Year: 2005

— This week-end, Wired quoted me on the Plamegate investigation. — Right Wing News also made the New York Times again for my post on Alito yesterday. Apparently, the “blogger reaction” “dealy-who” is going to be a regular thing for them. — I’ve always had this theory that when dead tree papers look for bloggers […]

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“Harry Reid wants Bush to fire Rove; would also like to magically regain the Senate majority, a simple solution to Iraq, to be 20 years younger, and free cookies” — Fark

Alito The Text Of Bush And Scalito’s Comments Yesterday Morning James Dobson: “We Are Extremely Pleased By President Bush’s Selection Of Judge Samuel Alito…” Explaining Alito’s Dissent In The Planned Parenthood v. Casey CBS Reporter To White House: Alito ‘Sloppy Seconds?’ Chris Matthews Whacks For Bringing Up ‘Ethnically Charged’ Alito Issue Did The ‘Ethnically Charged’ […]

Note the hand. Hat tip to Bench Memos for the pic.

Conservatives said, “No,” to Harriet Miers and decided to take a chance on what was behind Door #2 instead. Today, out of that door popped Samuel “Scalito” Alito, a man who will inspire celebration on the right. Remember when Bush promised to give us judges like Thomas and Scalia? Well, Alito is so much like […]

Right Wing News emailed more than 200 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to send us a list of whom they considered to be their “Most & Least Desired Nominees For The Supreme Court.” Representatives from the following 37 blogs responded… Aaron’s CC, Annika’s Journal, AtlanticBlog, Backcountry Conservative, Balloon Juice, The Baseball Crank, Betsy’s Page, Brainster’s […]

Most Desired Nominees Edith Hollan Jones Emilio M. Garza Janice Rogers Brown Miguel Estrada Karen Williams Maura Corrigan Michael Luttig Michael McConnell Priscilla Owen Samuel Alito Least Desired Nominees Alberto Gonzales Raoul Cantero Consuelo Carnahan Edith Clement Chris Cox Maureen Mahoney Mel Martinez Edward Prado Larry Thompson J. Harvey Wilkinson

One of the worst things about our legal system is the way that the buck is often passed from the people primarily responsible for injuries or crimes to tangentially involved businesses for no other reason than because that’s where the money is. Here’s a prime example of that: “On an early May morning three years […]

Domestic Bush Expected To Announce Supreme Court Pick Monday Libby Lawyer Outlines Defense In Leak Case Matt Cooper: What Scooter Libby And I Talked About Prosecutor Plans On Calling Cheney As Witness In Open Court; Executive Privilege Fight Looms Foreign Bombs Kill More Than 40 In Indian Capital Blair Hints At Military Action After Iran’s […]

RWN returns on Monday. Until then, enjoy the links below and consider this to be an open thread. Ankle Biting Pundits The Anchoress Country Store Dennis Hastert’s Blog Gopinion The Nose On Your Face Radio Blogger Transcended United States Central Command Home Page Winds Of Change

With Halloween coming up, a lot of people will be looking for scary movies to watch this week-end. So, with that in mind, here are 20 horror movies, that get the Right Wing News seal of approval….well, you know, such as it is — we are talking about horror movies here. Alien Aliens The Amityville […]

I’m not sure when the New York Times starting doing articles on the blogger reactions to stories, but they linked the post immediately below this one about the Scooter Libby Indictment. Right Wing News made the WAPO and the New York Times on the same day, for two different posts: who’d a “thunk” it?

I caught the whole Fitzgerald press conference and here’s all I have to say about it for the moment. #1) Last week, I said that: “If there are any charges, my guess is that they’d be a result of someone forgetting that old maxim: “The cover-up is worse than the crime.” In other words, there […]

In Australia, the police are actually being urged to treat wife beaters differently based on their religion: “POLICE are being advised to treat Muslim domestic violence cases differently out of respect for Islamic traditions and habits. Officers are also being urged to work with Muslim leaders, who will try to keep the families together. Women’s […]

I wasn’t planning to do any other posts on the Harriet Miers nomination because — and I admit it — I have beaten this dead horse so hard that there’s nothing left but a pulpy, red, spot on the ground mixed with a few cracked horse teeth. But, I did want to take a moment […]

