While campaigning for Virginia gubernatorial candidate, and Clinton insider, Terry McAuliffe, former President Bill Clinton laughed off former vice president Dick Cheney’s attacks against President Barack Obama and the Democrats. Clinton had a simple message for Cheney, “It’s over.”
After his decision to reverse himself, and fight the release of torture photos, President Barack Obama is getting praise from the right, and heavy criticism from both the American Civil Liberties Union, and Amnesty International. Currently, Obama’s strongest critics are in his own party on the left.
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) confronted AIG CEO Edward Liddy during his House testimony today about a lawsuit involving many Ohio public employees’ pension fund, which lost $96 million to AIG fraud. The lawsuit has been dragging on since 2004, and Kucinich demanded answers.
Rush Limbaugh went into full paranoia mode today over healthcare reform. Rush claimed that healthcare reform will allow government to control every element of our lives, but the truth is that Rush and the Republicans are running a con when it comes to healthcare reform. Rush is trying to pull the ultimate distraction.
Former FBI interrogator Ali Soufan, the man who led the interrogation of Abu Zubaydah, testified before Senate Judiciary Subcommittee, and revealed that President Bush told half truths about the interrogation. Soufan revealed that most of the information they received did not come from torture.
