Tag: Bush
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Gate Gate
The Bush Administration’s efforts to prevent Senator Obama from giving a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate strike me as rather scandalous and worthy of more press coverage here in the States. Cross-posted from Facebook. Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
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liebermanMustGo.com
Lieberman Must Go! Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
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Gore Vidal, unbowed
Gore Vidal: Literary feuds, his ‘vicious’ mother and rumours of a secret love child He slept with Kerouac, hung out with Jackie O and feuded with Mailer. He’s the last surviving giant of American literature’s golden age. So why is Gore Vidal still so sensitive about his reputation? Interview by Robert Chalmers, Sunday, 25 May…
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Webb
“Black America and Scots-Irish America are like tortured siblings. They both have long history and they both missed the boat when it came to the larger benefits that a lot of other people were able to receive. There’s a saying in the Appalachian mountains that they say to one another, and it’s, ‘if you’re poor…
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in politics . . .
Elections New York Daily News DC meeting could bring compromise on Michigan, Florida delegates New York Daily News – 1 hour ago Busloads of Hillary Clinton supporters will swarm a meeting next week at a DC Marriott, where Democratic Party elders hope to forge a compromise over Florida and Michigan’s now-voided convention delegates. Video: Victory…
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Obama takes on McCain/Bush
Obama Hits Back: Debate With McCain And Bush Over Foreign Policy Is One “I Will Win” By Greg Sargent, May 16, 2008 In remarks in South Dakota just now, Barack Obama hit back hard at George Bush’s and John McCain’s foreign policy attacks yesterday, stating flatly that a debate with the two Republicans over foreign…
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Meanwhile, . . .
Dan Froomkin’s “White House Watch” in the Washington Post has always been a must read for me. Today’s piece show one of the reasons why: Five Years After ‘Mission Accomplished’ Much has happened in the five years since President Bush flew aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in “Top Gun” style, stood under a…
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All around failure
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Defending the Constitution
I have a conflict: I am in the ACLU family and subscribe to its ideals. It is in that spirit that I offer this. Our generation countenanced the illegal imprisonment of hundreds of people on the Cuban island known as Guantanamo Bay. I know some will blame terrible reign of George W. Bush and his…