Author: Bill Scher

Conservatives continue to complain when people bring up Sen. John McCain\’s support of a 100-year military presence in Iraq. We don\’t want 100 year of war, they insist. They just want our troops to, in McCain\’s words, \”maintain a presence in a very volatile part of the world.\” So, they demand McCain\’s words be taken…

It\’s an annual Beltway ritual. The group Citizens Against Government Waste releases the \”Pig Book,\” detailing all the so-called \”pork\” coming out of Congress. Outrage is ginned up over all the wacky things congresspeople are funding: Fruit fly research! Bear DNA! Opera houses! Green spaces! But how exactly does CAGW decide what goes in the…

I feel like I see ads for the deceptively-named \”Free Credit Report\” more and more and more, as if the worse the economy gets, the more companies seek to prey on those who are struggling. As you may know (but obviously not enough do), Free Credit Report is a bait-and-switch campaign from the private credit…

At yesterday\’s House Energy Independence and Global Warming committee hearing, oil executives railed against proposals to invest in renewable energy. In particular, ExxonMobil executive J. Stephen Simon said, \”government mandates and subsidies distort market forces and impede technological innovation.\” So Steve, you\’ll be giving us back those billions in tax subsidies then? Big Oil companies…

In the final debate of the 2000 presidential campaign, Vice-President Al Gore argued he would spend more on defense than his opponent. Then-Gov. George Bush retorted, \”If this were a spending contest, I would come in second.\” A fair point. When it comes to public investment, it\’s never just about the price tag. It\’s about…

The Sunday shows disappoint once again, going 0-for-3 for the Watchdog. On Fox News Sunday, Sen. Lindsey Graham was not asked about how the increase in Iraqi sectarian violence squares with his claim last week that Iraq has \”turned the corner.\” Graham was asked about the fresh violence, and was less optimistic, saying \”I don\’t…

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The New York Times \”Caucus\” blog asserts: \”There’s also the matter of whether Senator Obama is too liberal to bring about the change and bipartisan unity he speaks about.\” Has the media ever the raised the question if a candidate is \”too conservative\” to bring about change and bipartisanship? That happens to be the more…

Pat Buchanan\’s latest rantings, put in their place by Isaiah, are merely the starkest evidence of a conservative effort to undermine the objective of Sen. Barack Obama\’s historic \”A More Perfect Union\” address, the objective of unity. Not all conservatives are trying to maintain racial division in the wake of the speech — Charles Murray,…

Holding guests accountable for their past statements proved too much for the Sunday shows, which went 0-for-3 for the Watchdog. On CBS\’ Face The Nation, Sen. Lindsey Graham was not asked to explain his 2007 observation of the Iraqi government: \”If they can’t do it by the end of the year, how do you justify…