Archive for August, 2007
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One of the most important functions of the progressive blogosphere in recent political history has been to try to keep the Democratic establishment in line and avoid falling into the trap that conservative punditry seems to have sunken into, of just being glorified cheerleaders for their party establishment. With that in mind, stories like this […]
This week in annoying ledes
Sunday, August 5th, 2007Democrats Feel Pressure on Spy Program
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 — Under pressure from President Bush, House Democrats on Saturday grudgingly prepared to move ahead with approving changes in a terrorist surveillance program despite serious reservations about the scope of the measure.
Golly gee, if only they had more than 28 Senators. Or some way of blocking a […]
Saturday, August 4th, 2007
What the hell is the point of having a Democratic Congress if they’re going to roll over for shit like this?
For anyone who isn’t already familiar with FISA, let’s recap:
As currently written, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act already gives U.S. spies broad leeway to monitor the communications of foreign terrorism suspects, but the 30-year-old statute […]
Saturday, August 4th, 2007
This is about eight or nine different kinds of ridiculous. The proper judge of whether or not someone is serious about foreign policy or terrorism is now their use of the appropriate buzzwords?
Why is it so important to Lieberman that discussion of terrorists always include the framing term “Islamic”? Is he concerned that we’ll confuse […]
Friday, August 3rd, 2007
Is the infamous Republican attack machine running out of steam? In previous elections, the GOP marketing engine has been feared and hated for its ability to go after the emotional center of the voter’s brain and shut down the rational center. And you know what? For the most part, they’ve been very good at it. […]
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
I don’t see the Bush administration really having a use for this, as they already seem to feel pretty confident that they can just hold tight until January 2009. Certainly Pollack and O’Hanlon’s insipid article and the overjoyed reception it received on the right imply that it’s going to be very difficult for Congress to […]
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