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It wasn’t exactly “Hail to the Chief.” It was more “He Came in Through the Bathroom Window.” [And yes, he was, as always, protected by a silver spoon…]
He had to sneak into a country that he “conquered” half a year ago. The cover of night and ultra-high security and secrecy were needed […]

It started as a small story, and now it’s ballooned into… something that is still very small. But there’s no room for it in the political pages, where the Story of the Day is Bush’s huge success in getting his treasured Medicare bill passed while downplaying the fact that his even-more-treasured energy bill died […]

Washington, Monday [FA Wire] - In passing aggressive anti-spam legislation over the weekend, the US House of Representatives dealt a staggering blow to a large number of Americans in need of help.
“It’s a black day for overweight Americans with small penises who’d like to purchase hot teen Russian brides with the money they earn from […]

The strategy on the Medicare bill has angered even more lawmakers from both chambers. Those members of the House-Senate negotiating committee who were not invited to the real meetings where the bill was written were given a copy of the 1,100-page measure less than an hour before being asked to vote on it on Thursday.
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I haven’t mentioned much about it, but I’ll be gone most of this week. See, I’m writing for the new, revamped “The Smoking Gun” television show, based on and culled from the astounding and indispensible website of the same name and hosted by my friend and yours, Mo Rocca. This one’s sort of […]

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Zell Miller of Georgia came under fire Friday from civil rights activists who demanded an apology from the conservative Democrat after he equated his party’s opposition to the nomination of a conservative African-American judge to a lynching. Miller — who has already rankled Democrats by endorsing President Bush for re-election — […]

Doubtless, we have to crack down on insurgents in Iraq. Maybe we shouldn’t have gone in so quickly, so recklessly, and with so few friends, but we’re there and we can’t have every Tom, Dick, and Omar just firing at our boys whenever they feel like it. We have to respond. Even […]

Though we occasional CSPAN viewers know that the phrase “Senate slumber party” is somewhat redundant, tonight’s festivities are undoubtedly unique.
Almost overshadowed by the frightening prospect of Ted Kennedy in Dr. Denton’s is the fact that there is a very real danger here for the participants:
“Because Senate rules require agreement from both sides to quickly confirm […]

11/11 is already a pretty somber holiday, and the explosion of violence in Baghdad is doing little to make the day cheerier. We funnymen are about as welcome today as a circus clown at a funeral service.
Because today is the day when more sober columnists get to point out that this is the anniversary […]