Posts tagged with 'Congressional'

TPMtv: Down-Ballot AdStravaganza!

POSTED BY BEN CRAW, MAY 28 2008 01:57 PM | PERMALINK

Down-Ballot AdStravaganza!

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: AdStravaganza fans, rejoice! If you liked our presidential AdStravaganzas then you'll love our down-ballot congressional campaign AdStravaganza. Many more candidates, much less quality!
TPMtv: So Long, Lurita

POSTED BY BEN CRAW, MAY 01 2008 12:32 PM | PERMALINK

So Long, Lurita

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: With the parade of stuttering, parsing and forgetting witnesses that the Bush administration has produced, it can be easy to take such performances for granted. But we'll never forget General Services Administration chief Lurita Doan. That's because when it came to testifying before Congress, Doan was something special.
TPMtv: TESTIFY!

POSTED BY BEN CRAW, NOVEMBER 22 2007 09:24 AM | PERMALINK

TESTIFY!

2007 has been a pretty big year for muck and scandal. And here at TPM we've brought you a lot of congressional testimony from some of the biggest bamboozlers, crooks and fibbers the Bush administration has to offer. So today in honor of Thanksgiving we're bringing you our ultimate mega-montage of all the lowest moments tidied up and whittled down to a compact five minutes of pure concentrated bamboozlement.
- TPMtv: Muck-O-Rama Contest Preview
TPMtv: Muck-O-Rama Contest 2007!

POSTED BY BEN CRAW, NOVEMBER 21 2007 09:36 AM | PERMALINK

TPMtv: Muck-O-Rama Contest 2007!

We're coming up to the end of the year. And here at TPM we're going to see off 2007 with a contest to recognize things like the biggest bamboozle of 2007. Biggest fib. Most abject loss of dignity in testimony before Congress. We're looking for your help on a couple fronts. What should the categories be? And most of all we need your nominations for winners. For more details and how you can participate, check out today's Holiday Muck-O-Rama episode of TPMtv.
China upset at America hosting the Dalai Lama

POSTED BY KRISTIN LINDER, OCTOBER 16 2007 12:09 PM | PERMALINK

Putin's visit to Iran isn't the only diplomatic move causing an uproar. The Dalai Lama has a meeting with Bush today, marking the first time a sitting U.S. president will speak to the Dalai Lama in public. Bush will be awarding the Dalai Lama the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian award. Needless to say - China isn't happy.

Chinese officials in Tibet expressed fury at the announcement of the Congressional award.

Tibet's Communist Party Secretary of Tibet, Zhang Qingli, lambasted the...