Chip Reid, "The Foley investigation is about to expand."
Mon Oct 30, 2006 at 12:05:17 AM PDT
In the "Tell me something I don't know" portion of the Chris Mathews Show, reporter Chip Reid implied an expansion of the
Foley Coverup investigation was about to take place. When he said this I immediately remembered this story at
CQ Politics.com
It seems that many of the named players in the Foley Coverup scandal have key roles in another investigation obstruction involving hundreds of millions of dollars a year in defense contracts, bid rigging, secret orginizations, etc. Could this be part of the expansion?
I've puzzled why Republicans didn't quietly ditch Foley, Kolbe , and others. The extreme risk seems to out weigh any possible gains by keeping them around.
Some quotes next:
I did not have lobbying relations with that man, Mr Abramoff.
Tue Jan 24, 2006 at 04:16:23 PM PDT
Craig Crawford has a great post over at
Congressional Quarterly. In his artilce, Craig posits that "Bush will soon have to utter a platonic version of Bill Clinton's most famous denial: I did not have relations with that man."
The Whitehouse stonewalling on what relationship Abramoff had with Bush is actually causing greater interest by the WH press corp. I would love to have some news hound ask Bush a cleverly worded question. Even a close response could be easily twisted to the actual Clinton denial, including the dramatic finger pointing for emphasis.
Nigergate updates and links
Tue Nov 01, 2005 at 10:43:47 AM PDT
Kevin Drum over at Washington Monthly has some more Nigergate news printed in LA REPUBBLICA ( Italian langauge only ) via
Nur al-Cubicle. Nigergate fanatics seeking news that may not be reported in the US press may want to add
Nur al-Cubicle to their bookmarks. Anyway from LA REPUBBLICA :
Niger Docs -Forging the Case for War - Second source
Mon Oct 31, 2005 at 07:55:21 PM PDT
Posted below is the intro to Phillip Giraldi's new story at
American Conservative. An ExCIA man, Giraldi is a second and independent source of information regarding the forging and stovepiping of false information by Cheney etc.
Forging the Case for War
Who was behind the Niger uranium documents?
by Philip Giraldi
From the beginning, there has been little doubt in the intelligence community that the outing of CIA officer Valerie Plame was part of a bigger story. That she was exposed in an attempt to discredit her husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson, is clear, but the drive to demonize Wilson cannot reasonably be attributed only to revenge. Rather, her identification likely grew out of an attempt to cover up the forging of documents alleging that Iraq attempted to buy yellowcake uranium from Niger.
Update on Gen. Byrnes: The wrong General
Sat Aug 13, 2005 at 11:07:44 PM PDT
Many recent diaries have commented on the
ongoing prosecution of Gen. Kevin P. Byrnes, the four star general relieved of command for having an extramarital affair with a female civilian. As we see below, Gen. Byrnes has some powerful and high placed forces after him.
Details after the jump.
Gloom, Despair, Republicans on Me!
Fri Aug 05, 2005 at 08:00:40 AM PDT
Those of you who grew up in the red states may remember a hit 1970's TV show called "Hee Haw". One of the weekly segments featured the guest host for that week joining his Hee Haw buddies on the neighbohood front porch commiserating their mis-fortunes. The segment started with the show regulars singing the refrain below and then the host would relate his tale of woe.
Queue the banjo:
Gloom, despair and agony on me.
Deep dark depression, excessive misery.
If it weren't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all.
Gloom, despair amd agony on me.
Queue guest host:
Tony Messenger,columnist for our local newspaper, the Columbia Daily Tribune,could fit right in as the guest host with yesterdays column. It seems that the only way our spawn of Republican spawn, govenor Matt Blunt, could actually do good was by making a mistake. The story has since been picked up by AP.
Help for Pressured Republican Moderates
Fri May 13, 2005 at 10:11:19 AM PDT
The Bush Administration has been tightening the screws on moderate Republican Senators.
Per the
New York Times :
From the fight over Mr. Bolton to the looming blowup over the president's judicial nominees to the debate over the proposal to overhaul Social Security, Republican moderates are caught in the middle as never before. As they look to the near future, to a possible vacancy on the Supreme Court, they realize that the pressures will only intensify.
