‘Okinawa’ John Murtha

The Democrats are holding their elections for House leadership positions tomorrow, and John Murtha seems to be the front-runner for the Majority Leader slot. I thought it would be a good time to post this little nugget from the past, from June of this year. Okinawa is 4,900 miles from Baghdad, straight line…which means we [...]

How Many Republicans Does It Take To Destroy The Party?

There are forty-nine Republican Senators, and this is the best they can do? Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott, ousted from the top Senate Republican leadership job four years ago because of remarks considered racially insensitive, won election to the chamber’s No. 2 GOP post Wednesday. Trent Lott?! The man who killed the amendment to introduce transparency [...]