John "Pat" Philbin

This is the guy who was the Director of Public Affairs responsible for FEMA's fake news conference last week. The White House chastised him (LA Times); Michael Chertoff was furious. (Chicago Tribune) What's going to happen to Pat? Fired? Nope. In the tradition of the Bush administration, he's getting promoted. He's going to become the Director of... Read More
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Voting for War

How did we start a war against Iraq? While all the pieces of the story have been out there, no one seems to have put them together in a concise manner. Even the 2004 presidential election didn’t bring it out. You’d think John Kerry would have done this, but his campaign was so mismanaged that he got caught up in the drumbeat and wouldn’t tell the whole... Read More

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