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americablog.com - 12/2/2008
Bush: Mistakes, I've made a few, but I feel bad the everyone got so mean
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Your president opened up a bit to ABC yesterday -- and kinda, sorta acknowledged mistakes in his administration. Actually, the whole administration was a mistake. But, his regret about "the tone in Washington" getting worse is almost funny. Bush and his political minions, led by Karl Rove, were ...
MISTAKES WERE MADE.
prospect.org - 12/2/2008
MISTAKES WERE MADE.
— prospect.org — I've spent part of the day reading about super senior tranches and synthetic bonds and all the... rest, and on some level, I think we're making this too complicated. The other day, Robert Rubin was asked if he's made mistakes. "I honestly don't know," ... (more) MISTAKES WERE MADE.
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attackerman.firedoglake.com - 12/8/2008
Won’t Make The Same Mistakes He Did
— attackerman.firedoglake.com — Noah Shachtman at Danger Room notices an ominous development. The Taliban appear to be relaxing their severest... doctrinal demands in order to increase their cohesive capability among the Afghan insurgency. Noah remarks: If true, this would give a ... (more) Won’t Make The Same Mistakes He Did

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WTF Is It Now?!?:  Changing the tone in Washington

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Changing the tone in Washington
WTF Is It Now?!? — ... As Joe at AmericaBlog says, this is "almost funny. Bush and his political minions, led by Karl Rove, were on a crusade of destruction and divisiveness. They reveled in making the tone worse and a lot uglier." ...

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