by Robert Borosage | Feb 8, 2008 | Blog
President Bush addressed the Conservative Political Action Committee gathering in Washington today, and, according to the White House, he told the group that our "peace and prosperity" are at stake in the upcoming election. Eerily Orwellian, Mr. President. For a...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 7, 2008 | Blog
David Frum, noted neocon and former Bush adviser, who is generally wrong about just about everything, just penned a lament for the Financial Times on the coming “Democratic sea-change.” This time, Frum gets it right. “Conservative ascendancy is coming to an end.” The...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 29, 2008 | Blog
The old routines don’t work anymore. The presidential smirk seems sheepish. The threats seem like bluster. No one really listens anymore. Even George W. Bush seemed almost giddy that he wouldn’t have to go through this again. The president appears as tired of us as we...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 25, 2008 | Blog
Barbara Ehrenreich memorably called the talk about the stimulus "clitoral economics." And that was before we got screwed. The stimulus deal just announced is being praised more for its existence than its content. Much lamented partisan bickering was overcome;...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 23, 2008 | Blog
“As long as the music is playing, you’ve got to get up and dance. We’re still dancing.” These now-immortal words of former Citibank President Charles “Chuck” Prince were uttered in July, as Citibank was about to lose billions in everything from mortgages to credit...
