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Monday, October 24th, 2005In a New York Post editorial entitled “Miers’ Christian Problem,†NYU Professor Jonathan Zimmerman examines how Harriet Miers’ faith has impacted her nomination to the Supreme Court. In it, he outlines the good, bad, and ugly role evangelical Christianity has played in American politics for the last 200 years: “In fact, evangelical views aren’t timeless [...]
Introspection, from one Christian to another
Thursday, October 13th, 2005“Tom DeLay and Bill Frist, the two political operatives in Congress with arguably the deepest support among Christian churches, both face serious allegations of financial trickery. Karl Rove, the Bush administration power broker who speaks almost daily with Christian leaders to coordinate political action, is under investigation for divulging classified information, then covering up his [...]
He never claimed to be conventional
Monday, October 3rd, 2005President Bush defied the prognosticators again with another surprise Supreme Court nominee this morning, White House Counsel Harriet Miers. On the heels of the John Roberts (whose freshman term as Chief Justice begins today) confirmation, it’ll be fun to watch how Miers’ nomination unfolds. UPDATE: Miers’ pros and cons. Via Rudy. UPDATE: In the tradition [...]
Wrong on everything
Thursday, September 22nd, 2005In The Revolution will not be Televised, Dean for America campaign manager Joe Trippi laments how television has reduced political campaigning to posturing around meaningless 30 second soundbites, negative accusations, and empty sloganeering. Case in point (parody alert): What would politics be like if Jesus were here?
Al Gore’s campaign manager supports President Bush?
Thursday, September 22nd, 2005Apparently she does. Democratic party power player Donna Brazile (campaign manager for Al Gore’s 2000 presidential candidacy), a New Orleans native whose family was devastated by Katrina, broke party lines in supporting the President’s Katrina relief efforts. Yesterday she told syndicated columnist Cindy Adams: “Right now we need a president who will help. He’s helping. [...]
An outright lie, or grossly misinformed?
Wednesday, September 21st, 2005The account was riveting. Jefferson Parrish President Aaron Broussard wept on Meet the Press about his colleague’s mother who died following Katrina, supposedly four days after the storm because of the federal delay in rescuing her. His tale had drama (“Someone’s coming for you, mama!”); suspense (four days trapped in a nursing home); and unmistakeable [...]
More bafoonery
Monday, September 19th, 2005By Nawlans politicos: “Nagin’s decision was an about-face from earlier in the day, when he’d begun to allow people back into the region, and was made under increasing pressure from the federal government to scale back his plan to re-open parts of the city this week and beyond.” Link.
Has Gov. Blanco contributed anything positive to the recovery efforts?
Tuesday, September 13th, 2005New Orleans’ Mayor Nagin has said she waited a critical 24 hours after the levees broke to request federal aid. Now she’s angry that the feds haven’t signed a contract to remove Katrina victims’ bodies from the water. Yet she’s authorized to execute the same contract on the state’s behalf. So after griping about the [...]
Someone sounds defensive
Friday, September 9th, 2005“‘I’m anxious to get back to D.C. to correct all the inaccuracies and lies,’ [FEMA Director Mike] Brown told the AP.” Full story.This after getting pulled off the job of coordinating FEMA’s Katrina response. At least his priorities are in the right place.
Why isn’t this being reported more?
Wednesday, September 7th, 2005“What the state was doing, I don’t freakin’ know. But I tell you, I’m pissed, it wasn’t adequate.”According to Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans, on the day the levees broke, he met with President Bush and the governor of Louisiana on Air Force One. The President offered to authorize federal relief on the spot, [...]
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