Webb: Reverse decision on Gitmo trials
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U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va. joined five other senators Tuesday calling for U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to reverse his decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other alleged conspirators in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in civilian court rather than military commissions.
The six lawmakers, including Sens. Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and John McCain (R-Ariz.), expressed particular concern “about using the U.S. criminal-justice system for trying enemy combatants,” indicating that “due to time constraints and location, we strongly urge you to reconsider your decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other alleged conspirators in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.” Read more
‘Rogue’: TMI
Column by Chris Graham
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I didn’t expect that the one thing that would stick out the most from my read of Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue would be the bit about an unnamed former state legislative director in Alaska, what with all the innuendo about the inner workings of the John McCain presidential campaign, the hack job she did on McCain campaign manager Steve Schmidt, the breathless retelling of the moment when she asked Joe Biden if she could call him Joe – there was just so much to look forward to.
But no, sitting here thinking about the book, about Palin, the state legislative director stories are the ones that will linger with me. Read more
David Cox | Unscrewing up
+ I screwed up.” -Barack Obama, 2/3/09 after Tom Daschle withdrew as a cabinet appointee over unpaid taxes.
+ “I screwed up.” -John McCain, 10/16/08 to David Letterman after finking out on him to be interviewed instead by Katie Couric.
+ “To err is human.” -Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism, 1711 Read more
Bloom off Obama rose
Or should I use every rose has its thorn as my opening cliche? Either applies to the stupefying decision of the president-elect to have ultraconservative windbag Rick Warren deliver the invocation at his inaugural, the appeal for which has dramatically gone down for me and millions of progressives like me who worked our tails off to validate Barack Obama’s promise of change, only to have this ultimate insult hurled at us here in the days leading up to Jan. 20. Read more
Stop the Presses | The death of the Dems
We can’t leave well enough alone. Barack Obama won the keys to the White House, and our liberal and progressive friends are fretting over how he’s going to govern. We’re going to be Republicans fighting each other to the death before you know. Stop the Presses commentary by AFP editor Chris Graham. Length: 2:18. Read more
Larry Yates | Careful what you say
We have an unprecedented situation in this country, with the election of Barack Obama to the presidency. For some of us, this is a wonderful moment. But we all know that for some Americans, this election result is painful, even hateful.
Given our economic crisis, President Obama and his administration will have plenty of opportunity to show that they are working for the benefit of all Americans. But in these first few months, the raw emotions stirred up by the election are still very much with us. Read more
Stop the Presses Videocast | Still talking about Palin
” The Sarah Palin hysteria is bound to die down at some point soon. Right? Her side did lose on Election Day, after all.
Right?
AFP editor Chris Graham explores the Don’t Believe the Hype that is the Gov. Palin in this week’s installment of “Stop the Presses. Length: 2:31.
What about that Obama-McCain meeting?
Some are suggesting that Barack Obama might be ready to offer John McCain a spot in his administration – perhaps as early as Monday when the two are scheduled to meet. Read more
David Cox | Notes from the polling place
Before last Tuesday’s election fades totally into memory — not that it will — I’ll share a few observations of various sorts in no particular order …
At least in Lexington, the process of voting went swimmingly. Registrar of Voters Carol Rendleman and the Electoral Board obviously took great pains to make sure it would. They succeeded admirably. Standing outside the polls virtually from their opening to the very last minutes, I didn’t think anyone had to wait more than a half-hour and then only in early morning. By noon and thereafter, voters were in and out in five to ten minutes. I heard of only one glitch, with human error the culprit. Read more
‘Wake up, damn it!’
For the uninitiated, Ralph Waldo “Petey” Greene told it like it was in his world on the Washington, D.C., airwaves on WOL during the late 1960s and early 1970s before succumbing to cancer. The ex-con, who described himself in his boss’s word – a miscreant, because it sounded more sophisticated – would no doubt be shocked that his trademark show opener on the D.C. soul music station would be used in conjunction with the Republicans. Don Cheadle more than adequately portrayed Greene in the enjoyable 2007 film “Talk To Me.” Read more
As blue as the Blue Ridge will allow it to be
The Northern Virginia numbers were what turned it Election Night, but don’t be misled by the TV drama that is Election Night. Because Barack Obama wouldn’t have won Virginia if he hadn’t done as well as he did in the Fifth and Sixth congressional districts. Read more
The World According To ChrisGraham.com: What the mosque issue is really all about
Posted by afp on August 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment
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