Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Bush Concealing Data On WH Visits By Criminals and Prostitutes:
"We may never know how many times Abramoff really visited the White House... or who Jeff Gannon/James Guckert, the male prostitute and White House correspondent, met with there. The White House has records that would show all that. But in a departure from the policy of the Clinton White House, the Bush administration seems determined to keep them forever out of public view ... the White House is witholding the WAVES records just because they can - and it's in their political interest. There are no pressing national security concerns involved."

Breathtaking Lack Of Basic Policy Knowledge:
"Pundits keep trying to figure out just what it is that makes Bush so different from other presidents, but most of them start by trying to figure out what he values ... The fact is, all presidents rely for their decisions on a complex stew of ideology, interest group pandering, and political calculation. So what is it that makes Bush so different? Just this: until Bush they also all cared about serious policy analysis. ... But not Bush ... what truly makes him unique is what's missing: a respect for policy analysis ...  Of course, that also means that President Bush's initiatives fail at a truly spectacular rate. After all, policy is all about figuring out how to implement ideas so that they actually work."

Time To Stop Sulking And Talk To Iran:
"... the Iranian government wants to engage in talks about the various US-Iranian issues, including Teheran's nuclear program. If you're concerned with things like America's interests, not getting lots of people killed, and preventing Iran from going nuclear you'd take them up on the offer ... Nevertheless ... there's been a fairly concerted effort in the American press to ratchet things up. The folks doing the ratcheting have, it's clear, some friends and some influence inside the administration ... This is a group of people primarily concerned ... with continuing and intensifying US-Iranian conflict."

CA GOP Reps Suck At Traitor Cheney's Teat:
"His former top aide is under indictment in the CIA leak probe. His poll ratings fall somewhere between bad and atrocious. Still, Dick Cheney can pack in the faithful like few others in the Republican Party.  And so the vice president came to California on Monday and Tuesday for a series of fundraisers aimed at bucking up three GOP House candidates facing unexpectedly tough fights in this political season of scandal ... Cheney's visit brought in well more than $800,000."

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