Eleanor Clift: The biggest political lies of the year"The cavalier attitude toward the checks and balance of a democratic society is a pattern with this administration. Bush and Cheney regard Congress and the judiciary as obstacles, not as equal branches of government. The polls show that a majority of Americans no longer trust this team, which is why Bush and Cheney are hitting back hard at their critics. If they lose this round over spying, the spillover effect will be devastating for their war policy and on any domestic agenda they hope to salvage. We have no mechanism to deal with a president who has lost the trust and confidence of the American people and has three years remaining in office. Impeachment is a nonissue; it’s not going to happen with Republicans in control of the House and Senate.
What will happen is more open insurrection on the part of senators—both Democrats and Republicans. Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito are scheduled to begin the first week in January. In the weeks since being named by Bush, there have been a series of stories about Alito’s early writings as a member of the Reagan administration. Alito wants us to believe he was a callow young thirtysomething who advocated far-right positions to curry favor for a job. The White House is telling senators that Alito didn’t mean all those things he wrote about disregarding privacy rights and overturning Roe v. Wade—another big lie. No wonder this year’s list was so easy to put together."
CAN study finds free drinks help homelessNo comment.
Ok, just one. Check out the photo accompanying this article. Good golly! Do you think he signed a release form?
Jon Stewart to host OscarsLOVE. IT.
TomKat to take Timeout?Holmes family uses holidays to try and save Katie
LiLo Bulemic! Denise and Charlie Divorce! And other celebrities gone wild...Darn. I was really hoping the Sheens could work it out.
Administration gives one-quarter of AIDS funding to christian groups