"Bolton is a perfect example of putting the moderates in an impossible situation," said Senator Lincoln Chafee, the Rhode Island Republican who also sits on the Foreign Relations Committee and who agonized publicly over Mr. Bolton for weeks. "It's a no-win. Either we don't support the president or we vote for a very unpopular pick to represent us at the United Nations."
DeLay implicates others in Congress. ( With Poll )
Wed Apr 06, 2005 at 06:12:31 PM PDT
In a
CNN.COM quote, Tom DeLay whines about being singled out by a liberal media and says many other elected officials are guilty of similar ethical violations :
"My wife and daughter have any right, just like any other American, to be employed and be compensated for their employment," DeLay said. "It's pretty disgusting, particularly when my wife and daughter are singled out and others are not, in similar situations in the Senate and as well as the House.
I think we should all contact our Senators and Congressmen and find out if they are also members of the DeLay "Gang". I'm sure they would welcome the opportunity to outline their position to constituents.
First Dem party value - Zell Booted
Thu Nov 11, 2004 at 08:28:40 AM PDT
Zell Miller should be thrown out of the Democratic Party. His expulsion should be done as publicly and as immediately as possible. His ilk should be held up as persona non grata in the Democratic Party.
From Mad as Zell's appearance on"Imus in the Morning" radio show
"The more Maureen Loud [sic] gets on 'Meet the Press' and writes those columns, the redder these states get. I mean, they don't want some high brow hussy from New York City explaining to them that they're idiots and telling them that they're stupid."
Miller also suggested "that red-headed woman at the New York Times" should not mock anyone's religion: "You can see horns just sprouting up through that Technicolor hair."
As
MinnDem04 says:
"The Democrats should have had the courage to call Zell out for what he really is -- an angry, white segregationist from the old South. Zell lied about Kerry's record, the Dems should have been honest about Miller's."
It is time to label Zell Miller for what he truly is.
National Action Boycott/Strike?
Thu Nov 04, 2004 at 12:21:29 PM PDT
Are National Strikes organized along the lines of Sinclair affair an appropriate tool to use now?
It seems clear that the new administration will move with stealthy speed to enforce their will on the country before traditional political resistance can organized into a resistance. As a newer member of the Kossacks, I am really depressed by the coded language that Bush is already using in decribing his 'political capital account' and how he wants to spend it as soon as possible. The right wing talk radio guys are melting their antennas with a message of 'mandates', 'majoritys', and 'moral authority from God'.
While many are licking their election wounds, the NeoCons will be moving to implement their agenda. We can't depend on the SCLM. We have the ability to provide the Resistance. We should watch the Administration movements and when they cross our line, we mobilize to draw attention.
If this idea has possibilities, would some talented individuals please work on organizing a strike?
Fascism or : Lobbying for Libya--and Bush
Fri Oct 29, 2004 at 12:28:23 AM PDT
NEWSWEEK has a story about a registered Libyan lobbyist also working for and influencing the Bush Campaign.
"Randa Fahmy Hudome, who just this month signed a $1.4 million contract to represent the Libyan government, served as a behind-the-scenes "media consultant" helping to prepare this week's press release praising Bush's record in promoting "human rights, democracy and self-determination" in the Middle East"
If this is legal, it certainly isn't ethical. Shouldn't we try to add this example to the long list of BushCo policy incompetence / corruption?
Nuke a Conservative ?
Mon Oct 18, 2004 at 11:50:30 PM PDT
Andrew Sullivan criticizes Kerry for "a worrying lack of courage" while acknowledging the following B/C mistakes:
THE MISSING ISSUE: It does strike me as astounding that in four debates lasting six hours, the horrors of Abu Ghraib were never mentioned.
<snip>
They remain the most spectacular public relations debacle for this country at war since Vietnam.
<snip>
What happened was unforgivable negligence and evil, a horrendous blow to American moral standing - as well as simply an outrage on a human and moral level. But what I still remember was Dick Cheney's response to criticism of Rumsfeld at the time. "Get off his case," he harrumphed. Even after such a blow to the very core of the meaning of America, Cheney was contemptuous of holding anyone in his circle accountable.
What do we ( democrats ) need to do to convince a majority of the nation to drop these immoral leaders? Surely, reasoned debate has not worked. A lengthly campaign has not. The SCLM is merely amplifying the noise. We need something to lift us out of this campaign quagmire. Something that would convince the Andrew Sullivans. Something nuclear?
