Jim Kennedy: Give Bipartisanship A Chance
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"He has always been straightforward and honest with me," said Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah. "So, unless there is clear evidence that the attorney general deliberately lied or misled Congress, I see no reason to call for his resignation."Read More......
Gonzales has said he participated in no discussions and saw no memos about plans to carry out the firings on Dec. 7 that Democrats contend were politically motivated.
His schedule, however, shows he attended at least one hourlong meeting, on Nov. 27, where he approved a detailed plan to execute the prosecutors' firings.
This means that the Democrats do not have enough votes to override my veto. By choosing to make a political statement and passing a bill they know will never become law, the Democrats in Congress have only delayed the delivery of the vital funds and resources our troops need. The clock is running.That, of course, is Bush-speak. He still tries to run the country like it's 2002. His days of fear-mongering and tough war rhetoric are so over.
Bush is paying the continued price of an unpopular war. Sixty-four percent now say the war in Iraq was not worth fighting, up six points from last month to a new numerical high. (It was 63 percent in October.) A majority hasn't said the war was worth fighting since April 2004, and it's been even longer since a majority has approved of how Bush is handling it. Sixty-seven percent now disapprove; 55 percent disapprove strongly.Bush never had a plan for Iraq. Four years later, we're trapped in a civil war. The Democrats have started the process to get us out, which is something the Republicans didn't do and won't do. Read More......
In a fundamental change, 56 percent now say U.S. forces should be withdrawn at some point even if civil order has not been restored in Iraq. That represents a continued, gradual departure from the "you break it, you've bought it" sentiment that until now has mitigated in favor of continued U.S. involvement until some stability is attained.
Another part of this change has been a shift in views on setting a withdrawal date. Given pro and con positions (avoiding casualties vs. encouraging insurgents), support for a deadline has risen from 39 percent in late 2005 to 47 percent last summer and 53 percent now. That's a majority, but not a large one; 46 percent still oppose a deadline, underscoring the difficulty of finding consensus on how to get out of Iraq.
I'm down here in Mississippi... spent the last 3 days in New Orleans meeting with organizations and locals to talk about the rebuilding effort and what is getting in the way of it. Things are very scary in much of the city here... never mind scary.. just sad. And then today I've come over to the coast of Mississippi and it is a whole other level of sad.. with entire houses just... gone.. neighborhoods.. gone.Any semblance of George Bush giving a damn about having lost an entire American city? Gone.
The government warned representatives of foreign media organizations against "peddling false stories" on security issues, the state media reported Friday.Read More......
The government also threatened to clamp down on unlicensed foreign reporters making clandestine visits and said erring reporters should beware of authorities and should "stay away from the security forces" or face action.
State radio and television, Zimbabwe's sole broadcaster, and the daily Herald newspaper, a government mouthpiece, singled out the U.S. network CNN for what it called biased reports on political unrest and the alleged assault and torture of opposition leaders, including Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the main Movement for Democratic Change.
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