The situation in the country of Georgia appears terrible - and the U.S. is extremely unlikely to exert military force to save their ally from the Russians, who have taken control of the country and seem likely to divide and annex a portion of it. A lot of people, myself included, thought John McCain […]
Few commentators I’ve read have mentioned (and none really emphasized) Joe Biden’s utility as a way of pacifying (and perhaps co-opting) the Washington, D.C. inside opinion leaders and the press. Biden was the only person on the public short list that combined that appeal with the ability to land a punch, and then another, […]
According to today’s New York Times, Justin Case, John McCain’s Spokesperson/Campaign Manager/Strategist/Chief Fundraiser/Field Manager/All-Around Handy Guy, told reporters that John McCain had fired his staff because of their lobbying connections, including clients like a Russian businessman “barred from entering” the U.S. because of purported links to organized crime, the repressive totalitarian country Myanmar (Burma) and […]
Charlie Pierce has written an extremely powerful piece, “The Cynic and Senator Obama,” in this month’s Esquire. Whatever you may think of it - it’s an important criticism, made more moving by Pierce’s love for an America lost (and feared forever lost). I got there via Ezra Klein’s post, which is also well […]
Hard to know which one is the insult and which one is the injury - you decide.
Atrios provides the first “injury” or “insult”:
“Remember back in junior high, when you had that friend that the bullies picked on all the time? And you defended that friend, who really never did all that much for you, which […]
From Moveon.org:
“Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 19th at 7 PM join the people of Fox Valley for a Candle Light Vigil for New Priorities in Washington on the 5th Anniversary of the Iraq Invasion. We will speak out and honor the 3,987 soldiers and 89,605 Iraqi Civilians that have died as well as the 29,314 soldiers […]
Seriously. It really boggles the mind.
I, like others believe that Mike Huckabee might pull it off and become the Republican nominee. But you read about Huckabee’s Wayne Dumond problem and Huckabee’s lack of attention to what’s happening with Iran, and it gets harder to imagine Huckabee pulling it off, even in the fantasy […]
That would be an honest description of President George W. Bush’s lying about Iran nuclear capability to try to lead America into another war. If the mainstream media cared about accuracy, we’d see stories with headlines like this. Needless to say I’m waiting.
[Hat tip ArchPundit]
Juan John Cole has the evidence that President Bush is a “stand-up” guy (please note the president is lying).
[Sorry John!]
I’m far from a foreign policy wonk, but I’m very sympathetic to Matt Yglesias’ read on Clinton foreign policy vs. Obama foreign policy, with Clinton coming across more “hawkish” (pro-war) and Obama coming across as more “realist” and “internationalist” (among other things meaning more pro-diplomacy first). What the differences suggest is that Hillary Clinton, […]
