Bloom Off Of The Rose Watch, Mark Knoller edition.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  February 10th at 01:00 PM  | 

It’s not that the title of this article (“Obama Says Bipartisanship, But What He Wants Is GOP Surrender“) itself is so startling – as Ed Morrissey notes, it’s not exactly telling Republicans things that they don’t already know. It’s that this: It’s a familiar refrain from U.S. presidents who can’t get their way in Congress. “We must put aside our political differences if we’re ever | Read More »

Rooting for injuries watch: Dan Rather vs. CBS.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 22nd at 07:59 AM  | 

Via JammieWearingFool comes news that Rather’s lawsuit has been rejuvenated: The anchor’s $70 million lawsuit against his former employers got a new lease on life today when a Manhattan judge restored his previously dismissed fraud claim against the network. [snip] The fraud charge contends the network’s trickery cost Rather millions by scapegoating him for a flawed report on President Bush’s Vietnam era military service, and | Read More »

Jack Murtha (D, PA-12) Claims Constitutional right to trade earmarks for donations.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  March 19th at 09:00 AM  | 

Okinawa Jack seems very, very defensive in this article (H/T: Instapundit): Murtha defends statement The region’s outspoken congressman is in the national lens again – this time CBS News television cameras – in a report Wednesday that calls him “the king of earmarks who wastes a lot of taxpayer money” and implies that the FBI is investigating. U.S. Rep. John Murtha, D-Johnstown, responded by waving | Read More »