I'm a thirty-something year old Dutch C/C++ programmer whose love for SF has resulted in an interest in US politics. Somewhere in between work, reading, and politics I also enjoy Japanese manga and anime.
During the most recent presidential election campaign, I happened to ask what was so wrong about Clinton's lying about his affair with Monica L. Except for Bill, Hillary and Monica, that all was surely was no one else's business, right? The exceedingly vehement response to that was that Clinton had committed a horrible crime by encouraging someone else to actually lie to Congress! Now, only a year and a bit later, we've all found out about Bush's illegal spying on Americans which he chose to do in spite of Congress's explicit refusal to give him that power. So, where have all those 'Congress hallowing' Republicans gone? Why aren't they being just as loudly incensed about Bush's contempt for Congress as they were during Clinton's presidency? Who are the hypocrites now?
· Blanche Lincoln's website supports public option (desmoinesdem)
· Big Coal's PR Spending Spree (desmoinesdem)
· IA-03: Former college wrestling coach to challenge Boswell (desmoinesdem)
· Tea Baggers Target Gore... (Cliff Schecter)
· Stimulus Watch (Jerome Armstrong)
· CREW seeks ethics inquiry of Bachmann (desmoinesdem)
· Did IRC help? (MN Campaign Report)
· 5 Worst cities for urban youth (desmoinesdem)
· "The Bishops' Huge Financial Stake in Stupak-Pitts" (desmoinesdem)
· Conservative group wants FEC to override state laws on robocalls (desmoinesdem)
· URGENT: Call these House Ds Saturday to oppose Stupak amendment (desmoinesdem)
· WI-08: Wingnut plans to run as "conservative independent" (desmoinesdem)