP REP MARK FOLEY QUITS CONGRESS OVER DIRTY EMAILS TO TEEN BOY
"Saying he was "deeply sorry," Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL) resigned from Congress today, hours after ABC News questioned him about sexually explicit internet messages with current and former congressional pages under the age of 18." ABC...
WASHINGTON REPUBLICANS PARTIED HARD WITH CONVICTED LOBBYIST JACK ABRAMOFF
"The House Government Reform Committee report, based on e-mail messages and other records subpoenaed from Mr. Abramoff's lobbying firm, found 485 contacts between Mr. Abramoff's lobbying team and White House officials from 2001 to 2004, including 82 with Mr. Rove's...
GOP CONGRESSMAN UNDER FIRE FOR HOT AND HEAVY EMAILS TO TEENAGE BOY
"A 16-year-old male former congressional page concerned about the appropriateness of an e-mail exchange with a congressman alerted Capitol Hill staffers to the communication. Congressman Mark Foley's office says the e-mails were entirely appropriate and that their release is part...
DEM HARRY REID SLAPS BACK AT BUSH "CUT AND RUN" SMEAR
Harry Reid: ""If George Bush is so confident that his national security policies are working, he should release the entire National Intelligence Estimate on terrorism and let the American people decide for themselves. The fact that he won't speaks volumes...
SMEAR: BUSH CLAIMS DEMS ARE "CUT AND RUN"
"President Bush counterpunched at Democrats on Thursday, saying their criticism of the war in Iraq has turned their party into one of "cut-and-run" obstructionists. At a GOP fundraiser, Bush accused Democrats of using a new intelligence estimate that ties the...
DEMS COULD WIN SENATE IN NOVEMBER THANKS TO GOP FUMBLES
"Democrats must win six Republican seats to regain a Senate majority, meaning they would have to win nearly every close race. Even the most optimistic Democrats acknowledge that such a feat would require a big anti-Republican wave, a lot of...
BIN LADEN ON THE LOOSE? BUSH TO BLAME, AMERICA SEZ
"According to a recent Gallup Panel survey, the American public puts the primary blame on Bush rather than Clinton for the fact that bin Laden has not been captured. A majority of Americans say Bush is more to blame (53%),...
WHITE HOUSE: WE WON'T RELEASE SECRET NIE TERROR DOCS
"The White House refused Wednesday to release the rest of a secret intelligence assessment that depicts a growing terrorist threat, as the Bush administration tried to quell election-season criticism that its anti-terror policies are seriously off track." AP...
DEMOCRATS IN POSITION TO TAKE OVER HOUSE
Dem consultant Chris Bowers: "Taking the House is far from a guarantee. However, we have put over forty Republican-held seats in serious play. Right now, even before the time period when most unknown challengers make up a lot of ground...
BUSH ADMIN BLOCKS HURRICANE REPORT
"The Bush administration has blocked release of a report that suggests global warming is contributing to the frequency and strength of hurricanes, the journal Nature reported Tuesday." AP...
IN BLOW TO BUSH SPIN, NIE SECRET DOCS CONFIRM: IRAQ FUELING TERROR
"The Bush administration today released excerpts of a leaked U.S. intelligence report that concludes the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq has fueled Islamic extremism and contributed to the spread of terrorist cells. It also finds that terrorist groups around...
DEMS TO BUSH: RELEASE SECRET IRAQ REPORT
"There's a second damning Iraq report floating around the intelligence community. At least, that's according to Rep. Jane Harman (CA), the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee. At an event this morning, Harman disclosed the existence of a classified...
CONDI RICE LIES: CLINTON DID GIVE BUSH TERROR STRATEGY
"A memo received by United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice shortly after becoming National Security Advisor in 2001 directly contradicts statements she made to reporters yesterday, RAW STORY has learned. "We were not left a comprehensive strategy to...
REPUBLICANS HAVE SECURITY HOLE ON WEBSITE
"The top executive at the Democratic National Committee notified his GOP counterpart Monday that a Republican Party Web site set up to recruit GOP volunteers does not hide users' e-mail addresses from prying eyes. The addresses can be accessed with...
DOG AND PONY SHOW: TONY SNOW TO RAISE MEGABUCKS FOR GOP
"White House press secretary Tony Snow is taking his gift of gab across the country in the coming weeks to raise money for Republican candidates, an unusual task for the president's top spokesman." AP...