RWN got a brief mention in a WAPO column on the Harriet Miers withdrawl called: “Power of the Punditocracy“. Right Wing News has a picture of a dancing Snoopy at the top of the page: “First of all, thank God! I cannot even begin to tell you how happy this makes me. In fact, I […]

You’ll be shocked, shocked to read this, but it seems the great man of populist integrity is, at his heart, as much of a flithy capitalist whore as anyone. “…Michael Moore likes to portray himself as a working-class man of the people, but a new book exposes him as a “corporate criminal, environmental menace and […]

“Though I grow weary of pointing it out, let’s do it again. Let’s examine some numbers readily available from the Census Bureau’s 2004 Current Population Survey and ask some questions. There’s one segment of the black population that suffers only a 9.9 percent poverty rate, and only 13.7 percent of its under-5-year-olds are poor. There’s […]

Domestic Lawyers in the C.I.A. Leak Case Said Thursday That They Expected I. Lewis Libby Jr., Vice President Dick Cheney’s Chief Of Staff, To Be Indicted On Friday, Charged With Making False Statements To The Grand Jury (Free NYT Reg Req) Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist Today Called For Senate Hearings To Examine The Reasons […]

(This will be at the top of the page all day, so scroll down for updates). Update #1: First of all, thank God! I cannot even begin to tell you how happy this makes me. In fact, I actually whooped so hard when I heard she withdrew that I scared the dog. He was looking […]

Oh boy, is this ever rich” “NAME THE LIBERAL HYPOCRITE” QUIZ From Do As I Say (Not As I Do): Profiles In Liberal Hypocrisy, by Peter Schweizer Who says that conservatives are racist because they don’t support affirmative action but has an abysmal record of hiring blacks? a. Barbra Streisand b. Michael Moore c. Al […]

Yesterday, thanks to the fine folks at World Ahead Publishing, I was able to participate in a teleconference with Juanita Broadrick and Kathleen Willey, fresh off of their visit to the Clinton Library. It was interesting to hear what both of them had to say and it was pretty clear that they both intend to […]

Here are the 15 picks that I made for the Right-Of-Center Bloggers Decide Who Should Rule The World article that I posted Tuesday. Alan Greenspan Antonin Scalia Ariel Sharon Bill Gates Dick Cheney Hamid Karzai John Howard Margaret Thatcher Milton Friedman Newt Gingrich Condi Rice Thomas Sowell Tommy Franks Walter Williams Paul Wolfowitz

Every so often in our nation’s history we adopt a policy of strict isolationism due to our fear and ignorance. It is once again time for such fear and ignorance. “If it ain’t happening in American borders, we don’t care anymore.” It’s time to admit the obvious: the rest of the world hates us. So, […]

Harriet Miers USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll: By 43%-42%, Those Surveyed Say The Senate Shouldn’t Confirm Miers. That’s The First Time A Plurality Has Opposed The Confirmation Of Any High Court Nominee Over The Past Two Decades. Harriet Miers Turns In Her Updated Questionnaire To The Senate Late Concerned Women For America, The Nation’s Largest Public Policy […]

1) But Harriet Miers is pro-life! That means she’ll vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. The nominee’s personal views should have no bearing on how she rules in the court room. But, even if they did, there are many cases the court will decide other than Roe v. Wade and ideologically, Harriet Miers appears to […]

This is just beautiful. On “Hannity and Colmes,” Sean Hannity was debating Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) and made reference to some quotes, probably these quotes: “If you don’t believe … Saddam Hussein is a threat with nuclear weapons, then you shouldn’t vote for me.” — John Kerry, USA Today on 2/13/03 “I will be voting […]

Oh, great. I’m sure this will really help out the cause for those of us who oppose gay marriage: “The Ku Klux Klan plans to rally in Austin to support the gay marriage amendment set for the Nov. 8 ballot. The rally planned on the steps of city hall the Saturday before the election will […]

Perhaps because they were so intent on sticking it to their hated nemesis, Chimpy Mcbushhitler, CNN buried the lede in an article on some very depressing poll numbers for Republicans. Here’s how they began the piece: “A majority would vote for a Democrat over President Bush if an election were held this year, according to […]