Not content with attacking him for what he actually said or did, the War Party is now making up stories. The Hotline, the daily blog of the National Journal, runs the following item: Republicans have a message for Ron Paul: don't mess with us. Since Tuesday's debate,...
Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-Md.) is no stranger to war. He signed up with the Marines in 1964 and went to Vietnam in the grimmest, bloodiest days of the war. He survived a shot to the chest, and spent the decades afterward studying foreign policy, history, and why nations...
Update: Video compilation of Gravel clips from debate at the bottom of this post. I got a pleasant surprise watching last night's Presidential debate. The usual (and often scary) drivel spewed forth from the likes of Hillary and Barack, both trying to outdo each other...
As an audience member asks a question, John McCain blows his nose long and hard. It seems he lost a little gray matter on the kleenex. When asked when the US military might "send an air mail message to Tehran." He responded by attempting to sing a revision of the...
But it wasn't Nancy Pelosi. A day after Pelosi's well-publicized visit with Syrian President Bashar Assad, Republican Darrell Issa (CA) met with Assad saying that Bush had failed to promote the dialogue that is necessary to resolve disagreements between the US and...
The White House and members of The War Party are going nuts over Pelosi's trip to Syria. But why such a strong reaction? On Sunday, three Republican House members, Frank Wolf (VA), Joe Pitts (PA), and Robert Aderholt (AL) met with Syrian President Bashar Assad. In a...
Here are some photos from the March 19 "Defund the War" rally at Speaker Pelosi's office (taken by and thanks to Malcolm Garris).The audio of the rally is available here.Daniel Ellsberg opens the rally.Justin Raimondo addresses the crowd.Rabbi Michael Lerner...
In response to Aaron Glantz's Friday article "Congressman Trades Iraq Vote for Spinach," Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) asked that we run his reply. Glantz charged that Rep. DeFazio, who had previously opposed Iraq war funding bills, "decided to vote for President...
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), one of the few members of Congress in recent history to understand the nature of US foreign policy, has a new book, The Foreign Policy of Freedom. I haven't read it yet, but knowing Ron, it promises to be a great read. Check out Ron's latest...
Tell Speaker Pelosi to push to cut off funds for the war. On the anniversary of the start of the US war against Iraq, a broad-based coalition will rally outside Speaker Nancy Pelosi's home office at 450 Golden Gate Avenue (between Polk and Larkin) in San Francisco, 12...
