Today’s Washington Post Editorial by Richard Cohen goes a long way in making me understand the “inner” Bush that has seemed so out of touch with reality. Mr. Cohen gets your attention with the first…

 This Washington Post Editorial touches on a number of points about the Bush tax cuts, most of which are not in the President’s favor. PRESIDENT BUSH wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed Wednesday that…

Just don’t “suggest” to the “decider” that he can’t do what he wants…He may pick up his ball and go home…  After an election in which war-weariness was a motivating force for the defeat of Republican…

I read George Will’s column last evening and couldn’t wrap my mind around his argument. I revisited it this morning and find his bait and switch tactics perverse. A three-judge federal court recently tugged a thread that…

Even in a holiday season, politics requires that politicians put in an appearance. Presidential funerals don’t happen often, when they do, you go. Nothing shows the depth of a man like the way he shows…

 From the parallel universe of Robert Novak. “Environmentalists’ well-financed propaganda operation”…Does the man live in this universe? Industry has been spending many times the amounts the environmentalists have but the truth is still coming thru…

 Isn’t this just so like the American cliche that the rest of the world sees…We don’t like the results of this messy thing called democracy so lets change the government that resulted. Isn’t Bush just…

After listening to some of the hearing on the radio, I am forced to agree with the Post. What does it say about America, that the ruling party for the last decade have placed the biggest…

It’s a bit disconcerting to have Peggy Noonan agree with me on anything. But she seems to have had the same gut reaction to the Bush/Web confrontation that I did. Sadly that was pretty much…

I am sorry Ken, but it has nothing to do with Conservative or Liberal Principles and everything to do with Moral Principles.  Mehlman acknowledged voter anger about the Iraq war and a spate of GOP corruption…

George Will has decided he will hold a newly elected Senator to a higher standard that the President and Vice-President of the United States. Go figure. I agree if Jim Webb really wanted to make a statement…

I found the following paragraphs most telling. In an article in the latest issue of the conservative Weekly Standard, Yuval Levin, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, explains the tension between the…

It was pretty obvious even right after the elections that the president wasn’t changing his approach. If anything he seemed to be rubbing the fact that he wasn’t in the democrats face. President Bush’s political…

Jim Hightower is one of the few Texas Progressive Politicians my generation has seen. He has a real talent for cutting through the BS that most politicians sling…Hey, how about indulging yourself with a hot…

The election may be over but the battle to protect the American Constitution has just begun. Do not think that if these rulings are allowed to stand that they will only be used  against non-citizens. It…

Why can’t papa Bush just slap him up side his head? Where will this country be after two more years? Hell, everyone reading these posts know how I feel about the decider-in-chief, so forgive my…

 I find myself intrigued… I’d like to try this idea in Elizabeth, New Jersey Tyler Cowen How about cities without any traffic signs or lights?: European traffic planners are dreaming of streets free of rules…

This morning’s OP-ED from David Broder makes some interesting points. He has divided the Bush Presidency into four phases. I think he should have added a fifth.  In trying to gauge where things stand in our government…

Excuses sound hollow when you’re trapped in a flimsy trailer. For Gulf Coast residents waiting for long-promised government housing assistance, patience has given way to anger, and anguish. What is clear more than a year…

It is nice to read something on the Op-Ed pages at the WSJ that I can agree with for a change. Looks like the new Senator from Virginia has a way with telling it like it is…  The most…

She was the last of the Blue Governors from the Great State of Texas. Bush and Rove lied her out of office. Now the whole country knows what it’s like to live in Texas. AUSTIN…

Today’s emails brought the following: On their journey through the stages of grief, conservatives don’t yet seem to have gotten past denial. Republicans may have lost, conservatives argue, but only because they misplaced their ideology….

