Politics

Reporter Spars With Bush Over Ratings

Staff / Truthdig May 19, 2006 Bush, laughing, says that his ratings are in the toilet because people are "unsettled" during war, but NBC's David Gregory fires back: "They?re not just unsettled, sir. They disapprove of the job you?re doing." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hayden ‘Wasn’t Comfortable’ Over Iraq Intel? What a Catharsis!

Staff / Truthdig May 19, 2006 It was the worst intelligence failure since Pearl Harbor, but all we get is a measly "no sir, I wasn't comfortable" from the would-be CIA chief about the White House's trumping up of intelligence to sell the Iraq war Yeah, that ought to about heal all our nation's wounds . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ex-Bush Official Sentenced For Vote Suppression

Staff / Truthdig May 18, 2006 The senior official in Bush's reelection campaign got 10 months for his part in a phone-jamming scheme to keep New Hampshire Democrats from voting in a 2002 election. Dig deeper

Dean Misstates Party’s Platform on Gays

Staff / Truthdig May 18, 2006 The Democratic chairman, speaking on Pat Robertson's network, said that the Dems' platform declares "marriage is between a man and a woman"--when, in fact, it doesn't. Gay rights groups are angry. Update: Pat Robertson, by the say, said that God told him that America would be hit by tsunamis in 2006. OK, Dean misspoke, but what a sad commentary that he was having a serious conversation with a delusional hate-monger like Robertson, anyway. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Missouri Town May Evict Unwed Couples With Kids

Staff / Truthdig May 18, 2006 Current law in Black Jack, Mo., prohibits more than three people from living together unless they are related by "blood, marriage or adoption." The City Council rejected amending that law to include unmarried couples with children. We're speechless. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gore 2008 Buzz Is Growing

Staff / Truthdig May 18, 2006 As Al Gore crisscrosses the country to promote his new global warming movie, Democrats are speculating with feverish intensity about the former veep's political future. Update: Arianna appears to be on board, and even Franklin Foer of The New Republic is gushing about Gore's movie. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Releases 9/11 Pentagon Video

Staff / Truthdig May 16, 2006 Bowing to a Freedom of Information request, the U.S. government has released a video of what is apparently (thanks, reader Lorenzo) American Airlines Flight 77 slamming into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. The group that made the FOIA request did so to dispel conspiracy theories. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Answering His First Question, Tony Snow Misleads Press

Staff / Truthdig May 16, 2006 Amazing. (Or maybe not.) The new White House press secretary (a former Fox News host) kicked off his tenure with a misleading statement about Bush and the NSA program. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Molly Ivins: Could Lunacy Explain Bush’s Policies?

Molly Ivins / Truthdig May 16, 2006 "Craziness would make a certain amount of sense I mean, you announce you are going to militarize the Mexican border, but you assure the president of Mexico you are not militarizing the border It's quite possible that lunacy and politics are closely related". Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Frank Rich: ‘Traitors’ in the White House and Senate

Staff / Truthdig May 14, 2006 The fiery N.Y. Times columnist returns from book leave with an attack on the real "traitors" in America: a White House that has compounded lies with incompetence to spy on Americans, run "black site" Eastern European prisons and prosecute an unjust war. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mentally Ill Troops Reportedly Forced Into Combat

Staff / Truthdig May 14, 2006 Combat troops in Iraq are being kept on duty even after exhibiting signs of psychological distress. Eleven such members of the military killed themselves in Iraq in 2004-05, according to the Hartford Courant. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cheney’s Notes May Reignite Leak Firestorm

Staff / Truthdig May 14, 2006 Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has disclosed handwritten notes by the vice president that ask whether former Ambassador Joe Wilson was sent to Niger on a "junket" by his wife. The notes appear on a copy of Wilson's N.Y. Times Op-Ed piece that kicked off the controversy. (via Huff Po) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )