C&L – Rice and Saddam sitting in a tree …

From Crooks and Liars this morning: A side of Rice in the oil-for-food scandal? […] And who was giving Saddam the illegal kickbacks? According to a New York Times report, Chevron is poised to announce that it should have known about the kickbacks that were being...

Happy Birthday, Harry.

Sorry about letting the Republicans screw up the whole “Congressional oversight” thing. Clark Clifford, special counsel to President Truman, reflected on why Truman won in 1948. “It wasn’t in my opinion because he was a skilled politician that...