Former special assistant to President Bush on faith-based issues, David Kuo, writes in a new book that Karl Rove’s office referred to evangelical leaders as “the nuts.” Kuo said, “National Christian leaders received hugs and smiles in person and then were dismissed behind their backs and described as ‘ridiculous,’ ‘out of control,’ and just plain ‘goofy.’”
On the Tonight Show, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA) said, “To link me to George Bush is like linking me to an Oscar.”
“The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly widened to a record $69.9 billion in August as energy prices rose and the shortfall with China reached an all-time high,” the Commerce Department said yesterday.
“The levels of violence over the last few weeks are as high as they have been,” according to Gen. George Casey, the senior American commander in Iraq. While he anticipates the violence will eventually go down, “it’s not going to be something that we’re going to get done quickly.”
“The Shiite-dominated parliament Wednesday passed a law allowing the formation of federal regions in Iraq, despite opposition from Sunni lawmakers and some Shiites who say it will dismember the country and fuel sectarian violence.”
The Bush administration is blaming the intelligence agency for its North Korea policy failures. Officials tell the Washington Times that classified assessments stated that “Pyongyang did not have nuclear arms and until recently was bluffing about plans for a test.” The analyses in question were produced by senior officials within the office of the Director of National Intelligence John D. Negroponte.
Few major cities are prepared for evacuations. Cities such as New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Diego, Miami, Philadelphia, Denver, Atlanta and Boston received failing grades in the report by the American Highway Users Alliance. The report measured “how well each city can evacuate its population before or after a major disaster.” Only Kansas City received an “A.”
A Washington Post photographer “who shot photos during a cross-country trip for a pro-Wal-Mart web site, broke the paper’s policy about freelancing and has been ordered to remove the photos.”
And finally: Sens. Trent Lott (R-MS) and Larry Craig (R-ID) are getting the band back together — the “Singing Senators” barbershop quartet, which has been silent for the past six years. “[Sen. Bob Bennett] wants to do it,” said Craig. “It’s [Sen. John Thune] who doesn’t know. He thinks it’s a little hokey. He asked if senators do this sort of thing.”
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