Month February 2003

CBS execs want no ‘anti-war’ statements during Grammys Drudge Report exclusive “Top CBS executives are deeply concerned that Sunday night’s GRAMMY Awards may turn from a celebration of music — into a giant anti-war political rally, the DRUDGE REPORT has…

Oh DARN Bush Approval Plunges In New Poll. “A new Harris Poll shows President Bush’s approval ratings falling 12 points in the last month. See Polling Report for monthly data….” [Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire]

Word “It stands to reason that self-righteous, inflexible, single-minded, authoritarian true believers are politically organized. Open-minded, flexible, complex, ambiguous, anti-authoritarian people would just as soon be left to mind their own fucking business.” R.U. Sirius (Via Progressive Review) Which leaves…

Colin Powell: Don’t ask about My Lai, don’t tell about Iran-Contra Or Panama. Or the Gulf War or Gulf War syndrome. It’s a long and bloody list.

They wanted an Iraq War five years ago “Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Deputy Secretary Paul Wolfowitz undertook a full-fledged lobbying campaign in 1998 to get former President Bill Clinton to start a war with Iraq and topple Saddam Hussein’s…