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Ralph Nader Pens Beautiful Poem for Hillary Clinton

Ralph Nader may think Hillary Clinton is in with the Corporates, sure, but Ralph is in with Democracy. That's why he is so disturbed about Obama supporters pressuring her to drop out of the race. He was so shocked, aesthetically, when Sen. Patrick Leahy told her to drop out last week that he wrote a poem for Hillary. It is a beautiful poem, written in free verse. Hell, why stop there? It is actually the most beautiful poem since one of Shakespeare's many poems. You should read it after the jump, if you have any feelings. More »

12:16 PM on Tue Apr 1 2008
By Newell
3,087 views, 76 comments

Latest by widget07: As if "Assmunch" Nader hasn't handed enough elections to the republicans. Maybe he should team-up with Ron Paul, that way we could a totally retarded ticket. Paul/Nader 08 more »

about time

Democratic Party Tries to Give Crazy Old Hillary the Boot?

Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, an Obama Guy, today called for Hillary Clinton to drop out of the race and support Barack Obama. He is the first major superdelegate to declare this publicly. And earlier this morning, Howard Dean urged the uncommitted superdelegates to make their preferences public. Unless Hillary gets all of the uncommitted superdelegates, and then steals other delegates, she will have officially lost. But does Howard Dean have a plan for the 150,000 Hessian mercenaries that Hillary has employed for her last-resort military coup? [LA Times]

2:00 PM on Fri Mar 28 2008
By Newell
1,543 views, 47 comments

Latest by Canuckledragger: @CaptainSwing: Oh, is this a re-tread of the Soggy Bottom Beast's prediction weeks ago that we should breathlessly await news of the O-man being indicted within days, hours, minutes? 'Coz that turned out to be a bigger dud than the more »

dept. of if nixon had only thought of all this ...

Karl Rove To Ignore Senate Supoena

Patrick Leahy has subpoenaed Karl Rove, which means Rove must testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee — but not really, although the Senate and House continue to sort of act like they have some kind of authority over the White House.

White House counsel Fred Fielding said Rove wouldn’t be showing up because “the subpoena probably got delivered to the wrong address” and that Leahy “couldn’t prove he was a senator” and “the font was kind of weird looking, like something from an IBM Selectric” and “Rove is home sick this year” and “La la la la I can’t hear you.”

Senate Judiciary Chairman to subpoena Karl Rove [Raw Story]

12:57 PM on Thu Jul 26 2007
By KLayne
2,590 views, 25 comments

white house

Patrick Leahy Has a Looooong Memory

If Dick Cheney was capable of regret, he just might be regretting telling Senator Patrick Leahy to “go fuck yourself” in 2004. More »

1:36 PM on Thu Mar 15 2007
By KLayne
1,478 views, 31 comments

daily briefing

Daily Briefing: One Billy On Dollars

  • Hank Paulson carries the budget flag up to the hill, and by the end of the day is looking for an ATM to fully fund every program. [WP]
  • President Bush has a sense of Morissettian irony over the Senate’s support of Gen. David Petraeus while opposing the surge. [WP]
  • Luckily, Robert Gates has a back-up to the back-up plan. [LAT]
  • Thanks to Walnuts, Ill Hill, and Barry Hussein the ‘08 election will likely cost over a billion dollars. [WP]
  • MPAA uses actor from West Philadelphia to illustrate their blue-collar base. Patrick Leahy really liked The Queen. [NYT]
  • Military wants civilian agencies to “step up” and “get ‘r done” in Iraq. [NYT]
  • Which six states want to expand death penalty powers? Exactly the ones you think. [USAT]

8:56 AM on Wed Feb 7 2007
By Pareene
28 views, 6 comments

Latest by lockiecharms: Bush understands irony? more »

patrick leahy

Patrick Leahy Takes Picture, Fails to Accomplish Anything Else Before Summer Recess

In a hilarious mix-up, a Captiol File party photog was at this very moment leading a subcommittee meeting on corporate pensions. (AP) More »

