http://www.wonkette.com/ Politics for People with Dirty Minds http://www.wonkette.com/archives/terms-of-use-013564.php en-us 2006-03-08T12:45:36-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.wonkette.com/politics/domestic-wiretapping-scandal/whats-good-for-the-wiretapped-goose-is-apparently-not-good-for-the-wiretapped-gander-159179.php As you know, yesterday, the Senate Intelligence Committee voted along party lines to reject a motion by Senator Rockefeller to hold hearings on President Bush's warrantless domestic wiretapping program. Elsewhere, the wheels are turning in the halls of Congress to... 159179@http://www.wonkette.com/ domestic wiretapping scandal 2006-03-08T12:45:36-05:00 http://www.wonkette.com/politics/dick-cheney/dick-cheney-does-actual-work-144558.php As many of you know, Vice President Dick Cheney cut short his international hobnob to be in town to cast the tie-breaking vote on the so-called deficit reduction bill. Supporters of the bill are glad that Cheney made himself available... 144558@http://www.wonkette.com/ dick cheney 2005-12-21T13:36:43-05:00 http://www.wonkette.com/politics/michael-steele/unjust-desserts-139060.php One of the season's favorite GOP talking points concerns a 2002 incident where Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, who is black and Republican, had Oreos thrown at him by detractors, who were hateful and presumably Democratic. It's been bandied in... 139060@http://www.wonkette.com/ michael steele 2005-11-23T08:55:23-05:00 http://www.wonkette.com/politics/us-senate/senate-outlaws-inhuman-confinement-spontaneously-combusts-129521.php On to some belated acknowledgment of happier news. Last night, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved the McCain-Graham amendment to the military spending bill prohibiting "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment" of military detainees. The wracking sobs of Alberto Gonzales... 129521@http://www.wonkette.com/ u.s. senate 2005-10-06T11:56:16-05:00