I certainly don’t use the term “junky” lightly, but we’re talking about more than a decade long, hardcore addiction to incredibly strong painkillers. It certainly makes mild drug use by former and current Presidents (and any hopefuls) seemingly irrelevant.
From Law.com…
The FBI’s 1986 report on Rehnquist’s drug dependence was not released at the time of [...]
In its continued quest to claim the title of “most secretive administration in history” — a title that many observers think they’ve already won by a landslide — the Bush administration has now classified White House visitor logs.
The five-page document dated May 17 declares that all entry and exit data on White House visitors belongs [...]
Listen, since privately-hired security guards don’t get true police training and don’t go through the academy…do note the category I’ve placed this story under.
From Wash Post:
Private security guards have outnumbered police officers since the 1980s, predating the heightened concern about security brought on by the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. What is new is that police [...]
That’s the news. In fact, all these “gifts” from lobbyists, including trips, tickets to games and even food will be gone.
Bloomberg has more…
House Democratic leaders said they’ll act quickly to ban gifts and meals from lobbyists, prohibit lawmakers from flying on corporate jets and prevent them from taking overnight trips arranged by lobbyists.
Votes on the [...]
Since obesity is such a “growing” problem in our society, one can look at this issue as a political one since it ties directly into our rising health care costs.
Essentially, different foods are obviously healthier and I don’t think we ever really get a pictorial of how much of a certain food equals how [...]
Unlike most politicians, Barack Obama wrote a fairly frank memoir — before he was a politician.
Presidential aspirants tend to write more sanitized books for use as campaign tools. [...]
But Dreams From My Father is not like that. Obama wrote the highly personal book when he was in his early 30s, after being approached by a [...]
Yep. He said it on Larry King Live.
“I have to tell you something I’ve never said before publicly. I voted for him in 1976.”
Considering that Carter was one of the first candidates backed by the emerging religious right movement, I can understand why McGovern would have gone with Ford, especially if he knew the man. [...]
Retired army general and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, John M. Shalikashvili, writes an op-ed in the NY Times about don’t ask, don’t tell…
When I was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, I supported the current policy because I believed that implementing a change in the rules at that time would [...]
They left the planbook in a hotel room? Oh no!!!
From NY Daily News:
Giuliani leads most public opinion polls of Republican primary voters though he has not announced his candidacy for President. But the dossier, which envisions spending more than $21 million this year alone, shows that Giuliani began meeting with potential supporters last April and [...]
The graphic says it all.
More from the NY Times.
Boom.
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