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Well, the inevitable happened - Karl Rove has tendered (interesting word “tender”) his resignation from the White House, and the sharks in the media both mainstream and otherwise are circling looking for some trace of blood upon which to strike.  According to the Wall Street Journal, Rove will leave his 1600 Pennsylvannia Avenue gig by […]

President Bush was in Cleveland yesterday.  Even though I was invited (often when the leader of the free world’s in town I’m able to squirrel an invitation - whether it’s Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, or Bush II), I chose to skip the event - my work schedule’s kept me on my toes lately, and I’ve […]

With tomorrow’s holiday and the “out with the trash” approach by the Bush administration in announcing the President’s decision to commute the sentence of former Vice Presidential staffer Scooter Libby, I’ve been wondering what freedom means.

I mean Libby will be spending the 4th of July with his family instead of sitting in a jail cell […]

What else can I say other than occasionally, just occasionally the people who work for us actually do what they’re told.  Yesterday’s failure of the shamnesty bill in the Senate (and the associated waving of the white flag by the White House on the issue) marked a victory for we the people.  Then later in […]

Ah the sweet smell of failure.
  
This morning the current iteration of the immigration/amnesty bill died in the Senate as the proponents of this compromise legislation failed to earn the 60 votes necessary to invoke cloture on the measure.  What’s more encouraging is that they could not even muster a simple majority.
Today is a victory for the […]

My wife and I have running disagreement on the U.S. involvement in Iraq. From day one she’s been against it and refused to support it, I was against our reasons for going, but supported the action (and the responsibilities associated with that decision) until my statement yesterday that it was time to go.
My decision […]

I love these kind of stories:
Conservative bloggers in full revolt over immigration
By Peter Hamby (CNN Washington Bureau) POSTED: 7:22 p.m. EDT, June 15, 2007
Story Highlights (complete story here)
• Conservative bloggers passionately oppose Senate immigration bill
• Many are breaking with President Bush for supporting the measure
• Conservative bloggers see president’s backing of bill as “betrayal”
- please don’t […]

…You if you can pay the freight.
As if the White House wasn’t stumbling badly enough, Dan Bartlett has found his replacement as the president’s senior advisor in the person of former RNC Chairman and long-time DC lobbyist Ed Gillespie.
With all of the scandal surrounding the political shakedowns of Tom DeLay, Bob Ney, Jack Abramoff, and […]

New NBC / Wall Street Journal poll results indicate that “Washington is broken,” according to NBC News Washington Bureau Chief Tim Russert.  Here’s the video for the story.
Biggest takeaway from this story is that 66% of the electorate is displeased with President Bush’s performance AND (according to NBC News, emphasis below is mine)…
Congress’ approval rating has […]

No offense, but did President Bush make a clandestine stop in Amsterdam at some hashish cafe while he was visiting Europe last week?

His position on the failed amnesty for illegal aliens legislation and desire to revive the issue make me think he’s been smoking something.