Feb 9, 2006 at 11:23 PM by Political Chase
I could not believe my eyes when I read this in Roll Call (sub. req.).
Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas), in a new letter to thousands of GOP voters in his district, has denied having close ties to former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, writing that it was “absolutely untrue” that the two were “close personal friends.”
DeLay also said that any of his former aides found guilty of crimes in the Abramoff scandal should face “legal consequences.”
Does that man have chutzpah or does he have chutzpah?
Technorati Tags : Tom+DeLay, Thomas+Campbell, politics, Texas+elections
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Feb 9, 2006 at 10:39 PM by Political Chase
Kiss and make up. From Roll Call (sub. req.) - Sens. Barack Obama (left) and John McCain mugged for the cameras at a hearing on lobby reform Wednesday. The two said that their brief feud was over, but they are going their own ways on reform.
See related story here.
Feb 9, 2006 at 9:38 PM by Political Chase
How convenient. This is a major political tactic to get Bush and the NSA out of hot water. First, the Bush administration never tells anything unless it is pressured to do so. Do they really think we are that stupid? Second, the president can reveal 1,000,000 foiled events and it absolutely, unequivocally does not change the fact that President Bush flagrantly broke the law.
President Bush today disclosed new details of a foiled terrorist plot to fly a hijacked airliner into a skyscraper on the West Coast, crediting international cooperation in the war on terrorism with thwarting the 2002 scheme.
It is also quite interesting that Bush discloses this information the same day that Murray Waas published his piece about the nefarious activities within the White House.
Technorati Tags : George+Bush, politics, terrorism, FISA, NSA, war+on+terror, US+Bank+Tower, Los+Angeles
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Feb 9, 2006 at 9:21 PM by Political Chase
Michael "Brownie" Brown is ready to spill the beans about the government’s handling Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region. CNN reports that Brown will provide Congress his correspondence with President Bush and others during the hurricane, unless the White House orders him to no disclose the information and agree to pay all legal fees associated with compliance to White House directives.
Technorati Tags : Michael+Brown, Brownie, George+Bush, Katrina, politics
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Feb 9, 2006 at 8:09 PM by Political Chase
The White House just crumbled. Murray Waas has blown away the foundation.
Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff, I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, testified to a federal grand jury that he had been "authorized" by Cheney and other White House "superiors" in the summer of 2003 to disclose classified information to journalists to defend the Bush administration’s use of prewar intelligence in making the case to go to war with Iraq, according to attorneys familiar with the matter, and to court records.
Libby specifically claimed that in one instance he had been authorized to divulge portions of a then-still highly classified National Intelligence Estimate regarding Saddam Hussein’s purported efforts to develop nuclear weapons, according to correspondence recently filed in federal court by special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald.
Now, let’s see…“other White House ‘superiors.’” Well, Dick Cheney can’t be one of those and a simple process of elimination converts the unnamed to known.
Today is not a very good for the four top Republicans (Bush, Cheney, Hastert, Frist). Speaker of the House Hastert and Senate Majority Leader Fritz, acting on their own and without the knowledge of others, have been slipping in legislation at the bottom of proposed bills, which have now become law.
Technorati Tags : Plamegate, Scooter+Libby, George+Bush, Diok+Cheney, Murray+Waas, Bill+Frist, Dennis, Hastert, Iraq, Patrick+Fitzgerald, WMD
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