12:06 PM on Mon Jul 31 2006
By Pareene
100 views, 4 comments

personalities

Gossip Roundup: 'Insurgents' on the Homeland

  • Heard on the Hill: The Executive Committee of Periodical Correspondents has no love for cameras… Anti-immigration group delivers bricks to lawmakers… Two Grateful Dead band-members appear for Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt) tonight. [Roll Call]
  • Lloyd Grove’s Lowdown: Dick Cheney on Mary Cheney: “She got the writing gene from her mother. I never even finished my dissertation.” [NYDN]
  • Inside Politics: Bush is not interested in Gore’s film. [WT]
  • Inside the Beltway: Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) talks tough on immigration: “We are being invaded, we are being colonized, and there are insurgents from the nation of Mexico and their allies further south.” [WT]
  • Reliable Source: National Park Service will now charge for wedding-day photo permits at D.C. landmarks. [WP]

1:44 PM on Tue May 23 2006
By henry
40 views, Comment

personalities

Gossip Roundup: Euan, We Never Knew Ya

  • Reliable Source: The Bushes gave Kenny Chesney special cowboy boots to commemorate his East Room performance… Alberto Gonzales says it’s “unclear” whether his parents entered the country illegally… Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) is returning $23,000 to an indicted producer. [WP]
  • Under the Dome: James Gandolfini thinks Bush should “reinstate the draft, send 500,000 troops and finish it.”… Two members of the Grateful Dead fundraise for Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)… John Edwards and Jack Kemp join forces to encourage people to save for retirement. [The Hill]
  • Heard on the Hill: Euan Blair is no longer a Hill intern, and one question lingers: why? [Roll Call]
  • Page Six: Former NJ Gov. Jim McGreevey will be on “Oprah” in the fall. [NYP]

2:16 PM on Thu May 18 2006
By henry
93 views, Comment

chatology

Chatology: Digesting the Sunday Spew

ana marie cox.jpgCitizens of Wonketteville, fear not. As we promised, your beloved Wonkette Emerita, Ana Marie Cox, will be making regular appearances in these pages. Last week, she liveblogged the SOTU. This week, she drops the science of "Chatology: Digesting the Sunday Spew," a weekly round-up of the Sunday shows that will typically appear each Monday. (This week's installment was held up for various technical reasons that we won't bore you with — oh, and the Super Bowl had something to do with it too.) More »

9:26 AM on Tue Feb 7 2006
By dlat
585 views

personalities

Gossip Roundup: Brownback Talks Fruit

  • Reliable Source: Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) to Rolling Stone: “You look at the social impact of the countries that have engaged in homosexual marriage. You’ll know [Sweden] by their fruits.”… CNN throws farewell party for Robert Novak at the Palmer steakhouse; Pat Buchanan, Donna Brazile, Kate O’Beirne attended. [WP]
  • Inside Politics: Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) have “floor spat” over Alito. [WT]
  • Lloyd Grove’s Lowdown: Arianna Huffington: “Inviting Tim Russert to keynote a conference on journalistic ethics is like having Jack Abramoff keynote a conference on lobbying reform.” [NYDN]

7:57 AM on Fri Jan 27 2006
By henry
121 views

osama bin laden

Daily Briefing: Couldn't Care Less

• Tape from Osama bin Laden surfaces, his first since December 2004: "[Al Qaeda] operations are under preparation and you will see them in your homes the minute they are ready." [WP, NYT, USAT, WT]
• Independent counsel is unable "to say with certainty whether any criminal laws were broken" by Henry Cisneros, but there was "a coverup at high levels of our government." [WP, USAT, WT]
• Justice Department analysis supports the legality of warrentless eavesdropping. [WP, NYT]
• Bush previews State of the Union message: "The best way to solve the deficit is to grow the economy, not run up your taxes." [USAT, WT]
• Most Americans "could not care less" about the lobbying scandal; corruption is seen as bipartisan. [WP]
• Liberal group calls for Justice Department investigation of Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif) regarding hedge fund donations. [USAT]
• Additional Democratic senators —including Leahy and Salazar— announce their intention to oppose Samuel Alito. [WP]
• Republican National Committee set to break with Bush over immigration. [LAT] More »

