Hey Andy? What About Dick’s Breach of Etiquette?

By: emptywheel Thursday February 5, 2009 5:38 am

Andy Card sure has a weird priority for which supposed breaches of etiquette to attack.

Dan’s Rather Exciting Brief

By: bmaz Wednesday February 4, 2009 9:20 pm

As you may recall, Dan Rather is in litigation against CBS, Viacom and executives Les Moonves and Andrew Heyward over his treatment after the Bush Texas Air National Guard story on 60 Minutes II. A critical point was reached Monday afternoon with the filing of Rather’s appellate brief (pdf file) by his attorneys.

They’re Close to Domenici … Are They Close to Bush?

By: emptywheel Wednesday February 4, 2009 4:02 pm

Murray reports that the grand jury investigation investigating David Iglesias’ firing is getting closer to Domenici. Will Domenici take the fall and protect Bush?

Salazar’s Successes

By: emptywheel Wednesday February 4, 2009 11:41 am

Kudos to Ken Salazar for his efforts to roll back Bush era abuses in the Department of Interior.

The Only Picture on Dick’s Wall

By: emptywheel Wednesday February 4, 2009 10:03 am

Say, is that picture on Dick’s wall a tribute to the night when he told Andrea Mitchell that she should start covering Valerie Plame’s role as a CIA spy?

Fellatio for Cheney from the Politico

By: emptywheel Wednesday February 4, 2009 5:09 am

Cheney managed to find himself three boys who were willing to ignore all the tough questions for his first post-VP interview.

Tweety Sez, “Why Not Dr. Dean?”

By: emptywheel Tuesday February 3, 2009 4:57 pm

Tweety asks the question I’ve been wondering about: why not name Dean as HHS Secretary?

Gibbs Won’t Say There Aren’t More Tax Problems

By: emptywheel Tuesday February 3, 2009 2:54 pm

From today’s press briefing (via email):

Q That doesn’t say who decided that this was the best move. And if I could just follow up quickly. Are there other nominees out there with tax problems that we don’t know about?

MR. GIBBS: The President is quite confident in the people that serve in this White House and serve in this administration; that we’ve put a standard of

Who Is Paying a Private Investigator to Snoop on Rahm?

By: emptywheel Tuesday February 3, 2009 2:09 pm

Apparently, Rahm Emanuel has a private investigator snooping into his living arrangements. Who is paying the PI?

Is Cheney Behind the Attack on Obama’s Plans to Withdraw from Iraq?

By: emptywheel Tuesday February 3, 2009 1:41 pm

Gareth Porter wrote an important article calling out retired General Jack Keane for his attempt to sabotage Obama’s withdrawal plans from Iraq. But the article raises an important, unaddressed question: is Cheney’s behind Keane’s sabotage?

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