former head the DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel . His right wing credentials were impeccable. He was a John Yoo friend. But he questioned David Addington's legal conclusions, Darth Cheney's current Chief of Staff, and he only lasted 9 months at the DOJ as a result.

It is truly scary the picture that's painted. Apparently Addington, once peeved by the FISA court said:

"We're one bomb away from getting rid of that obnoxious [FISA] court," Goldsmith recalls Addington telling him in February 2004.

Their goal all along was to "get rid of the obnoxious FISA court" entirely, so that they could freely eavesdrop on whomever they wanted with no warrants or oversight of any kind. And here is Dick Cheney's top aide, drooling with anticipation at the prospect of another terrorist attack so that they could seize this power without challenge.

bush43...dictatorship with feeling.

Mitt Romney expresses his love of 'tube steaks' . While the YouTube of this proves he said it, I think Wonkette twists it slightly to work with the current crop of republican leaders.

...for having the audacity to enforce the "laws on the books." To be fair, he tells the Mexican citizenry in Mexico that they need to create jobs there to keep their economy up. However, here are a few excerpts he has for the U.S.:

“In the name of the government of Mexico, I again issue an energetic protest against the unilateral measures taken by the Congress and the United States government that exacerbate the persecution and the vexing treatment against undocumented Mexican workers,” Mr. Calderón said in his annual formal address to the nation.

“The insensitivity shown toward those who have contributed to the economy and the United States society has been an inducement to redouble the struggle to recognize the enormous contribution to the economy of both countries and to defend their rights.”

Once you get past the rhetoric, the key point is "don't start enforcing your laws, because it violates human rights."

In his speech, Mr. Calderón, who has acknowledged that he has relatives who migrated to the United States, suggested that the deportation of undocumented immigrants bordered on a violation of human rights, and he vowed to help illegal migrants.

“I have said that Mexico does not stop at its border, that wherever there is a Mexican, there is Mexico,” he said. “And, for this reason, the government action on behalf of our countrymen is guided by principles, for the defense and protection of their rights.”

The whole Mexican=Mexico thing is only somewhat upsetting to me, because (as I mentioned before, the issue hasn't directly affected me quite yet). Plus, I think our country is still sane enough to just ignore him and let him throw red meat to his base. At least I think people won't take him seriously. However, I know Conservative Talk Radio will have a Field Day with this for a couple news cycles.

Others have noticed and Wikipedia has acknowledged the inherent bias that is possible on their site:

Wikipedia confesses to a certain bias

We all know that Republican leadership threw Larry Craig under the bus, many even before Craig held his press conference.

Well, it looks like Larry may throw a wrench into the GOP's leadership efforts to get him out of the way, ASAP:

AP: Craig reconsiders decision to resign

BOISE, Idaho - Sen. Larry Craig is reconsidering his decision to resign after his arrest in a Minnesota airport sex sting and may still fight for his Senate seat, his spokesman said Tuesday evening.

"It's not such a foregone conclusion anymore, that the only thing he could do was resign," Sidney Smith, Craig's spokesman in Idaho's capital, told The Associated Press.

Poor Mitch McConnell. Not only can he not keep his caucus in line, even the guy he hung out to dry is coming back from the dead to haunt him.