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Right vs. Left: It Ain't a Fair Fight
By David Corn - Politics DailyThe other night I was on "Hardball" with conservative bad-boy Pat Buchanan. Michael Smerconish, the guest host, asked about a column I had written noting that George W. Bush, in his new book, had disingenuously airbrushed Karl Rove out of his (superficial) accounting of the Plamegate affair. The reason was obvious: Bush wanted to avoid dealing with the dishonesty his White House had relied upon during one of the darker moments of his presidency. Buchanan guffawed, calling the CIA leak case a "silly episode" and a "trivial" matter. Now imagine this scenario: David Axelrod, President Obama's ...
Bob Novak and Me
By David Corn - Politics DailyI learned of the death of Bob Novak from an e-mail sent to me by an NPR reporter looking for a comment. And I felt awkward, for my last public exchange with the conservative columnist and TV pundit who relished his "Prince of Darkness" nickname had been an ugly one. There is, of course, the don't-speak-ill-of-the-dead rule. But what could I say about a fellow who had blasted me on national television as an ideological hack? There wasn't always bad blood between us. Years earlier, as a substitute host on CNN's "Crossfire," I had come to enjoy wrestling with Novak. When I began that gig, ...
Is Karl Rove a Liar?
By David Corn - Politics DailyIs Karl Rove a liar who should be drummed out of polite society -- or, at least, the politerati? The issue is not his conservative ideology or the still-resonating misdeeds and mistakes of the Bush presidency he made possible. The question is whether new evidence proves that Rove is a serial fibber who cannot be taken at his word. This week, the House Judiciary Committee released interviews with Rove and Harriet Miers, the former Bush White House counsel, and 5,400 pages of e-mails related to the Bush administration's controversial firing of several U.S. attorneys. Rove and other Bush ...
Missing WH E-Mails Likely Won't Be Recovered
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyAn internal White House memo describing the process for hiring a private contractor to retrieve up to 225 days worth of missing e-mails indicates that the lost communications may not be recovered before the Bush Administration's term expires in January, 2009, if at all. Democrats in Congress want a look at the internal White House communications as part of their investigations into the firing of eight U.S. Attorneys in 2006. Democrats believe that the e-mails will show a greater than acknowledged involvement in the firings by White House officials such as former political director Karl ...
McClellan to Testify in Leak Case Hearing
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyHaving conquered the media adoration circuit, the Scott McClellan book tour winds its way up to Capitol Hill next week, for an appearance before the House Judiciary Committee to testify in a hearing into the Valerie Plame leak case. Not content to let the conclusions of a Federal prosecutor or the admission of the actual leaker be the final word on the subject, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) wants the former White House Press Secretary to testify about the role of top White House Officials, including Vice-President Dick Cheney, in potentially misleading the public about ...
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