Swampland (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Dana Milbank puts his snarkiness on autopilot through Google Translator to deconstruct yesterday's speeches by the candidates at the League of United Latin American Citizens convention. Como se dice "pander" en Español? The closest translation seems to be saconería, or insincere flattery. In some Latin American countries, the panderer is a sobón, or kiss-up. Others say he's a chupamedias -- literally,...
The Liberal Blog Network (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008 | Politics
Sen. Hillary Clinton "won a hefty 1,600 convention delegates in six months of primaries. A big question now is whether to let them vote at the Democratic convention," according to the Wall Street Journal . "High on the list of matters that Sen. Clinton and likely Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama are negotiating as her campaign closes down is whether and how her name is put into nomination...
The Club for Growth (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Dana Milbank at the Washington Post thinks Carly Fiorina would be a risky, but possibly rewarding VP pick.
Raising Kaine - Front Page (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
To judge by this pitiful attempt at a press conference held by the Treasury department's sacrificial spin goat, it will be raining stock brokers on wall street for the foreseeable future. I wasn't really scared before. Now, I'm stocking up on canned food and making sure I've got plenty of ammo for the 9mm. If Bernanke ever gave a FOMA report like this, the world would instantly pitch headlong into...
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008 | Other
The Washington Post: Think you’re worried about the economy? Phillip Swagel is a wreck. The assistant Treasury secretary for economic policy, Swagel came out for his monthly economic briefing yesterday, 90 minutes after the Labor Department reported that the country had shed jobs in June for the sixth straight month. [...]
Cows and Graveyards (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
I can’t figure out how to embed the video so go read the column here. Btw, welcome to the bear market.
Power Line (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Dana Milbank thinks he detects new levels of hysteria in relations between the U.S., Iran, and Israel. But the only hysteria on display in Milbank's latest Washington Sketch is his own and that of Seymour Hersh. The U.S. certainly isn't exhibiting new levels of hysteria. President Bush says, as he's said for years, that all options are on the table, but the first option for the United States...
Calculated Risk (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Note: this video is from the WaPo - this is the first time I've tried to embed one of their videos, and I hope it works OK. Here is Dana Milbank's article: The Economy? Words Fail Me. Think you're worried about the economy? Phillip Swagel is a wreck. Here is the video. I think Swagel did fine given what he had to sell (a bad jobs report) ... more Milbank: For a brief, joyous moment for the
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008 | Politics
Yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) offered “a bit of a capitulation to the oil companies” by announcing that he would end the federal ban on offshore oil drilling. Not only is McCain’s move a break with environmental activist, but it is also “a reversal of the position he took in his 2000 presidential campaign.” The [...]
Michelle Malkin (Free subscription) | yesterday | Politics
No left-wing mockery allowed!
How Appealing (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
"Ashcroft Testifies on Interrogation Policy; Letter of Law Was Followed, He Says": This article appears today in The Washington Post. And Dana Milbank's "Washington Sketch" column is headlined "John Ashcroft, Riding Back on a White Horse."...
BrothersJudd Blog (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Keeping His Eye on the Ball (Dana Milbank, July 17, 2008, Washington Post) Yesterday's T-ball game, the 19th of his presidency -- followed by a dinner last night in honor of Major League Baseball, the third of his presidency -- brought to at least 95 the number of sporting-related events he has participated in during his time in the White House. He has done no fewer than 18 such events so far this...
Power Line (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008 | Politics
Yesterday was another disappointing one for Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee and for the Washington Post's Dana Milbank. The previous disappointment occurred three weeds ago when the Dems attempted to grill Vice President Cheney's top aide David Addington about war on terror detainee policy. Milbank was forced to report that the Dems barely laid a glove on Addington (Milbank chalked it up...
Vox Verax (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
By Dana Milbank Washington Post Wednesday, July 16, 2008 For months, if not years, congressional Democrats had craved the chance to pounce on Doug Feith, the former No. 3 at the Pentagon and the brains behind the Iraq WMD claims, torture policy and other great adventures. Yesterday, House Democrats finally had their quarry, wearing a tie almost as orange as a detainee's jumpsuit, compelled by subpoena...
Preemptive Karma (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Just got done listening to NPR's Talk of the Nation where the last segment was on Arlington National Cemetary's media ban at funerals. The guest was WaPo's Dana Milbank whose Putting Her Foot Down... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]
