PAC: ‘To stop illegal immigration, support Michele Bachmann’
By Andy Birkey |
09.12.11 | 7:56 am
New radio ads paint Rick Perry as being soft on immigration.
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Bush signs gay rights bill
By Andy Birkey |
12.30.08 | 10:17 am
Call it a Christmas present for gay and lesbian couples. President Bush signed the Worker, Retiree and Employer Recovery Act of 2008 (WRERA) two days before Christmas. The new law makes it mandatory for businesses to roll over retirement benefits to a same-sex partner in the event of the employee’s death.
Bachmann the maverick: Runs away from Bush, would ‘give Obama a kiss’ instead
By Andy Birkey |
10.16.08 | 5:10 pm
As candidates for the 6th Congressional District squared off in St. Cloud on Thursday, Rep. Michele Bachmann tried the John McCain defense — trying to position herself as a maverick who’s bucked the Bush administration. She charged Democratic challenger El Tinklenberg “is more in line with President Bush’s policies than I am,” adding that if Barack Obama is elected president, she’d welcome him to the district. But, look out, Barack: “As a matter of fact, I would put my hand on his shoulder and give him a kiss if he wanted to.”
Senate committee: Bush misled public on Iraq intelligence
By Andy Birkey |
06.06.08 | 2:26 pm
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released its final report (PDF) today on misstatements by President Bush and members of his administration in the lead up to the Iraq War. The committee contrasted statements by the Bush administration with…
Survey: Americans haven’t been this gloomy about their finances since Peter Frampton came ‘Alive!’
By Molly Priesmeyer |
06.04.08 | 2:09 pm
It was way back in 1976 — just as Gerald Ford was leaving office and and waves of Republican scandal still lingered, the Cold War was peaking, KISS was still wearing make-up, and Peter Frampton’s Frampton Comes…
Media blackout: The Iraq War rages on
By Molly Priesmeyer |
05.15.08 | 4:17 pm
President Bush must be thanking his dim stars that the Democratic election has become so heated it’s taken precedence over any news about the ongoing Iraq quagmire. In fact, one the biggest Iraq stories in the news this…
EPA’s Midwest chief ousted after pushing Dow cleanup
By Tom Elko |
05.02.08 | 11:14 am
After pursuing Dow Chemical for dioxin contamination near its Michigan-based headquarters, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional administrator for the Midwest has resigned after EPA officials stripped her of her powers and…
Five years ago today: Kissinger praises Bush in Minneapolis
By Tom Elko |
05.01.08 | 11:47 am
Today, citizens across the nation will pause in recognition of the five-year anniversary of President Bush’s infamous “Mission Accomplished” speech and then slap their foreheads or simply try to think about…
Bush revives old plea for drilling in ANWR
By Tom Elko |
04.30.08 | 11:16 am
During a press conference Tuesday, President Bush once again called on Congress to allow exploratory drilling in the Arctic…
John Edwards calls the media to task
By Molly Priesmeyer |
04.10.08 | 10:34 am
In an excellent letter to the editor of the New York Times, Sen. John Edwards calls the paper to task for failing to report on the real human impact of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. He takes issue…
