Alan Colmes
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani who, it is rumored, may be seeking the Senate seat now held by Kirsten Gillibrand, had no problem with our criminal justice system when it prosecuted Zacharias Moussouai in a trial where the one-time presidential candidate was called as a witness. During that 2006 trial Rudy sang a very different tune, as Chris Wallace reminds…
Fred Thompson says the Afghanistan war has been lost, and nothing President Obama does will make a difference because he doesn’t have the will to win it. He also accuses the president of emboldening our enemies.
“It really doesn’t matter how President Obama divides the Afghan baby, how he splits the difference between McChrystal and Biden. Because the war has been…
A Lithuanian official and a former CIA official have told ABC News about a concrete structure built by the US where up to eight detainees at a time could be harshly interrogated.
“The activities in that prison were illegal,” said human rights researcher John Sifton. “They included various forms of torture, including sleep deprivation, forced standing, painful stress positions.”
As Laffy properly notes,…
• Are new guidelines for mammograms tantamount to health-care rationing? Or are they simply an effective way to control costs? Dr. Dennis Gottfried, author of Too Much Medicine, shares his prescription for better and more affordable care.
• The Politics of Fear? As Sarah Palin’s book hits store shelves, Alan responds to claims that liberals are afraid of the former governor.
• Washington Times Editor…
According to Washington Times Editor Emeritus Wes Pruden you can’t blame President Obama for not understanding America because his father was Kenyan and his mother “was attracted to men of third world (h/t Think Progress). Pruden believes that Obama “on the loose in a foreign land is enough to frighten protocol officers and embarrass the rest of us.” And Pruden doesn’t…
• AfterDowningStreet.org co-founder David Swanson says that if Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is prosecuted, his interrogators should be prosecuted as well. Swanson defends his controversial demand.
• Tennis legend Andre Agassi tells Alan why he decided to reveal his life’s darkest moments in his new book, Open: An Autobiography.
• Alan considers the strange standards that some pundits have when evaluating presidential leadership.
Isn’t it the Republicans who tell us they love the troops more than us anti-American liberals? But it’s GOP Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn, also a physician, who is obstructing a health care plan for veterans. The legislation, which has bi-partisan approval (with the exception of Coburn), would provide long-term home health care for the wounded.
The urgently needed legislation consolidates more…
When President Obama bowed to the Saudi king he came under fire, and now he is experiencing the same disdain from the right for bowing to the Japan’s Emperor Akihito. Of course, it was lack of respect for other cultures that diminished America’s standing in the world during a previous administration.
Senator Joe Lieberman gave Sarah Palin support and encouragement during the 2008 presidential campaign, according to her new book (h/t The Plum Line).
She does single out some who during the campaign offered support and encouragement, specifically Sen. Joe Lieberman, a close friend of McCain. Prior to a key debate in which the prep advice was becoming overwhelming, Lieberman urged her…
