Mukasey Nom. Is Sent To Senate - Constitution And Rule Of Law Weep

The Constitution is a shred even further by Feinstein, Schumar and the Republicans.

The man that refused to say whether waterboarding is torture, the man that thinks the President of the United States is allowed to break the laws passed by Congress, the man that would put Bill Clinton's parsing of the the meaning of "is" to shame when he said he couldn't rule on the legality of waterboarding until he saw the classified government interrogation documents is sent to the Senate for a vote to be the next Attorney General of the United States.

I don't think the United States knows what a dark day this is.

This is shameful

Barack Obama Throws Gays Under The Bus

That didn't take long. sigh.

Barack Obama, in an effort to court "religious" conservatives, goes on gospel tour with pastor that cruasades against "curse of homosexuality"

Consider my endorsment of Obama withdrawn.

Let's see, I can't endorse Clinton because I feel she would embrace Bush's crusade for the unitary executive (you know the one where the president signs hundreds of "signing statements" stating the president does not have to obey the laws passed by congress)? Yeah, that.

Obama out because he feels it's okay to throw the gays under a bus.



This country has serious problems.

Teddy Roosevelt and Criticizing the President

"The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct, his efficiency or inefficiency in rendering loyal, able, and disinterested service to the Nation as a whole.

Therefore it is absolutely necessary that there should be full liberty to tell the truth about his acts, and this means that it is exactly necessary to blame him when he does wrong as to praise him when he does right. Any other attitude in an American citizen is both base and servile.

To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else."

From a 1918 Op-Ed piece in the Kansas City Star

via Glenn Greenwald

"Political views, not intelligence consensus, imbued White House case, watchdog says"

This is nothing new to those with any sense of what is going on in Washington, but this is important because now that the Dems are in charge, accountability is the name of the game. Thank goodness.

Now, if someone would just impeach the idiot.

"The bottom line is that intelligence relating to the Iraq-al Qaeda relationship was manipulated by high-ranking officials in the Department of Defense to support the administration's decision to invade Iraq," Levin said Thursday. "The inspector general's report is a devastating condemnation of inappropriate activities in the (Defense Department) policy office that helped take this nation to war."

via sfgate

President Bush: The most dangerous President Ever.