TPM Reader LL, in saltier language than I’ll use, laments that the trial of KSM et al. won’t take place in his home state of Texas because he’s not sure he can rely on a New York jury to give them the death penalty. So he’s sorry that the Governor of Texas is too scared to bring them to Texas.
Rudy Giuliani is right now being interviewed on the Cavuto show — yeah, I know, just stop now. And it’s amazing the utter contempt this man has for the American justice system. I can’t even begin to dig out of the pile of nonsense he’s spewing. But we’ll have some of the video for you in a few moments.
I will give Rudy credit for realizing that the most important thing about fighting terrorism is the catch-phrases we use to describe it.
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Sen. Webb (D-VA) responds to Holder announcement on trials for KSM and others …
“I have never disputed the constitutional authority of the President to convene Article III courts in cases of international terrorism. However, I remain very concerned about the wisdom of doing so. Those who have committed acts of international terrorism are enemy combatants, just as certainly as the Japanese pilots who killed thousands of Americans at Pearl Harbor. It will be disruptive, costly, and potentially counterproductive to try them as criminals in our civilian courts.
Former Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) was sentenced today to 13 years in federal prison for his conviction on corruption charges.
The Unification Church has now released its first official statement on the turmoil at the Washington Times.
Makes Kremlinology look like simple addition.
Appearing as a guest panelist on Fox News Sunday today, Liz Cheney dropped her father’s name into the 2012 presidential conversation.
It’s not clear how serious she was — several members of the Fox News gang were in the middle of having a good laugh over video of President Obama’s slight bow to the Japanese emperor and Bill Kristol’s subsequent cracks about it. But when host Chris Wallace compared Obama’s bow to video of a stiff-backed Dick Cheney meeting the emperor in 2007, daughter Liz said, “You could also look at the comparison and think, Cheney 2012.”
See for yourself: here’s the video.
It sounds like a reality show: Grover Norquist says GOP presidential wannabes will have to complete certain “assignments” from the conservative movement in 2010 in order to make the cut in 2012. That and the day’s other political news in the TPMDC Morning Roundup.
Details continue to emerge about the rarefied Florida political circles that alleged fraudster Scott Rothstein traveled in, including this autographed pic of Rothstein and Gov. Charlie Crist:
Both during the campaign and now with her book there seems to be ample evidence that Sarah Palin is a serial liar. I’ve yet to see much discussion of whether this is a factor in her future political viability.
Tea partiers in Virginia have second thoughts on whether to burn Democratic congressmen in effigy, according to the local chairman:
I still would like to do it, but it’s still up in the air at this point. We’ve already started stacking firewood and building the effigy…we will have a bonfire. Burning someone in effigy was just gonna be part of it.
The local guy concedes they’ve been getting a “lot of flack” since they announced the effigy-burning party.