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Pennsylvania: a keystone to anti-Bush sentiment
Tweet Share on Facebook July 31, 2006 Comment (9)PHILADELPHIA--If there is a strong anti-Bush earthquake on election night this fall across the country, a major indicator is likely to be in Pennsylvania.
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Bush's two-sided world--you're with us or you're a terrorist
Tweet Share on Facebook July 26, 2006 CommentI'm glad that democracy is my choice of government. If not, I guess some would think I had to be a terrorist in the president's view.
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Great Republicans of yore wouldn't recognize their party
Tweet Share on Facebook July 24, 2006 CommentIn his speech to the NAACP last week, President Bush lamented that the Republican Party was out of sync with African-American voters. Little wonder about that, Mr. President.
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Bush's shameful veto
Tweet Share on Facebook July 20, 2006 CommentPresident Bush's veto of the stem cell research bill is more than a political loss for Republicans. It was a move of ignorance, selecting darkness over light and squashing the dreams of those with debilitating illnesses and their loved ones.
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Hey, global-warming doubters: Come to Alaska
Tweet Share on Facebook July 17, 2006 CommentSitka, Alaska—Among the spectacular beauty of the glacier fields in Alaska, it is a discomfort to think of the impact of global warming.
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McCain – a maverick or a mainstream Republican?
Tweet Share on Facebook July 13, 2006 Comment (16)Will the real John McCain stand up and be recognized?
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DeLay pulls off the perfect theft
Tweet Share on Facebook July 10, 2006 Comment (1)Tom DeLay, the departed Republican House leader, has to be given full credit for pulling off the perfect political theft. He knew what he was doing.
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Tolerance? I don't think so
Tweet Share on Facebook July 6, 2006 Comment (21)In honor of Independence Day week, I told friends that I should try to be more tolerant of others. Tolerance is in short supply in Washington these days. Intolerance and anger are more in vogue.
John W. Mashek covered politics in Washington for four decades with U.S. News & World Report, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and the Boston Globe. His primary beats were Congress, the White House, and national politics. He covered every presidential election from 1960 to 1996. He was a panelist in three televised presidential debates in 1984, 1988, and 1992.
