The Bush administration continues to issue vague information alleging that al Qaeda is still trying to kill all of us. This, despite the fact that Iran supposedly has been trying to develop nuclear capabilities for a decade with no success. But hey, a bunch of guys living in caves in Pakistan could really be a […]

In early January, when Barack Obama was just one among many Democratic candidates, we published Swiftboating Obama’s Religion: He Is Not a Muslim. Now that he is the putative Democratic nominee, here is a look at another potentially Swiftboat-able part of his record — his tenuous connections to William Ayers and Bernadine Dorhn, who were […]

The new faces of terror
It appears the bomber who targeted a military recruiting station in Times Square came in this country via Canada, so you know what that means. Soon the Minutemen will rush north to construct a fence the entire 5,522 miles that separate us from the threat of Canadian extremists. Or not. Maybe […]

Spliced with Keith Olberman’s thoughts on fanning the flames of fear…

…and footage from Bill introducing John Kerry four long years ago.

The Houston Chronicle claims that the Democratic race could be decided by East Texas, where early voting makes traditional polling difficult. For the actual results we might have to wait until the votes are counted, something news outlets hate.
Republican candidate for Tom DeLay’s old seat: “What we wanted to do is project mayhem.”
65 percent of […]

According to an Associated Press story published today, Barack Obama has come out preaching about his Christian faith in the wake of a pesky Internet chain letter that tries to characterize him as definitely a Muslim and probably a terrorist in disguise. As the race in South Carolina heats up, Obama is waving his Bible […]

Are you scared yet?
If you are a liberal, a Democrat or a sensible moderate independent, this ad probably won’t scare you. Good for you for being able to see through Rudolph Giuliani’s cravenly manipulative attempt to terrify dim-witted folks into voting for him.
But even if you are a wise consumer of this sort of […]

Last month, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said the lives of U.S. troops were a small price to pay in the U.S. occupation of Iraq and its intervention in the Iraqi civil war:
Stark was wrong, of course, troops aren’t dying for the president’s amusement. The reality is much worse. They are dying so that […]