Rubin: McCain’s Rhetoric On Hamas Is ‘The Ultimate Flip-Flop’
16 May 2008 1:45pm GMT Sen. John McCain (R-Z) has criticized Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) by disingenuously claiming that he “approved” of negotiations with Hamas. “It is a grave and dangerous mistake for an American leader to meet with a terrorist organization like Hamas,” McCain claims. But in an op-ed today, James Rubin, a former State Department official under President [...]
ThinkFast: May 16, 2008
16 May 2008 1:01pm GMT Yesterday, VoteVets and CREW released an email showing attempts by the VA employees to refrain from diagnosing veterans with PTSD. VA Secretary James Peake responded by claiming that the “e-mail did come from a VA facility, but said it’s not official policy.” Iraq war vet Brandon Friedman writes, “You’ll have to forgive me for not [...]
Iraq Veteran: Why Is McCain ‘Fighting To Kill’ ‘My One Hope And Dream,’ To Go To College After War?
16 May 2008 2:00am GMT Today, nine members of Iraq Veterans Against the War testified before the Congressional Progressive Caucus about their experiences fighting in the Iraq war. Kristofer Goldsmith, who served Sadr City and was stop-lossed after returning home, revealed that he had attempted suicide and was discharged. The discharge forced him to forfeit the educational benefits promised under [...]
O’Reilly compares Markos Moulitsas to David Duke.
16 May 2008 12:45am GMT On Fox News’s The O’Reilly Factor last night, Bill O’Reilly attacked Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas by calling him “one of the most despicable Americans in the country.” Noting that Moulitsas writes a column for Newsweek, O’Reilly compared him to white supremacist David Duke: And Newsweek magazine, by the way, has legitimized [Moulitsas] by giving him [...]
Boehner: ‘We’re playing political games on the backs of our troops.’
15 May 2008 11:45pm GMT After directing his caucus to vote “present” on a $162.5 billion proposal to continue funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan — a move that effectively killed the bill — House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) said on the floor of the House today that, “we’re playing political games on the backs of our troops.” [...]
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