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My 2009 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 1]

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.26.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Welcome once again to our year-end wrap-up and awards ceremony. Honesty dictates that I immediately genuflect to The McLaughlin Group, from whom I have stolen all these award categories.

Obama Adviser Calls Out Cheney: You Walked Away From Afghanistan (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics


Former Vice President Dick Cheney said he "basically" didn't think he or his old boss held any responsibility for the current state of affairs in Afgh...

Jeff Muskus

Hoyer Fires Back At Cheney, Bush Administration: 'They Turned Tail'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics


Dick Cheney ought to look in the mirror before he accuses President Obama of weakness or indecision on Afghanistan, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer ...

Huh?

Dave Hackel | Posted 11.03.2009 | Media


Dave Hackel

Everyday the news is filled with statements that just don't make any sense. I write them down and then I study them later. Many still puzzle me. Maybe you can help me make sense of them.

Cheney: A Tortured Soul

Lance Simmens | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics


Lance Simmens

Mr. Vice-President, you and your President had eight full years to chart a direction for this nation. That direction was soundly rejected by the voters in the most recent national election.

George Will To Cheney: You Should Have Dithered Before Invading Iraq (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics


Conservative columnist George Will went after former Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday, saying the Bush administration could have used some "dither...

Biden Responds To Cheney's Afghan War Criticism: "Who Cares?"

nytimes.com | PETER BAKER | Posted 10.23.2009 | World


PRAGUE : Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had a blunt response Friday to the latest broadsides from former Vice President Dick Cheney: "Who cares?"...

Music Matters

Matthew Alexander | Posted 10.24.2009 | Impact


Matthew Alexander

Music is perhaps the freest expression of art in an open society. In my travels to more than 50 countries, a sense of pride has always emerged for American culture abroad in the form of music.

Gibbs Slams Cheney's "Dithering" Charge Over Afghan War

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN and ANNE GEARAN | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The White House on Thursday forcefully rejected criticism from former Vice President Dick Cheney and other Republicans that Preside...

Commander in Chief: Yes He Is

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 10.22.2009 | World


Lorelei Kelly

Obama and his team (and an increasing number of voices on Capitol Hill) know that, in today's world, security problems are beyond the purview of the military acting alone.

What If Obama Had Turned Down The Nobel?

Dave Hackel | Posted 10.15.2009 | Media


Dave Hackel

When it was announced that President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize, he gave the perfect "I'll say it so you don't have to" response. He said that h...

The US's Myers-Briggs Profile

Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D. | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living


Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D.

We are frustrated, as a people, by cold, impersonal logic, by being excluded, and by criticism and lack of appreciation. We value self-determination, and we irritate others by being overly emotional and moralistic.

Josh Crescenzi: Ex-Bush, Cheney Aide In $2 Million Stolen Fuel Probe

San Antonio Express-News | Guillermo Contreras | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics


A man who was a news liaison for former President George W. Bush and ex-Vice President Dick Cheney is at the center of a case involving $2 million in ...

Liz Cheney's 'Keep America Safe' Video Tears Into Obama (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics


Liz Cheney is stepping even further into her father's shoes as the Republican ringleader for national security. Keep America Safe, a new group launche...

Palin Vs. Cheney: Who Will Sell More Books? (POLL)

Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 10.05.2009 | Books


Sarah Palin has announced the title and the surprisingly early release of her new memoir: Going Rogue: An American Life will be in bookstores Nov. 17,...

Obama Blows the Olympics

Guy T. Saperstein | Posted 12.02.2009 | Comedy


Guy T. Saperstein

Losing the Olympics to Rio de Janeiro just shows that Dick Cheney, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and the Republicans have been right all along. Relying on reasoning, discussion and goodwill is bullshit.

Sam Stein Discusses Cheney 2012, Condoleeza Rice's Afghanistan Comments On Rachel Maddow Show (VIDEO)

Huff TV | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics


Huff TV

Huffington Post political reporter Sam Stein weighs in on Condoleeza Rice's comments on Afghanistan during an appearance Tuesday evening on The Rachel...

You Lie!

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


Jeff Schweitzer

The GOP is now the Party of lies, misinformation, misdirection, torture, infidelity, illegal wars, bloated government, higher taxes, broken health care, and murder of the innocent.

Bruce Fein On CIA Torture Investigation: "My Objection Is It's Much Too Narrow," Needs To Include Cheney (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics


Bruce Fein, a former associate deputy attorney general under President Reagan, made a couple of important points tonight on Hardball regarding the inv...

McCain Backs Torture as Recruiting Tool for Al Qaida; Policy Led to the Deaths of U.S. Soldiers in Iraq

Matthew Alexander | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics


Matthew Alexander

I was the first to say that the policy of torture and abuse was directly linked to U.S. deaths in Iraq. It's a hard pill to swallow, but true.

Why Rendition?

Stanley Kutler | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics


Stanley Kutler

The president should be challenged. His campaign words on torture are empty, rendered meaningless with his "new" policy on rendition.

If a Tree Falls in the Forest, is it Alright to Torture?

Gwen Davis | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics


Gwen Davis

This latest revelation of the horrors endorsed and probably conceived by that administration is insupportable, once digested.

CIA Documents Don't Back Up Cheney Claims On Waterboading

newsweek.com | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics


Internal CIA reports released by the Obama administration on Monday suggest that former vice president Dick Cheney was right about one thing: the CIA'...

Yes, Scots, That's Outrageous

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics


Charles Karel Bouley

There's a wacked out reward system going on in world culture these days

Cheney Memoir: Former VP Uncloaks His Frustration With Bush

AP | Barton Gellman | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON Former Vice President Dick Cheney believes his old boss, President George W. Bush, gradually turned away from his advice during their secon...