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What Whitehouse.Gov Says About Clinton, Bush
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
... W's bio says "On the morning of September 11, 2001, terrorists attacked
our Nation. President Bush took unprecedented steps to protect our
homeland and create a world free from terror. " and also: "President
Bush worked with the Congress to create an ownership society and build
a future of security, prosperity, and opportunity for all Americans. He
signed into law tax relief that helped workers keep more of their
hard-earned money, as well as the most comprehensive education reforms
in a generation, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. This legislation
ushered in a ...
EXTREMELY Gracious
Hoffmania! —
... Man, whoever wrote this deserves either a Nobel Prize for Literature or free dental work to fix the teeth-gnashing they had to be doing while composing it. ...
Daily Digest: First Peeks Inside the New White House (Website)
techPresident —
... . To play downer for a moment, the new White House site doesn't yet have the interactive bells and whistle that made Change.gov exciting (though the 42nd past presidents are given the Barack Obama treatment, spiffed up with polished graphic design and a giant "43" or the like superimposed on their portraits like a basketball uniform number). But Phillips's post on what the Obama Administration will do online (public pools reports, online legislation) reads a lot like what candidate Obama did so often in the campaign -- raising expectations with a Babe Ruthian point ...
Lost in Translation: Susan Roesgen's — and the Mainstream Media's — (Entirely Self-Serving) Messages Spelled Out
¡No Pasarán! —
At first, I decided that Susan Roesgen's CNN report from a tea party was so atrocious, there was little to add to the various bloggers' posts (thanks to Larwyn)… Still — if need be — I feel the need to spell out exactly what her message (or the underlying one, rather) — and the mainstream media's — was/is during her confrontation with a none-too-happy tea-bagger, if only to get our liberal friends to take a closer look at the MSM's attitude, the one that makes people like Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter — justifiably (!) — angry… Take a look at her faux-tolerant view trying hard to hide a smirk (memories of AL ...
Along with (faint) apology for WWII come Obama's stirring words to D-Day veterans: "You could have hid in the hedgerows or waited behind the seawall"
¡No Pasarán! —
... , in which the Canadian PM not only spoke of the "iron will of those troops, the careful planning of their commanders, and the unwavering support of their fellow citizens back home" (as well as Europe's other dicatorship, "the tyranny of communism"), but also (nudge, nudge) of the "triumph of good over evil": ...
No More Mister Nice Blog — THINK THE BIRTHERS BELIEVE ANY DEMOCRATS ARE NATURAL-BORN AMERICANS? You've probably seen the latest birther story from David Weigel of the Washington Independent: Public Policy Polling dips into Arkansas ... and finds that only 45 percent of Arkansans are confident of the president's citizenship.... As has been the case in other states, "birtherism" in Arkansas is largely a problem for white voters and conservative Republicans. Whites only believe that Obama was born in America by a seven-point margin, 41-34.... Fewer than one-quarter of Republicans are sure that Obama was born in America; 49 ...
Sotomayor's first words in first Supreme Court argument
Top of the Ticket —
The case involved Hillary Clinton (the movie), the future of campaign finance reform and the sanctity of the 1st Amendment guarantee of free speech. Just the usual fodder for a Supreme Court tasked with being the last appeal for all causes, from all corners.
There were a few firsts.
Elena Kagan made her first argument at the high court as solicitor general, presenting the government's case that the movie was a campaign ad and therefore subject to regulation by the nation's campaign finance laws.
She was facing off against a former solicitor general, Theodore Olson, who was ...
Republican Rep. Joe Wilson's heckling of Obama sparks fundraising flood to his Democratic opponent
Top of the Ticket —
In eight years of George W. Bush's presidency -- despite huge differences on wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and contentious debates over torture policy, No Child Left Behind and immigration reform -- no elected official ever heckled the president of the United States when he addressed a joint session of Congress.
But last night, as President Obama was making the case for his healthcare reform initiative, 62-year-old South Carolina Republican Rep. Joe Wilson called the president a liar. To his face.
It happened when Obama was rebutting the myths about healthcare reform, including the ...
Analysis: House admonishes Wilson for remark
Wolfe Reports —
... Internally speaking, Pelosi had to act. House Democrats watched for eight years while they saw Republicans hold the line for President George W. Bush. If the Dems didn’t do something that is ultimately a pretty petty thing, it would seem like they were weak. And, this is Washington politics — it’s like the African plains. The weak get eaten by the lions. Also, it was a way of telling Obama that the House has his back. Internal politics, it can be a bastard. ...
Yes, college is that important
Wolfe Reports —
Early Thursday morning, Sen. Kevin Bryant put up a post (referring from padded-cell winner Michelle Malkin) citing an English lord making remarks to the effect of President Barack Obama ceding American sovereignty. One would have thought this sort of silliness would have been shut down in the ’50s, or when the John Birch Society was at its height of yelling at clouds.
Why is this something that people, elected officials, are concerned about enough to post? There are enough real issues for conservatives to nail the Obama administration with. You can call your shot, ...
