Daily Archives: March 26th, 2008 «

 

Congressman McDermott criticized Bush on Iraqi soil – on Saddam’s dime

Posted by: ST on March 26, 2008 at 10:47 pm » 9 Comments

This story has erupted in the blogosphere: Saddam Hussein’s money paid for Democrat Congressmen McDermott, Bonior, and Thompson to visit Iraq back in October 2002. That’s when McDermott made his controversial remarks where he urged us to give Hussein the benefit of the doubt but to mistrust Bush because, to McDermott, Bush was willing to [...]

 

Obama again tries to boil down Wright’s incendiary comments to a “half-minute sound clip” in hopes controversy will just go away

Posted by: ST on March 26, 2008 at 7:31 pm » 7 Comments

Here we go again (emphasis added): GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) – Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Wednesday sought to quell concerns over anti-American remarks by his former pastor, saying people are paying too much attention to a small number of “stupid” comments. Obama gave a sweeping speech on race and condemned the incendiary remarks of [...]

 

Wednesday open thread

Posted by: ST on March 26, 2008 at 11:13 am » 7 Comments

I’ll be buried under for most of the day. Will be back tonight to catch up.

 

McCain to Hillary: When will you apologize for Petraeus remark?

Posted by: ST on March 26, 2008 at 10:17 am » 3 Comments

The week continues to get worse for Hillary Clinton, with the latest instance being John McCain’s asking her when she will apologize for the insult she made against General David Petraeus on 9/11/07. Here’s what she said at the time: Senator Clinton Questions General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker on Iraq at Senate Armed [...]