The Republic of T. Archives

I know the Bush economic plan is to stick our kids with the bill for their war, tax cuts, etc. I just thought they’d be out of high school when the bill came due.

Did they dodge a bullet or did we? I’m not sure, but I’m a bit relieved when the Supreme Court refuses to rule on a gay adoptions case, thus letting stand a ruling that came down in our favor.

In a Washington state case, the U.S. Supreme Court refused today to block a gay woman from […]

Maybe Bush should try listening to his wife instead of hiding behind her skirts. Normally, I wouldn’t pay much attention to what Laura Bush says or thinks. And that’s usually because she’s usually prattling on about stuff like not believing polls.

First lady Laura Bush said on Sunday she does not believe opinion polls showing […]

Apparently, this is just breaking. Karl Rove has been indicted on charges of perjury and lying to investigators.

Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald spent more than half a day Friday at the offices of Patton Boggs, the law firm representing Karl Rove.
During the course of that meeting, Fitzgerald served attorneys for former Deputy White House Chief of […]

According to a new Harris poll, Dubya’s approval ratings are now in the 20s. 29%, to be exact. The only thing that could make this better would be a Rove indictment before COB tomorrow. Pardon me while I bask in the schadenfreude.

OK. I wasn’t going to say anything about Mary Cheney’s recent full-court-press to promote her book in the media, but my bullshit meter just went so far in the red that I can’t stand it any more. I kept my mouth shut and just changed the channel when Mary did her face time with Diane […]

I’ve been watching with some amusement the commercial previews for the upcoming television movie Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America. Not because it’s a comedy or because I find pandemics amusing, but because it would probably be more terrifying than its producers intend if anyone was really paying attention. Now, experts are worried that the […]

Too much “truthiness” can be such a good thing.

This has been all over the internets by now. So much that I didn’t know there’s a virtual media blackout of Stephen Colbert’s inspired riffing of Bush and his supporters at the White House correspondents’ dinner. So, in the spirit of doing what the media apparently won’t […]

It’s been a while since we were counting the days ’til Fitzmas, but it looks like it may be time to start the countdown again. Shortly after news that Karl Rove has cut back on his policy-related duties (maybe the ones that required a security clearance?), we have word that Rove is meeting with FItzgerald […]

To the party, that is.
It’s been a busy day, so I haven’t had time to read or write much, but I made a mental note to check out the feature article in the style section of today’s Washington Post, about former Bush advisor Claude Allen (who was arrested on charges of shoplifting and fraud a […]

As I recall, Bush couldn’t face 100 or so gay families. So it’s no surprise that he’d cut and run from 1,000 protesters.

This is gonna sound crazy, but stay with me for a minute. After all, when it comes to the Bush administration you can usually come up with the craziest idea you can possibly think of and find someone in the administration who really believes that shit, no matter how crazy it is. Well, I think […]

Say what you will about this administration. You gotta admire their style when it comes to the ports deal. If they can’t fuck you coming, they’ll fuck you going. Dubai Ports World may have nixed the deal, but they may just hand it to Halliburton.
They have got a dilemma now, because there simply aren’t American […]

… And they’ll cry if they want to, I guess.
Normally I’d post this as an aside, but it struck me as too interesting for that. For the last six years I’ve often marveled at the level of pretty much unified support Bush has enjoyed among conservatives, even as he serves up one bungle after another […]