Posts under ‘Republican corruption’

In one mindless, self-serving statement, Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, perfectly epitomized the attitude of conservative Republican politicians.
In one stroke Stevens denied reality, set himself above the law and demanded others accept what he was saying as true because he said so.
Even after President George W. Bush’s, “I’m the decider; I get to decide,” hubris, [...]

Sen. John McCain is “amazed” by the fact even fellow Republicans and conservative pundits have a problem with his vice president choice, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Yes, that’s what a bemused and displeased McCain said during a guest shot on Don Imus’ radio show.

Think U.S. troops backed by tanks and armed with automatic weapons putting down demonstrations on America’s streets, and U.S. military spy satellites monitoring your communications.

Sen. John McCain has woven a tangled web of erratic behavior, grandstanding and BS in recent days, the better to deceive. In his latest New York Times column, Frank Rich unravels the why and wherefore.

“If there has been a basis upon which you can pursue someone for a criminal violation, they will be pursued — not out of vengeance, not out of retribution, out of the need to preserve the notion that no one, no attorney general, no president — no one is above the law.
“We will not be [...]

Reaching into the worst hotbed of Republican corruption west of Washington, D.C., GOP presidential nominee-apparent Sen. John McCain today named Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his running mate. Palin, whose tissue-thin resumé includes having been mayor of a small town and governor for less than two years, was a stunning choice for the candidate who spent weeks charging his Democratic opponent, Sen. Barack Obama, lacks qualifications to be president and commander in chief.

With the Democrats’ convention going on, displacing virtually all other news, it’s probably too much to expect you to read an excellent post about the spreading plague known as privatization. OK, we understand. But please pull the link down onto your desktop or save a bookmark to that post so you can read it when you do have a few minutes. . .

Rachel Maddow today cited a Congressional Budget Office study showing private contractors, 190,000 strong, far outnumber U.S. military forces in Iraq. . . .The factoid triggered our thought that if the Roosevelt Administration had used the same approach for World War II, it probably would’ve dragged on for 10 years instead of four, ending in stalemate or defeat, not victory.

New York Times columnist Tom Friedman finds redemption for America’s tattered image and strained international relations in a U.S. effort to impose harsher sanctions on Zimbabwe’s despicable regime. This begs a question: How few fish in a barrel does Friedman suppose we must shoot so we can wear white hats and hear choruses of attaboys from the world community?

Republicans in high office — and those seeking high office — are pathologically incapable of being open, honest and above board, as yet more evidence makes clear. Scanning today’s news, we see Vice President Dick Cheney edited health officials’ testimony before Congress last fall, removing anything that revealed dangers to public health from global warming. Cheney deleted nearly half the draft testimony, according to a former EPA official . . .