Notes"The attempt to link, by the simple expediency of one wordââmediaââthe honest, patriotic, and indeed vital questions and questioning from American reporters, with the evil of Al-Qaeda propaganda."Unfurl
Notes"More over, Mr. Bush, you are accomplishing in part what Osama Bin Laden and others seekâa fearful American populace, easily manipulated, and willing to throw away any measure of restraint, any loyalty to our own ideals and freedoms, for the comfortingFeedUnfurl
Notes"Condoleezza Rice has upped the ante a bit, suggesting that opponents of the war are the moral equivalent of those who would tolerate slavery in 19th century America."FeedEmbedUnfurl
Notes"Olbermann delivered this commentary with fire and passion while highlighting how Rumsfeldâs comments echoes other times in our worldâs history when anyone who questioned the administration was coined as a traitor, unpatriotic, communist or any otherFeedUnfurl
Notes"Two full-blown crises, in Lebanon and Iraq, are merging into a single emergency. A chain reaction could spread quickly almost anywhere between Cairo and Bombay."Unfurl
Notes"Scholars who enter the chambers of power should use their training as a tool to help them make decisions. Condi Rice is using hers as a chant to wish away the consequences."Unfurl
Notes"The point of terrorism is to create terror, and by cynically convincing us that our very countries are at risk from terrorism, our politicians have delivered utter victory to the terrorists: we are terrified."Unfurl
Notes"In a decisive 1â0 decision Monday, President Bush voted to grant the president the constitutional power to grant himself additional powers."Unfurl
Notes"I'd hate to think that Gore, who has better contacts and knows more about the science and the politics of climate change than I do, is as pessimistic as I am."Unfurl
Notes"Around the world, both the U.S.'s friends and its adversaries are taking note -- and in many cases, taking advantage -- of the strains on the superpower."Unfurl
Notes"Bush can in no way risk alienating the ultra-right-wing bonk-job contingent that put him in office ... and hence all policy and all agenda items from here on out will be even more vicious and desperate in an attempt to shore up the base. "Unfurl
Notes"The conservative intelligentsia in America have also shifted dramatically from a conservatism that protects the individual from government towards a conservatism that wants to impose democracy abroad and enforce morality at home."Unfurl
Notes"Amid revelations about faulty prewar intelligence and a scandal surrounding the indictment of the vice president's chief of staff and presidential adviser, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, FRONTLINE goes behind the headlines to investigate the internal war thatUnfurl
Notes"Former administration officials said that in failing to consider the overtures made by Teheran, the U.S. missed an opportunity to prevent Iran from achieving nuclear capability."Unfurl
Notes"Wrestling with Iraq and Iran have worn down W., and he knows, as we do, that a couple of middle-aged guys who want to tie the knot in Provincetown is not the worst threat America faces."Unfurl
Notes"I believe most Americans are far more concerned about their declining real wages and the lack of real creation of quality jobs than the insulting insertion of wedge issues into the national dialogue and political agenda."Unfurl
Notes"Why is it when Republicans are all for reducing the federal government's impact on people's lives until it comes to these stinging litmus test issues, whether gay marriage or end of life they suddenly want the federal government to intervene?"Unfurl
Notes"While we understand and respect the sincerely held beliefs of those who oppose this research, we are equally sincere in our belief that the life-and-death medical needs of countless suffering children and adults justifies moving forward with this researcUnfurl
Notes"Repealing the estate tax is like erecting protectionist barriers around the hereditary elite. It is anti-meritocratic and unfair -- and antithetical to this nation's best traditions."Unfurl
Notes"This is fundamentally both a civil rights and religious freedom issue and the president's position of supporting amending the constitution is just dead wrong,"Unfurl
Notes"Neo-conservative commentators at the American Enterprise Institute wrote last week what amounted to an obituary of the Bush freedom doctrine."Unfurl
Notes"In the week leading up to Memorial Day, the president acknowledged that some of his childish taunts hadn't been in America's best interests."Unfurl
Notes"The recent FBI raid of a congressman's office is fueling a power struggle between Congress and the administration that could hobble President Bush in his efforts to move his legislative agenda."Unfurl
Notes"Bush's approval ratings hover in the low 30s. Blair's are even deeper in the basement, at about 26 percent. Both men are approaching lame duck status, as well."Unfurl
Notes"While Bush increasingly has begun to acknowledge missteps in handling the war, his comments last night -- together with Blair's -- represent his most explicit acknowledgment that the administration underestimated the difficulty of the central project ofUnfurl
NotesI thought we got tax cuts? "A flood of income tax payments pushed up government receipts to the second-highest level in history in April, giving the country a sizable surplus for the month."Unfurl
Notes"Or at the least, can't reporters suppress their raucous laughter every time he blurts out another jibe... the way they did when Colbert put them in their place?"Unfurl
Notes"Or at the least, can't reporters suppress their raucous laughter every time he blurts out another jibe... the way they did when Colbert put them in their place?"Unfurl
Notes"Unless your rock-of-hiding is particularly large, it's unlikely you've not heard about Stephen Colbert's cast-iron-testicles performance at the White House Correspondents dinner."Unfurl
Notes"A blistering comedy "tribute" to President Bush by Comedy Central's faux talk show host Stephen Colbert at the White House Correspondent Dinner Saturday night left George and Laura Bush unsmiling at its close. "Unfurl
Crooks and Liars - Olbermannâs Latest Special Comment Targets Bush: âHave you no sense of decency, sir?â