Dirty words: A catalogue of cussing presidents and wannabes
Public words spoken by presidents, White House wannabes and political luminaries are polished by speechwriters and vetted by focus groups. Familiar phrases get repeated over and over and over again....
View ArticleClinton nominates Obama, Cheney goes fishing
Bill Clinton will nominate President Obama for reelection at the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., in an opportunity for the 42nd president to show a talent for connecting...
View ArticleFive most memorable moments from vice presidential debates
The eight vice presidential debates held over the past 36 years have had minimal impact on the final election results. Arguably, only one — Republican Dick Cheney’s strong performance against Democrat...
View ArticleVice presidents: The good, the bad and the powerful
In honor of the vice presidential debate tonight between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan, Texas on the Potomac brings you the best, worst and most influential vice presidents as well as the VPs that did more...
View ArticleGregoire emerges as top contender to boss EPA
President Obama is about to nominate outgoing Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire as the new head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, according to a very private prediction from a very senior...
View ArticlePro-gay marriage TV ad: Obama, Cheney, Powell, Laura Bush
A quartet who crosses party lines and spans ideologies — including President Obama and ex-Vice President Dick Cheney — is featured in a TV spot endorsing same-sex marriage, on the eve of oral arguments...
View ArticleCheney: We would have been ready for Benghazi attack
Ex-Vice President Dick Cheney claims the Benghazi attack was a “failure of leadership” by the Obama administration, and that the Bush administration would have been ready and would have responded to...
View ArticleDick Cheney on Benghazi: We would have been ‘locked and loaded’
Ex-Vice President Dick Cheney, the man who predicted we would be “greeted as liberators” in Iraq, is keeping a furious pace of criticism over the Obama administration’s response to the Sept. 11, 2012,...
View ArticleThe Cheneys: Family feud over gay marriage
A public, personal feud has broken out between daughters of ex-Vice President Dick Cheney over same-sex marriage, with one daughter taking an anti-marriage equality stand in her Senate campaign and...
View ArticleCheney v. Cheney: Mary won’t back Liz for Senate
The sibling split over same-sex marriage in the family of ex-Vice President Dick Cheney is getting nastier, with daughter Mary Cheney spurning her sister’s campaign for the U.S. Senate in Wyoming....
View ArticleCheney: Obama prefers food stamps to national defense
President Obama would rather spend money on food stamps than national defense, according to former Vice President Dick Cheney. The 44th president was on the receiving end of a right-left blast from the...
View ArticleBill Clinton on Dick Cheney: ‘Cleaning up the mess he made’
Ex-Vice President Dick Cheney has moved back into the spotlight this week, attacking and second-guessing President Obama on Iraq and renewing his decade-old warnings that weapons of mass destruction...
View ArticleNew York Times suggests war crimes prosecution of Dick Cheney
The New York Times has called for a “full and independent investigation” into torture of terrorism suspects, arguing that “any credible investigation” should include possible commission of crimes by...
View ArticlePay-to-play politics: A VIP reception at a down-home crab feed
The political ad broadcast just before the noon news on KGMI radio in Bellingham years ago carried a catchy rhyme: ”Vote Democratic — The party for you, not just the few.” Nowadays, alas, a new motto...
View ArticleAgreement from Dick Cheney to Jim McDermott: Trump is trashing American values
Donald Trump kept up his demand to bar Muslims from entering the United States, likening his stand to Franklin Roosevelt’s wartime internment policies, but found his stand condemned by a range of...
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