I’ve written this post several times already. But as long as the president keeps fibbing, I’ll keep writing it. The president says the Congress is substituting its judgment for that of the uniformed military. Not true. The uniformed military was against the surge. By most measures, it still is. The president disagreed so he fired the senior military leadership on the ground in Iraq and replaced them with people — and there aren’t that many of them — who agreed with him.
In today’s speech, Bush baselessly asserts that the troops want to stay in Iraq.
Remember “Mean Jean” Schmidt, the Ohio GOP Rep. who called John Murtha a “coward” before going on to win reelection by a mere percentage point?
Well, it looks like Mean Jean is now facing a rematch.
Alberto Gonzales’ deputy has got one foot out the door.
Dana Perino doesn’t know for sure that Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) didn’t have a conversation with President Bush about U.S. attorney David Iglesias because she “hasn’t asked.”
Bad news for Rep. Doolittle (R-CA).
Former Doolittle staffer and Abramoff associate Kevin Ring abruptly resigns from current law firm gig.
If the pattern holds, don’t be surprised if you see Mr. Ring coming to an agreement with the government sometime soon. Last year, Neil Volz resigned from the same firm, Barnes & Thornburg, before coming to a plea agreement with prosecutors and helping bag former boss Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH).
Update: Here’s a rundown at TPMmuckraker for why Doolittle’s time seems to have finally come.
Now he tells us.
Former CIA director George Tenet apparently is now saying that he never told the Bush administration that the case against Saddam’s WMDs was a “slam dunk.” One problem, though…
The five big questions we’re going to be looking for answers for in tomorrow’s Alberto Gonzales testimony. That and why Andrea Koppel thinks there’s still no evidence of wrongdoing in the Purge story.
Tommy Thompson takes a stab at an apology for saying that money-making is “part of the Jewish tradition.”