Staff / TruthdigApr 12, 2006
Don't miss Robert Scheer's new book: "Playing President: My Close Encounters with Nixon, Carter, Bush I, Reagan, and Clinton--and How They Did Not Prepare Me for George W. Bush."
With a foreword by Gore Vidal Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 7, 2006
Only 36% of the public approves of Bush's performance, according to an Ap-Ipsos poll released Friday. The GOP-led Congress fared even worse, with an approval rating of only 30%. Nixon's numbers were in the high 20s during the Watergate scandal. What's the magic number for regime change? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 6, 2006
In 1977, Nixon said, "When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal"?
Well, Bush's lawyers allegedly said this about the leak of classified intelligence: "Presidential authorization to publicly disclose a document amounted to declassification of the document."
Got it? When the president leaks it, that means it is not illegal.
UPDATE: the White House tries to quell the furor over the leak. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMar 31, 2006
After Nixon-era whistle-blower John Dean speaks in favor of censuring Bush, Sen. Orrin Hatch tells him: "Quit trying to score political points." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 24, 2006
TomDispatch warns that the presence of American "super bases" in Iraq belies the idea that the U.S. will pull out of the country any time soon. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 5, 2006
Watch the current president morph into the former president in this new video advertisement from the liberal advocacy group. | video Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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