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Listen, people: Bush threatened to veto this bill before he signed it. Repeat: Bush threatened a veto of the $87 billion bill supporting our troops.
Why did Kerry support the original bill and Bush threaten a veto?
The original bill:
Made a portion of the $87 billion a loan to Iraq rather than a grant.
Funded part of the $87 billion with [...]
Cameron at Snarkalicious offers something I had not yet seen: “a rational explanation of the need for military action against Iraq. I strongly encourage you to go check it out; this is the kind of political discussion that has been lost in modern name-calling.
I still find it ultimately unconvincing. But I find myself wishing that Cameron [...]
Some time ago, and I don’t even remember when or where, I suggested that the best thing we could do to fight terrorism was not bomb Afghanistan but airlift televisions, generators, and Playstation 2s. The suggestion was somewhat facetious, but not by much.
Osama Bin Laden is a menace, a nut, and a crazy person. I am [...]
Molly Ivans and others have long commented on President Bush’s hatred of lawyers and civil lawsuits. As governor of Texas he did everything he could to make it more difficult for people to sue. But suing It is about the only way American Citizens have of ensuring the government abides by any of the thousands [...]
When you saw the smoke over the river, fled the city, hunkered at home and listened to the news for two days, then went to work every day for the next seven months wondering if this would be the day terrorists attack again and get you, it’s pretty funny when someone says “it’s all a hoax.”
That’s [...]