You’ve got your five-star hotels, four-star generals and three-star restaurants. Then there’s Texas, your Lone Star state — and it’s no wonder. Here, from the Houston Chronicle by way of Think Progress, is the latest evidence Texas doesn’t deserve the one star it’s got. The first draft for proposed standards in United States History Studies [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Republican corruption’
Conyers should ignore Bush privilege claim
It’s hard to say which is more unbelievable — that ex-President George W. Bush is actually trying to perpetuate executive privilege for his cronies after leaving office or that congressional Democrats are going to court to fight Bush’s nonsense.
Rove gets invitation he better not refuse
Let’s hear it for Rep. John Conyers, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, who today subpoenaed Karl Rove, former White House political adviser and worse. From a statement at the committee’s home page: Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. issued a subpoena to Karl Rove requiring him to testify regarding his role in [...]
Begich beats Stevens and blocks Palin
Sen. Ted Stevens, recently convicted on seven felony counts, has lost his re-election bid today — his 85th birthday.
Stevens says he’s innocent until appeals run out
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,” [...]
Where there’s conflict-of-interest smoke . . .
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.
