Until Now, We Thought Lying Was One of the Few Things They Did Well
The starkest - perhaps dumbest - lie that Scooter Libby told investigators into the CIA Leak case involved a conversation he had with NBC’s Tim Russert. On or around July 10, 2003. Libby placed the call to complain about […]

Taking its toll: The new Washington Post/ABC Poll finds President continue to scrape along with a 39 percent approval rating. While that may be bad news for Bush, it remains a remarkably high approval rate for America’s Worst President Ever:
In the aftermath of the latest crisis to confront the White House, Bush’s overall job […]

Two secret agents? In his news conference yesterday, CIA Leak investigator Patrick Fitzgerald stated that he could have wrapped up his investigation one year ago, in October 2004, had Judith Miller chosen to cooperate:
Were there two secret agents involved this case - a CIA operative who worked for a dummy oil firm and a Bush […]

I am proud to serve beside … a President of the United States who has brought honor and dignity back to the White House.
- Vice President Dick Cheney, 2004

Bet it’s nice: Is Arnold Schwarzenegger’s foolhardy entry into politics causing trouble in his marriage to Maria Shriver, who is member of the Kennedy family? Speaking at the California Governor and First Lady’s Conference on Women and Families this week in Long Beach, Shriver made her first public statements about her husband’s upcoming faltering […]

Aravosis:
I just got a call from a friend whose wife came up with a very interesting point. Fitzgerald today said that he could have been having this press conference last October, if Judith Miller had been more forthcoming. And last October would have been right before the presidential election.
With the 2004 presidential election as close […]

Scooter Libby has resigned from the White House because he has been charged with:

1 count obstruction of justice
2 counts of perjury
2 counts of making false statements

He allegedly lied to the FBI and then the grand jury about the content of conversations he had with NBC’s Tim Russert and Time Mag’s Matt Cooper.
Libby was not […]

From Eurosurveillance weekly report (edited):
Outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus in poultry and wild birds in the World Health Organization (WHO) European region have caused widespread public concern due to fears that human cases may ensue, as has happened in South East Asia.
Part of the concern is the mistaken assumption that the geographical […]

C.A. - P.O.’d: The latest poll from the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California looks at the status of five of the eight propositions on the ballot in the November 8 special election. It also rates the job approvals of top officials.
Bush Is Still More Popular Than Arnold in California - 36% to 33%
The governor’s […]