Tag: moment of clarity

…and the truth will set you free
ecthompsonmd July 13, 2011

Republicans have been lying to the American people about the debt crisis. Republicans have been unwilling to negotiate. They have demanded everything and will give nothing in return. Strangely, Senate Republican Mitch McConnell has given us a small moment of clarity. (I know it’s really weird to get this from him.) “If we go into default, [the president] will say that Republicans are making the economy worse … The president will have the bully pulpit to blame the Republicans for all of this destruction,” McConnell said, indicating that default would hand the reelection to Obama. “I refuse to help Barack Obama

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Countdown Sums up Beginning of Iraq Testimony
ecthompsonmd April 10, 2008

Keith Olbermann, host of the newscast Countdown, summarizes yesterday’s events. He interviews General William Odom, who delivered an excellent assessment of Iraq. I posted it here. I have talked about this before. I don’t that that there will be any useful information handed out at these hearings. General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker are intelligent people and they work for the Bush administration. As such, they are going to put forth the administration’s views on Iraq and Iran. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice did us all a favor almost a year ago. She was on the Charlie Rose show and

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