Sy Hersh Says It’s Time for An Open Thread. . .
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By Steve Clemons
Doing Dreier and Gedmin on Air America Radio’s <em>Majority Report</em>
If you folks are checking in now. . .talking to Sam Seder on Air America Radio’s Majority Report about David Dreier’s problems rising to the top — and Jeff Gedmin’s ascension as John Bolton’s Deputy at the United Nations.
Anne Patterson Out — Jeffrey Gedmin in as Deputy Permanent Representative of the U.S. to the United Nations
TWN has just confirmed that Jeffrey Gedmin (see post below) will be named as John Bolton’s No. 2 at the United Nations and will carry the formal title of “Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations.
Bolton-Loyalist Jeffrey Gedmin Joining America’s UN Mission
President Bush stands by those loyal to him — as he did with John Bolton, who was precisely the wrong person to send as America’s Ambassador to the U.N. Now John Bolton is reportedly gathering a new group of staffers loyal specifically to him.
John Roberts the New Chief Justice
Rehnquist has been succeeded. Time will tell if he helps to undo Roe v. Wade and Americans’ rights to privacy. My gut instinct suggest that he will prove to be a fairer and more decent judge than most progressives think. But that choice was what Democrats lost in the last election.
The Cost of Dreier Not Taking the Helm: Jim Pinkerton’s Two Cents
Former Lee Atwater protege and Bush I senior staffer Jim Pinkerton had these insightful words on the cost of Dreier being shoved aside by Roy Blunt: “Blunt is a standard partisan, more of a DeLay Jr.
Body Armor Costs for Soldiers: Why Won’t the White House and Pentagon Stand by Deployed Soldiers?
What do Bush and Rumsfeld think they are doing in failing to reimburse deployed military service men and women for body armor they bought to protect themselves in Iraq and Afghanistan? Do they think that this is like public school in which teachers are (wrongly) expected to cover a lot of their own classroom expenses?…
Karen Hughes Trip: Smashing Success
In an administration that prides itself on message control, that keeps potential dissenters out of policy discourse or even political events with its leaders, and punishes or rewards based on whether someone is “with them or against them,” Karen Hughes’ very public encounters with people who are angered by American behavior in the world couldn’t…
Nancy Pelosi: Don’t Make “Serious Dems” Choke Down Alcee Hastings at Helm of Intel Committee
I can’t find very much in this RedState.org post that I don’t agree with. That’s a problem. Pelosi needs to reverse course right now on her anti-Jane Harman crusade. In case registering is a problem, here is a key slice: That’s right.
Tom DeLay: Hanging on His Own Words. . .
A loyal, anonymous reader just sent me these two important Tom DeLay quotes — directed at then President Bill Clinton during his legal scuffles. Tom DeLay (R-Texas), quoted in the Washington Post, October 9, 1998: I believe that this nation sits at a crossroads.