PROFESSOR: GEORGE ALLEN USED RACIAL SLUR
In video interview with MSNBC's Hardball, Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato confirms earlier reports that Senator George Allen used the racial slur "nigger"......
RUMSFELD MUST BE REPLACED
"Retired military officers on Monday bluntly accused Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld of bungling the war in Iraq, saying U.S. troops were sent to fight without the best equipment and that critical facts were hidden from the public. "I believe...
MAN CLAIMS VA SENATOR GEORGE ALLEN USED RACIAL SLUR
""Allen said he came to Virginia because he wanted to play football in a place where 'blacks knew their place,'" said Dr. Ken Shelton, a white radiologist in North Carolina who played tight end for the University of Virginia football...
DEMS WERE RIGHT: IRAQ WAR CAUSING TERROR INCREASE
""Unfortunately this report is just confirmation that the Bush administration's stay-the-course approach to the Iraq war has not just made the war more difficult and more deadly for our troops, but has also made the war on terror more dangerous...
BIGOT PREACHER FALWELL COMPARES HILLARY CLINTON TO LUCIFER
""I hope she's the candidate," Rev. Jerry Falwell said, "because nothing will energize my [constituency] like Hillary Clinton." He added, "If Lucifer ran, he wouldn't." Today, Falwell said the comments were tongue-in-cheek, but the Clinton camp called them "vitriolic" and...
CLINTON DEFENDS HIS RECORD VS. RIGHT WING SMEARS
Ambushed by Fox's Chris Wallace with right-wing talking points, former President Bill Clinton set the talking head right on the record and the conservative distortions that the mainstream press has repeated ad infinitum. Think Progress...
GOP "FIXER" BROKE FEDERAL LAW, BLOCKED DEMS FROM GOV'T CONTRACTS
"Agency Report Shows Secretary Personally Blocked Contracts To Democrats.. In April, Housing Secretary Alphonso Jackson told a group of real estate officials that he once canceled a government contract because the contractor was critical of President Bush. Awarding contracts based...
SOURCES: GOP PLANS "OCTOBER SURPRISE" TO WIN '06 ELECTIONS
""In the past week, Karl Rove has been promising Republican insiders an 'October surprise' to help win the November congressional elections," reports Ronald Kessler for Newsmax. "President Bush's political strategist is also saying that the final two weeks before the...
BUSH SMEAR: WHINES THAT DEMS WILL RAISE TAXES
"President George W. Bush charged on Thursday that Democrats would raise taxes if put in control of the U.S. Congress, turning to a familiar campaign theme as he seeks to stave off Republican losses in November. "If they get control...
UNPOPULAR REPUBLICAN CONGRESS IN CRISIS
"With barely seven weeks until the midterm elections, Americans have an overwhelmingly negative view of the Republican-controlled Congress, with substantial majorities saying that they disapprove of the job it is doing and that its members do not deserve re-election, according...
BILL O'REILLY'S AL QAEDA STORY: A BIG LIE
"The loofah-loving Fox News host is raising plenty of eyebrows around the office after telling Barbara Walters in an interview with ABC's 20/20 that, "the FBI came in and warned me and a few other people at Fox News that...
BRUCE WILLIS: I'M NOT A DAMN REPUBLICAN
"Things must be pretty dire for the Republicans if even Bruce Willis is bailing on them. The 51-year-old movie star seemed desperate to put daylight between himself and the GOP when I caught up with him the other night at...
"FAMILY VALUES" REPUBLICAN RICK SANTORUM SWEARS AT REPORTER
" Santorum, who alluded to his rocky relations with the press as he hopped from room to room to meet with regional caucuses earlier in the morning, later refused to talk when a Patriot-News reporter approached with a question about...
USA TO BUSH: THE ECONOMY IS WEAK
"Seven weeks before the midterm elections, the gulf between Bush's perceptions and that of voters form the political backdrop across the country as well as in a region with several competitive House races. This area typically gets left out of...
BUSH POLL BOUNCE OVER AFTER 9/11 SPEECH
"The latest Bush bounce is over. Today, 41% of American adults approve of the way that President Bush is performing his job and 57% disapprove. That's exactly where the numbers were before the President's 9/11 speech. Overall, 21% of...
REPUBLICAN JOE SCARBOROUGH: THROW BUSH OVERBOARD
"If I were a GOP candidate this year, I would not call the president an idiot (he isn't). But I would spend the next 50 days of the campaign telling conservatives and liberals alike that even though I voted for...
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