Flashback: McCain went to Kerry about VP Slot; to Daschle about Switching

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Saturday June 14, 2008 · 11:18 AM PDT

2008/06/14 · 11:18

In trying to add up the number of flip-flops and knowing mistatements John McCain has committed in just the last year, something came back to me - the ultimate flip-flop AND lie. John McCain wanted to be a Dem in 2001 and John Kerry's running mate in 2004 and lies about it all today!

I noted it at DKos a little more than one year ago, and it certainly bears repeating today. Jonathan Singer:

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Tuesday May 13, 2008 · 9:18 AM PDT

2008/05/13 · 09:18

Glenn Greenwald and others (NOT NBC, CNN and the rest) have been wonderful in covering the Military Analyst Propaganda Program, so I hardly mean to steal their thunder.

It is, however worth passing on Greenwald's latest scoop in the case. Karl Rove looks to have been involved in major decisions on how to use these generals to toe the party line on "progress" in Iraq:

On April 30, 2008 -- ten days after David Barstow's "military analyst" story was first published in the New York Times -- The Raw Story's Eric Brewer, at the daily White House briefing with Dana Perino, became the first reporter to ask the White House about it and, specifically, whether White House officials had any involvement with, or were aware of, the DoD's program.
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Thursday November 29, 2007 · 12:47 PM PST

2007/11/29 · 12:47

Oh man, this story's getting soo great. From the Blotter at ABC, viaatrios:

Well before it was publicly known he was seeing her, then-married New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani provided a police driver and city car for his mistress Judith Nathan, former senior city officials tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com.

"She used the PD as her personal taxi service," said one former city official who worked for Giuliani.

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Thursday October 04, 2007 · 8:36 AM PDT

2007/10/04 · 08:36

This is great news, if Dobson and others stick to their guns on it:

Focus on the Family head James Dobson, has published an Op ed piece in The New York Times clarifying exactly what happened: The group voted almost unanimously not just to "consider" backing such a challenger, but to definitely do so. In other words, Dobson made it official, saying that if a pro-choicer wins the GOP nomination, these leaders will be going third party. Dobson wrote:

After two hours of deliberation, we voted on a resolution that can be summarized as follows: If neither of the two major political parties nominates an individual who pledges himself or herself to the sanctity of human life, we will join others in voting for a minor-party candidate. Those agreeing with the proposition were invited to stand. The result was almost unanimous

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Dobson and the rest should pick _______ as their nominee

James Dobson

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Ted Haggard

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Alan Keyes

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David Vitter

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Jesus

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insert your right-wing hypocrite here

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Reid Changes Course, Won't Cave on Iraq

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Tuesday September 18, 2007 · 1:46 PM PDT

2007/09/18 · 13:46

This is great news:

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Friday September 14, 2007 · 6:03 AM PDT

2007/09/14 · 06:03

This bit of boy-king's speech last night was an utter embarrassment:

To the international community: The success of a free Iraq matters to every civilized nation. We thank the 36 nations who have troops on the ground in Iraq and the many others who are helping that young democracy.

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Monday August 27, 2007 · 8:06 AM PDT

2007/08/27 · 08:06

Hey, all of you who claim to support the Netroots. Who claim to support the idea of more & better Democrats. Yeah, you; I'm talking to you.

F-'ing give to Darcy Burner! Now!

Two Reasons:

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I'm telling myself I'm broke so I don't have to feel bad about it

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I -uhhh -uhhh, I forgot

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I just complain about the country's problems, I don't want to actually DO anything about them!

1 vote

Oh, I've given, baby!

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UPDATED - McClatchy: Huge Fed Doleouts Followed Pro-GOP Agency Briefings

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Saturday August 18, 2007 · 7:46 AM PDT

2007/08/18 · 07:46

This story keeps getting worse & worse. If you recall, the Wash. Post first reported in March of this year (diaried here) that the White House held a political briefing with the General Services Administration in which it detailed the ways in which the Agency could, in agency head Lurita Doan's words, 'help our boys.' This alone was an obvious violation of the Hatch Act (meant to keep many of our gov't's officials away from blatantly partisan political actions).

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Tuesday August 14, 2007 · 2:13 PM PDT

2007/08/14 · 14:13

As George Bush's new favorite line goes, we're supposedly "making progress" in Iraq.

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Tuesday July 31, 2007 · 8:21 AM PDT

2007/07/31 · 08:21

Of course, it's incredibly easy to defend the convention against O'Reilly's pathetic 'campaign', but to see Chris Dodd go on Billo's show and defend it is quite nice:

defend it is quite nice:

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Thursday July 26, 2007 · 7:31 AM PDT

2007/07/26 · 07:31

UPDATE: MSNBC has breaking news that 4 Democrats have written to Solicitor General Paul Clement (bypassing Gonzales due to obvious conflicts) calling for a Special Prosecutor:

Senate Democrats called for a special counsel Thursday to investigate whether Attorney General Alberto Gonzales perjured himself regarding dissent over President Bush's domestic surveillance program.

"We ask that you immediately appoint an independent special counsel from outside the Department of Justice to determine whether Attorney General Gonzales may have misled Congress or perjured himself in testimony before Congress," four Democratic senators wrote in a letter Wednesday....

"It has become apparent that the Attorney General has provided at a minimum half-truths and misleading statements" to the Judiciary Committee, they added.

h/t to internationaljock in the comments

Yahoo has more here

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Wednesday July 18, 2007 · 12:17 AM PDT

2007/07/18 · 00:17

This time it's at the National Office of Drug Control Policy with evidence of it branching into several other agencies:

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Looks like Rove Right at Heart of Military Analyst Propaganda

UPDATED: ABC News: Rudy's Mistress Used NYPD as Personal Taxi Service

Religious Right Leaders Will Back 3rd Party Against Rudy

Reid Changes Course, Won't Cave on Iraq

36 Nations? How come it's ALL on US then, Mr. Bush?

Give to Darcy Burner! Now!

UPDATED - McClatchy: Huge Fed Doleouts Followed Pro-GOP Agency Briefings

At Least 175 Killed in Devastating Iraq Bombings

Chris Dodd to Defend YKos on Bill O's Show

Sen. Dems Call for Spec Prosecutor to Investigate Gonzales Perjury

WashPost: New Evidence of Rampant Fed Agency Politicization