Archive: April 27, 2008 - May 3, 2008
Sketch Discussion Highlights
Sketch discussions happen weekly on Thursday's at 1:00 p.m. ET _______________________ Dana Milbank: Good afternoon, and happy "Mission Accomplished" Day. It's been five years since President Bush's famous landing aboard the USS Lincoln, and Democrats are celebrating by reminding him of it. This has the makings of the next federal...
By Dana Milbank | May 1, 2008; 2:00 PM ET | Comments (0)
Bush's Least Favorite Anniversary
By tradition, the proper gift for a fifth anniversary is something made of wood. Jack Murtha seems to know this, for in observing the fifth anniversary of President Bush's "Mission Accomplished" speech today, he presented the president with a rhetorical two-by-four to the head. "Five years ago today, President Bush...
By Dana Milbank | May 1, 2008; 1:05 PM ET | Comments (75)
Bush as Escape Artist
The incredible shrinking presidency of George Walker Bush hit a new milestone yesterday: The commander in chief turned to sorcery. "You know, if there was a magic wand to wave, I'd be waving it," Bush informed Sheryl Gay Stolberg of the New York Times in a Rose Garden news conference....
By Dana Milbank | April 30, 2008; 1:59 PM ET | Comments (0)
Could Rev. Spell Doom for Obama?
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, explaining this morning why he had waited so long before breaking his silence about his incendiary sermons, offered a paraphrase from Proverbs: "It is better to be quiet and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt." Barack Obama's pastor...
By Dana Milbank | April 28, 2008; 12:55 PM ET | Comments (1094)
