They Died So Republicans Could Take the Senate

The real scandal of the Downing Street Memos, with the greatest potential to leave the Bush presidency in permanent disgrace, is their implication that lies may have been put forward to help Bush, Republicans, and Blair politically. If Bush lied to gain and keep political power, precedent suggests he and his collaborators in the administration [...]

Written on June 20, 2005 | Posted in Democracy/Politics | Comments Off| Read More »

Dean Just Told Them The Truth and They Thought It Was Hell

This morning I called the Democratic National Committee to tell them that I support Howard Dean’s modern-day version of Harry Truman’s dictum that, “I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.”

Written on June 10, 2005 | Posted in Democracy/Politics | Comments Off| Read More »

What Went Wrong In Ohio: The Conyers Report On The 2004 Presidential Election

Book by Anita Miller (Editor) with introduction by Gore Vidal
Review by Thom Hartmann, originally published at buzzflash.com on June 2, 2005.

Written on June 1, 2005 | Posted in Books | Comments Off| Read More »