Archive for February 1st, 2008
FISA: it ain’t just for terrorists and wonks
What’s happening with the FISA electronic surveillance bill is The Story of Washington politics in general and of Bush-era politics in particular. It’s what has been going on for eight long years—the idiot doublespeak, the pretend threats, the corporate cronyism, the shrinking enabling Democrats and the muddled craven press corps. For a more full explanation, [...]
Coulter kiss of death
The new Coulter outlandishness: Is it a product of strategery or frankness? Is she angling to get Dems to vote for Obama as part of some larger nefariousness? Has she succumbed to the allure of the fair sex, feeling a kinship with the merely “likable enough” senator from New York? Or has she landed on [...]
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