Hillary Clinton: Rumsfeld Should Resign

Staff / Truthdig Aug 4, 2006 Hours after upbraiding him at a congressional hearing over what she called "failed policy" in Iraq, the junior senator from New York told an AP reporter that Rumsfeld should step down. "The secretary has lost credibility with the Congress and with the people," she said. Rumsfeld's latest loss of credibility came during that very hearing. Check it out. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rumsfeld Whopper: I Was Never Overly Optimistic About Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Aug 3, 2006 Testifying before Congress today, Donald Rumsfeld said he has ?never painted a rosy picture? about Iraq, and that ?you would have a dickens of a time trying to find instances where I have been overly optimistic?(h/t: ThinkProgress) That's just nonsense And we've got the proof -- in the form of Rumsfeld's own words (after the jump). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Robert Scheer: Hillary’s Shameful Straddling on Iraq

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jun 21, 2006 If Sen. Clinton can't demonstrate clear leadership on Iraq now, why should we believe she would grow a backbone as president? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Monkey on Your Back

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Hillary Clinton Booed by Liberal Crowd

Staff / Truthdig Jun 14, 2006 The senator from New York starts to see the downside of never finding an issue she couldn't straddle. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Joe Conason: The Private Lives of Bill and Hillary

Joe Conason / Truthdig Jun 1, 2006 "Of all possible explanations for the mainstream media's preoccupation with the Clinton marriage, the most innocuous is nostalgia for a better time, when we were able to worry less about war, corruption, catastrophe and incompetence, and more about sex." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Andy Borowitz: Gore Could Cause ‘Global Boring’

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig May 27, 2006 The political satirist reports: "The election of former Vice President Al Gore to the White House could result in a disastrous phenomenon called 'global boring,' in which millions of people around the world would fall asleep in an unprecedented narcoleptic pandemic." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Clintons Balance Married and Private Lives

Staff / Truthdig May 23, 2006 As Hillary Clinton gears up for a presumed White House run, Bill Clinton has told friends that his number one priority is not to cause her any trouble The N Times explores how the former president is attempting to position a future one. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hillary, ‘Who the Hell Are You?’

Staff / Truthdig May 11, 2006 Just who is this woman who is accepting a fundraiser thrown by Rupert Murdoch, asks columnist Richard Cohen in this incisive piece. Meanwhile, Hillary defends cozying up with the rabidly right-wing Murdoch: "He's my constituent." Oh, puh-leeze! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bill Clinton Advised UAE on Ports Deal

Staff / Truthdig Mar 2, 2006 The spinmeister in chief gave the Arab country advice on how to allay concerns about its pending takeover of major U.S. ports. (Clinton did this at the same time his wife was railing against the deal--just in case anyone mistakenly assumes that the N.Y. senator takes all her cues from the ex-prez.) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush, Rove Expect Hillary to Run in 2008

Staff / Truthdig Feb 27, 2006 In an excerpt from the book "Strategery," to be published Monday, Karl Rove says the following of the former First Lady: "Anybody who thinks that she's not going to be the candidate [in 2008] is kidding themselves." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Not Backing Hillary

Molly Ivins / Truthdig Jan 21, 2006 I'd like to make it clear to the people who run the Democratic Party that I will not support Sen. Clinton for president. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )