Category: Republicans (Page 39 of 40)

Mel Gibson became the darling of the religious right and many Republicans last year when he released “The Passion of the Christ.” With his new project, however, his many supporters might be shocked to hear what Gibson has to say about President Bush:

He tells British film magazine Hotdog, “The fear-mongering we depict in the film reminds me of President Bush and his guys”.

Gibson’s new film, Apocalypto, depicts the thousands of human sacrafices conducted by the Mayan Indians in an attempt to save their kingdom. Gibson will get plenty of opportunities to further slam Bush when the film is released later this year.

It’s like putting lipstick on a pig. The hiring of Tony Snow and the other changes at the White House won’t mean a thing if Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld keep pushing the same failed policies. George Will sums it up perfectly:

[Snow’s appointment is] just what conservatives really want, is government by Fox News. But he’s a man of wit, charm, intelligence, goodwill and it won’t make a particle of difference. It really won’t. Because it’s not a communication problem. It’s a substance problem. Politics is about something. Now, this is an aesthetic improvement in that room in the White House, period.

The noose is tightening around Tom Delay, as the Justice Department starts flipping his aides. He can make references to God and prayer all he wants, but soon he will have to answer for the corruption he fueled in Congress.

Now he’s resigning from his seat in an attempt to save it for the Republicans. He’s desperate to keep the majority he helped create, and Delay told Chris Matthews that any Republican, other than him, can hold that seat. We’ll see about that.

It will be interesting to see if this hurts or helps the Democrats in their attempt to retake the House. It might be tougher to win Delay’s seat, but Delay’s resignation adds more amunition to the charges that the GOP is corrupt.

The big question now is whether guys like Bob Ney and Conrad Burns will follow Delay’s lead and give up their seats in the hope that another Republican can hold it. This would be a bad development for the Democrats, unless the whole corruption narrative helps create a tidal wave of resentment against the GOP. It’s going to be an interesting election year.

Finally, someone in the media is pointing out George W. Bush’s ridiculous use of “straw man” arguments in his speeches. Jennifer Loven of the Associated Press wrote a brilliant piece pointing out Bush’s repeated use of this device. Here are some examples:

“Some look at the challenges in Iraq and conclude that the war is lost and not worth another dime or another day,” President Bush said recently.

Another time he said, “Some say that if you’re Muslim you can’t be free.”

“There are some really decent people,” the president said earlier this year, “who believe that the federal government ought to be the decider of health care … for all people.”

Democrats need to start going after him when he regurgitates this bullshit.