This is a terrific piece of reporting from Spencer Ackerman, now in Baghdad. Ackerman’s interview with General Saleh–the ranking Iraqi soldier in Baghdad–is startling, but not entirely surprising. In fact, I think Saleh’s frustration with the generation that came of age during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s may be similar to the frustrations that [...]
To follow up on Jay’s Dan Bartlett post: MSNBC kept talking over Bartlett (and I couldn’t find the presser on CSPAN), so I really only got the gist of it but it sounded like the admin was taking the “they’re political appointees, we can do what we want with them” line (From what I can [...]
Al Sharpton has now done a Sister Souljah on himself, relieving Obama of the necessity of saying that he finds Sharpton a race-hustling phony. Sharpton, obviously aggrieved by Obama’s good press, says “Why shouldn’t the black community ask questions? Are we now being told, ‘You all just shut up?’” No, just you, Al.
I confess that when he started, I believed he was going to announce his resignation — solely based on how choked up he sounded. I guess he just cries easily. He’s taking responsibility for the firings. Except that he totally didn’t know about it! 100,000 employees! He can’t know everything! P.S.: Nice post, Jay. UPDATE: [...]
This came over the wires from the White House not long ago: *THERE WILL BE AN ON-CAMERA BRIEFING BY DAN BARTLETT, COUNSELOR TO THE PRESIDENT, AT 2:00 PM LOCAL TIME (4:00 PM EDT) IN THE PRESS FILING CENTER IN MERIDA, MEXICO* Tony Snow is on the LatAm trip, and Bartlett rarely briefs the press. So [...]
Twelve days ago, after David Iglesias went public, I said that if there turned out to be a broad conspiracy behind the firing of the U.S. Attorneys, “I will take my hat off to Marshall and others in the blogosphere and congratulate them for having been right in their suspicions about this story from the [...]
18 percent approval. Wow. Just… wow. If he had feelings, I’m sure they’d be hurt by this. UPDATE: I used to joke that Cheney was so disliked he was actually less popular than torture. I have been making this joke for so long, I actually had forgotten the numbers. (My memory being Libby-like in the [...]
Peter Pace, the Tim Hardaway of generals: “I believe homosexual acts between two individuals are immoral and that we should not condone immoral acts,” Pace said in a wide-ranging discussion with Tribune editors and reporters in Chicago. “I do not believe the United States is well served by a policy that says it is OK [...]
Am I the only person who finds this stunt offensive?: CODEPINK:Women For Peace FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Gael Murphy 202-412-6700 March 7, 2007 Nancy Mancias 415-342-6409 “Speaker Pelosi, Bush’s War Will Look Terrible on You! Don’t Buy It!” Pelosi’s Self-appointed Personal Shoppers (PSPS) arrive in Speaker Pelosi’s Cannon Office to advise her that she looks [...]
That line in former Justice Department official Kyle Sampson’s December 4, 2006, memo to the White House (where a copy went to then-White House Counsel Harriet Miers) pretty much sums up where things stand on the scandal surrounding the mass firing of U.S. Attorneys. The latest documents released by the Administration show that the White [...]