It really does my heart good to see the “l” word starting to be used in regards to the administration. Maybe if we quit dodging the truth, it will set us free…”Washington’s easy acceptance of…

“When Democratic committee chairmen issue subpoenas and conduct oversight hearings, will news accounts portray them as harassing the White House? Or will journalists recognize that aggressive congressional inquiries were a normal practice until the GOP…

It would be funny if it wasn’t so sad.After arguing during the campaign that Democrats would undermine national security, President Bush changed course today and said America’s enemies should not read this week’s ground-shaking election…

“Journalists by nature shy from pinning the “liar” label on any political leader, but President Bush’s acknowledgments that he had not been forthcoming about his plans to dump Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld have kicked…

I guess the reason I have been quiet in regards to the resounding change in the political climate is I have been waiting for the other shoe to drop. Congratulation to all of the winners…

This story caught my interest today because the company I work for changed our insurance to United last year. Now I wonder who it is that is being insured.How William McGuire earned that fat paycheck…

If there is any question about what happened yeaterday, think about this…Half full: Perceptions of the economy, like its rewards, vary wildly and help to explain the election results. | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle: “Houston…

Angry Campaigns End on an Angrier Note – washingtonpost.com:”‘As you go to the polls, remember we’re at war,’ (President Bush) told thousands of GOP supporters in Pensacola, Fla. ‘And if you want this country to…

I think anyone who has read my post would know my political leaning, but that’s beside the point. Today’s lesson in democracy is Go Vote. This really is one of those things where if you…

That’s the question Eugene Robinson asks in today’s column.Eugene Robinson – How Low Will Bush Go? – washingtonpost.com:”If Democrats manage to take control of one or both houses of Congress on Tuesday, the reason will…

All I am going to say is, I agree.The Great Divider – New York Times: “As President Bush throws himself into the final days of a particularly nasty campaign season, he’s settled into a familiar…

The record of this administration should be the textbook example in why corporations are not “persons”. And now, before they can’t get away with it anymore, it’s time for the payback. As if most of…

No one else would have come up with the throw down quote below.Who Needs to ‘Help’ America Vote? – washingtonpost.com:”Having fixed Iraq and New Orleans, the federal government’s healing touch is now being applied to…

No wonder they all want Hillary to run. How else can they blame it on a Clinton?Future Tax Shock – New York Times: “One of President Bush’s be-very-afraid lines this campaign season is that Democrats,…

Those of us forced to follow George W Bush’s career from the start have been saying it for years. Now the press is starting to catch on. They would have done a better job of…

Instead of a GOTV the GOP has started a SOTV…GOP Aims to Scare Up Big Voter Turnout – washingtonpost.com: “With top Republican strategists now privately predicting substantial House losses, President Bush and top GOP officials…

I found the following passage intriguing. It may have taken them a hundred plus years, but those “Republican editors” appear to have found the butter…But now it’s margarine, as it a imitation of the real…

Do you feel safer with your lawful rights in the hands of these people?A Dangerous New Order – New York Times: “Once President Bush signed the new law on military tribunals, administration officials and Republican…

Eugene Robinson makes a good point today.’Values’ Choice for The GOP – washingtonpost.com: “The culture war is supposed to be about morality, but really it’s a crusade to compel Americans to follow certain norms of…

Once again Keith Olbermann speaks strongly from the point of view a growing majority of Americans are beginning to share. Sadly, he is one of the few willing to speak directly to President Bush about…

You know, it is getting really old hearing time after time that had we been told Bin Laden was going to blow up the Twin Towers we would of listened but since it was so…

George Will spends a whole column being apologetic for the Bush administration before closing with the key paragraph…George F. Will – The Leaders We Have – washingtonpost.com: “‘Where’s the leader?’ Bush, according to Woodward, has…

Be prepared, cause the Washington Post is on a roll this morning…Richard Cohen – Can Bush Save Bush? – washingtonpost.com: “Not too long after Franklin D. Roosevelt died, Republicans insisted on what was to become…

E. J. Dionne Jr. – A Backlash Against Bickering – washingtonpost.com: “The irony is that Bush has fostered a backlash against himself, against ideology and against partisanship that, as a former governor, he should have…

I see I’m not the only one thinking along these lines…Safety Rule 4001 » Nightmare Scenario – Bush Jails Congressional Democrats Citing Aid to Terrorists: “Washington, DC 8/12/2007 – In a stunning move today, President…

I was sitting at the kitchen table going through my morning emails, reading the blogs I keep up with and generally doing what I do during the quiet of a Saturday morn when after checking…

I was sitting at the kitchen table going through my morning emails, reading the blogs I keep up with and generally doing what I do during the quiet of a Saturday morn when after checking…

John Scalzi started a hell of a conversation. Join in…I’m proud to be an American, but I’m tired of being ashamed of my government. I’m tired of having to count the seconds until this bilious…