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McClellan On Meet The Press

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Books, Bush, Cheney, History, Iraq, Media, Rove, The Plame Game, The War On Terrorism, The World, Video

On the President’s tendency to lie to himself…

On misleading the American people…

On being part of the propaganda campaign to sell the war…

On knowing that the book would have an impact…

Frankly, this doesn’t sound like a guy who’s afraid of speaking his mind. I wonder if he will indeed testify, especially about the Rove/Libby/Plame stuff.
More as [...]

June 1st, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Scott McClellan On The Today Show

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Books, Bush, Cheney, History, Iraq, Republicans, Rove, Video

The full 15 minute interview. I’m watching it now, and I’ll post thoughts when I’m done.
Part 1:

Part 2 (after Dan Bartlett):

I don’t know about you, but this seems like the same Scott McClellan I saw for years behind that podium.
So apparently, two things set him off. First, when he found out that that Rove and [...]

May 29th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Will McClellan Be Called To Testify?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Books, Bush, Cheney, Congress, Republicans, Rove, The Plame Game

That’s what one Dem congressman wants…
Today Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL) called for former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan to appear before the House Judiciary Committee to testify under oath regarding the devastating revelations made in his new book on the Bush Administrationâ€™s deliberate efforts to mislead the American people into the Iraq War.
â€œThe [...]

May 28th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Will We Have Another Darth Vader?

By Jennn Fusion | Related entries in Barack, Cheney, McCain, Veep

Dear Diary, I’m feeling nervous and apprehensive about the vice presidency. Cheney is just so… untouchable. He wields the power of a Sith Lord and yet he loves his dogs. He opposes any kind of Gay rights and yet his own daughter is gay. He’s shot people in the face and came back from the [...]

May 22nd, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Guantanamo Prosecutor Reveals War Tribunals Politicized

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Bush, Cheney, Elections, Law, Rove, The War On Terrorism, al Qaeda

As if this any surprise, but seriously…how many of these stories will we have to endure? And I have to think that even more will be coming out after Bush and company leave office.
From Reuters:
The former chief prosecutor for the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals testified on Monday that the tribunals were tainted by political influence [...]

April 28th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Of salmon and trout and canaries in a coal mine.

By mw | Related entries in Bad Decisions, Bush, California, Cheney, Environment

Just in case anyone is not familiar with the meaning of the phrase “like a canary in a coal mine” this is it:
“Early coal mines did not feature ventilation systems, so miners would routinely bring a caged canary into new coal seams. Canaries are especially sensitive to methane and carbon monoxide, which made them ideal [...]

April 14th, 2008 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

Thank You Media!

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, 9/11, Barack, Billary, Bush, Cheney, Democrats, Hillary, Law, Media, Memes, Religion, Republicans, The War On Terrorism, Torture

Greenwald has a breakdown of the stories that made the news…
Here are the number of times, according to NEXIS, that various topics have been mentioned in the media over the past thirty days:
“Yoo and torture” – 102
“Mukasey and 9/11″ — 73
“Yoo and Fourth Amendment” — 16
“Obama and bowling” — 1,043
“Obama and Wright” — More than [...]

April 6th, 2008 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

Bush’s War

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 9/11, Bush, Cheney, Democrats, Disasters, Iraq, Islam, Military, Republicans, The War On Terrorism, The World, United Nations, Video, War

If you haven’t seen Frontline’s documentary about how we got into Iraq and how it all went wrong, you need to. It’s probably the most well researched piece I’ve seen so far, and the interviews with insiders are simply stunning. Many saw this train wreck coming, but Bush and Cheney and Rumsfeld just didn’t listen.
In [...]

April 3rd, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

The Yoo Torture Memo

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 9/11, Bad Decisions, Bush, Cheney, Civil Liberties, Constitution, Ethics, Foreign Policy, Guantanamo Bay, Iraq, Islam, Law, Military, Terrorism, The War On Terrorism, The World, Torture, War

All 70+ pages of it.
Here’s the gist…
In the March 14, 2003 memo, Yoo says the Constitution was not in play with regard to the interrogations because the Fifth Amendment (which provides for due process of law) and the Eighth Amendment (which prevents the government from employing cruel and usual punishment) does “not extend to alien [...]

April 1st, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Errol Morris’ Standard Operating Procedure

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Bush, Cheney, Ethics, Iraq, Military, The Politics Of Film, The War On Terrorism, The World, Torture, Transparency, Video, War

The award winning documentarian trains his patented eye on the events that happened at Abu Ghraib prison in a film coming out on April 25.
From watching the following clips, as well as Frontline’s searing Bush’s War, a pretty clear picture emerges and makes it incredibly difficult for the Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld to put [...]

March 31st, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Former Republican Congressman On Cheney’s “Public? What Public?” Statement

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Cheney, History, Iraq, Polls, The War On Terrorism

Mickey Edwards shares an interesting perspective, that ties into that poll I posted yesterday about how people think politicians should pay attention to polls…
What, then, is the straw that causes me to finally consign a man I served with in the House Republican leadership to the category of “those about whom we should be greatly [...]

March 23rd, 2008 | Permalink| 9 Comments »