9:47 AM on Fri Jan 20 2006
By henry
116 views

harriet miers

Miers Lacks Gift of Gab, Competence, Say Senators

Ever fill out one of those lengthy questionnaires for, say, auto insurance or White House security clearance? You know how boring and pedantic they can be, right? How much information they want. "Have you ever been arrested for DUI outside of Dupont Circle?" "Do you promise not to dish on secret government agents and stuff?" Blah blah fucking blah. Yeah, well, try wriggling your way onto the Supreme Court sometime. Honey, you ain't seen exacting 'til you've done that. More »

12:09 PM on Thu Oct 20 2005
By mweiss
88 views

leak investigation

Daily Briefing: 'From Incomplete to Insulting'

• Rove told the grand jury that he may have learned of Valerie Plame from "Scooter" Libby; their conversation "was confined to information the two men heard from reporters." [WP]
• Leahy and Specter complain Miers' answers on questionnaire are insufficient; they seek elaboration. Leahy: "[T]he comments I've heard ranged from incomplete to insulting. Certainly it was inadequate and did not give us enough to prepare for a hearing. We will need to have more." [WP, LAT, NYT, WT, USAT]
• Libby "appears to be deeply enmeshed in the leak investigation." [WSJ]
• Rice fields criticism about Iraq war from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; she refuses to offer a timeframe for troop withdrawal. Lugar (R-Ind.): "Permanent instability or civil war in Iraq could set back American interests in the Middle East for a generation — increasing anti-Americanism, multiplying the threats from tyrants and terrorists and reducing our credibility." [WP, NYT]
• Chertoff admits to House panel that FEMA was "overwhelmed" by Katrina and pledges to "re-engineer" emergency preparedness. [WP, NYT, USAT]
• Judith Miller testifies in favor of national shield law for reporters and sources; Specter visited her in prison and recalled she could not explain why she was there. [NYT] More »

8:23 AM on Thu Oct 20 2005
By henry
64 views

orrin hatch

Smile and Say Conservative Hegemony

"Hold still, hold still... Jeez, I still can't believe I'm totally in the Senate Judiciary Hearing! This is so cool!"

[Larry Downing/Reuters]

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10:12 AM on Fri Sep 23 2005
By wonkette
139 views, Comment

scotus

Daily Briefing: Terrorists & Katrina

• Leahy, Baucus, Johnson will support Roberts; Kerry, Kennedy, Corzine, Boxer, Reid will vote no. [NYT, LAT, USAT]
• Bush multitasks over second Supreme Court nomination, hurricanes, Iraq, and Social Security; talks of Katrina and terrorists, "They're the kind of people who look at Katrina and wish they had caused it. We're in a war against these people." [NYT, USAT]
• Republicans propose spending cuts as Congress passes $6b in Katrina-related tax breaks. [WSJ, WP, USAT]
• Next Supreme Court nominee will face heightened scrutiny. [WP]
• House Republicans will pursue inquiry of government's response to Katrina in spite of boycott by Democrats. [WP, NYT] More »

8:37 AM on Thu Sep 22 2005
By henry
49 views

personalities

Gossip Roundup: Bush Wears Kerry's Face

• Inside the Beltway: White House pool report comments Bush "wore a dark blue suit, looked tired and drawn.". . . Hank Williams Jr. gives "pledge of support" to Frist. [WT]
• Inside Politics: Leahy says he would not vote for Roberts if nominee expressed positions on specific cases. . . Sharpton's driver arrested for driving at 110 mph in Texas; Sharpton walked away. AP: "There is no word on where they went.". . . Sheehan supporters may start releasing video packages. [WT]
• Rush & Molloy: McGreevey milks the "gay social circuit.". . . Clintons vacation in Kauai, invite Pierce Brosnan. [NYDN]
• Page Six: Judith Miller "is having a perfectly awful time in jail," her husband reports. [NYP]
• Names & Faces: Deck of Bush playing cards literally leans right (Rove is the ace of diamonds). [WP]

8:38 AM on Tue Aug 30 2005
By henry
69 views