A new group financed by a Texas billionaire and organized by some of the same political operatives and donors behind the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth...
Larry Gellman | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics
In just a few years Pickens has moved from being a totally partisan political animal to a man who is looking for the partial truth in the disparate views of a variety of people.
AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 08.17.2008 | Politics
RENO, Nev. — Democrat Barack Obama met Sunday with Texas oil baron and longtime conservative activist T. Boone Pickens to discuss strategies for...
Sandy Goodman | Posted 08.06.2008 | Home
If you think you can trust Pickens, remember he contributed $3 million to the Swift Boat Veterans For Truth that buried John Kerry's 2004 presidential candidacy in a cesspool of lies.
Washington Post | Mary Ann Akers | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics
Just as they sought to destroy John Kerry in 2004, the founders of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth group are aiming their guns at this season's pres...
Eric Boehlert | Posted 07.03.2008 | Media
Is the Times actually suggesting that the media did their due diligence during the dog days of August 2004 and quickly highlighted the holes in the Swift Boat allegations?
USA Today | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics
Republican John McCain, who four years ago condemned independent ads challenging Democrat John Kerry's military record, has accepted nearly $70,000 fo...
Think Progress | Posted 06.03.2008 | Living
On Sunday, the Washington Post reported that the National Abstinence Education Association (NAEA) is launching a $1 million "Parents for Truth" campai...
Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics
The Arizona senator is about to be swiftboated by the same group that attempted to blow away John Kerry's candidacy by launching a kamikaze attack against his military record.
Dave Johnson and James Boyce | Posted 02.19.2008 | Politics
The people working for Freedom's Watch are not tireless grassroots advocates, they are paid professionals.
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 02.14.2008 | Politics
The swiftboating of John Kerry was an insult to every veteran who earned a medal while risking his life in Vietnam. But John McCain was too busy hugging George W. Bush to make an issue out of it.
Larry C. Johnson | Posted 11.21.2007 | Politics
While posing above the fray, but executing Rove's strategy and exploiting Novak's innuendo, Obama has embraced the audacity of hype.
Tina Fey graces the cover of the January issue of Vanity Fair, and in an...
UPDATE 12/2: Marc Ambinder is reporting that Jeb Bush is considering a run for the Senate to...
President Bush let it all out today during an interview with ABC News' Charlie...
this just in: Governor Palin Neglects Alaska Duties for Partisan Stumping on...
The following is Part I of Sean Penn's piece, Mountain of Snakes (Read Part II here) The
Pardon the metaphor, but Obama is trying to put lipstick on the pig that is US...
After a 12-day hiatus, Sarah Palin stepped back into the spotlight on Monday to...
President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden met in Philadelphia...
Last night, CNN's Campbell Brown criticized President-elect...
DALLAS — Of all the cajoling, snide remarks and...
Now that Americans have footed the bill for more than a...
CHICAGO — Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes...
Dear President-elect and Mrs. Obama: I know that the greening of the White House...
Washington Post | Matthew Mosk and Chris Cillizza | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics