"But Vitter doesn't get off without some finger-wagging"

Huh, so that's what gets him off, I thought it was something else. Of course, I guess it "depends" WHERE you "wag the finger."

Posted at May 8, 2008 6:00 PM in response to Senate Ethics Committee Clears David Vitter

Against my better nature and taste, I kinda hope it descends into an all out shouting match; I'd love to see Hillary get "shrill" on his ass.

But of course it won't go down like that-- it will be polite and contrived and mostly boring.

Posted at April 29, 2008 6:13 PM in response to Hillary Campaign Confirms She's Appearing On O'Reilly Tomorrow Night

Hmmm. . . I wonder, if he had instead told the complete damning truth, admitted wrongdoing, resigned, maybe even caused the impeachment of Bush/Cheney, would his life have turned out any better after? He probably would have been immediately disbarred, and NEVER have a job in Law again; as it stands now he may still be able to find that legal position with some right-wing think-tank (in say, 10 years, after the public has forgotten him).

I'm not defending him, he made the wrong choices long before lying to congress, but realistically once he made those choices he was screwed; it was immoral to condone torture, it was immoral to enforce political purges, it was immoral to lie under oath, and his lack of morals was exposed either way. Perhaps if he had been a better liar he could have gotten away with it, but considering they prepped him for days before his testimony, I think there was no way he could lie his way out of it and still appear either honest or competent.

Posted at April 15, 2008 2:15 PM in response to Wanted: Disgraced Former Administration Official with Zero Credibility

HA!-- maybe they are trying to make a case for no-bid contracts by deliberately getting incompetent low-bid contractors like these guys (probably not but still a funny idea.)

Posted at March 27, 2008 3:09 PM in response to Today's Must Read

It's like panning for gold in a river with no gold. . . you convince yourself there MUST be some gold in here SOMEWHERE after you've gone through all the trouble of setting up the sluice and wasting a few weeks sifting through dirt. They might as well just pick people at random and tap their phones.

Posted at March 19, 2008 5:30 PM in response to "The Pizza Hut Leads"

I love the juxtaposition of reading your line "a comically disreputable outlet", and then seeing a Newsmax.com advertisement directly below it!!

Posted at March 17, 2008 2:35 PM in response to Bill Kristol Corrects False Assertion About Obama

Part of me thinks he actually died a long time ago, like maybe the day Rush Limbaugh was awarded the inaugural "William F. Buckley, Jr. Award for Media Excellence", by the Media Research Center. Let's hope honest and civil political discourse hasn't died with him.

Posted at February 27, 2008 12:08 PM in response to William F. Buckley, Jr. Open Thread

Let this be a lesson to people who work in these situations: get yourself a paper trail or tape recordings before you make your accusations, or else be re-painted as an angry nut-job, and it will remain a "he-said-she-said" pissing match on opposing news shows.

Posted at February 26, 2008 5:32 PM in response to Simpson Responds to Rove

It doesn't matter what they say, it doesn't matter if they come up with proof of what they say, if Bush says it's necessary, conservatives will insist it's necessary.

Posted at February 26, 2008 2:49 PM in response to Clarke, Other Experts Contradict Administration Line on Wiretapping

This is almost bound to back-fire. Correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't the violence INCREASED during certain parts of the year? All he needs is for the violence to surge during the GOP Convention to destroy that strategy.

Of course, the wonderful GOP logic will dictate that the terrorists are only doing this because they want the DEMs to win.

Also, is he sure he wants Bush to endorse him? Not sure whether it's better to gain some right-wing support but lose more middle support.

Posted at February 18, 2008 3:17 PM in response to McCain Previews General Election Strategy: Dems Were Wrong About Iraq