On Karl Rove’s Upcoming Departure

First draft of history time — senior Presidential advisor Karl Rove will be resigning his post come the end of August. The President won’t have Turdblossom — Bush’s nickname for Rove — to kick around any more. I wish I could write that “It doesn’t surprise me to see Rove leave,” but I’d be lying.Continue reading “On Karl Rove’s Upcoming Departure”

On Getting Rid of Gonzales

On Monday I received an e-mail—as I often do—from John Edwards’ presidential campaign. They were putting together a petition to send to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, and they wanted signatures. But it wasn’t an ordinary petition. The petition would come on a copy of the United States Constitution. For each signature, the Edwards campaign wouldContinue reading “On Getting Rid of Gonzales”

On CIA Leak News

Two interesting pieces of news regarding the Valerie Plame CIA leak case–that being that case that lead to Scooter Libby’s conviction for perjury and obstruction of justice, a conviction that President Bush commuted because, frankly, he was probably concerned that Scooter would flip on Cheney or Rove–emerged yesterday. First, the civil lawsuit filed by PlameContinue reading “On CIA Leak News”

On Steven Weber's Opinion

The actor Steven Weber, best known for his role on the sitcom Wings, weighed in recently on Paris Hilton. It is one of the… strangest opinions I’ve ever read. I couldn’t put a sentence together like that. Well, okay, maybe if I’ve been drinking really hard. Here’s an example: [S]he is like one of thoseContinue reading “On Steven Weber's Opinion”