openleft.com - 1/5/2009
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The conventional wisdom is that Bush and Cheney will slip into the night on January 20th, facing no further serious consequence for their actions. After all, it will eat up too much political capital, be too divisive, and piss off too many villagers to do anything else. Well, ...
newsweek.com - 1/11/2009
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newsweek.com —
Dick Cheney , who will step down as
vice president on Jan. 20, has been widely portrayed...
as a creature of the dark side, a monstrous figure who trampled on the Constitution to wage war against all foes, real and imagined. Barack Obama was elected ...
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Obama's Cheney Dilemma | Newsweek Politics
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/1/2009
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krugman.blogs.nytimes.com —
Presidential Not presidential So everyone is talking about
the Vanity Fair article in which Bush aides say...
that Katrina is what did him in. I don't think that's entirely true, but what I'd like to focus on is why Katrina was such a problem for ...
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Katrina and Bush
time.com - 1/1/2009
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time.com —
"We will reopen Pennsylvania Avenue in front of
the White House." --THE 2000 REPUBLICAN PLATFORM But they...
never did. eight years later, the barricades remain. It was a phony issue, of course--just another stick with which to beat Bill Clinton, who ...
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Eight Years Later
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Digest for December 11th through January 5th
The Republic of T. —
Here are some of the people writing about some of the stuff I wish I had time to write about, for December 11th through January 5th:
Torture and the Crime of Aggressive War -
Analysis: Bush’s personality shapes his legacy -
It’s Not Too Late: Demand Obama Investigate Bush’s War Crimes -
Don’t Let Them Get Away With It -
Ex-Iraq PM: Bush policies a ‘failure’ -
Talking While Brown: A Look at Racism in U.S. Airports -
The Problem with ...
Ari Melber: Torture Prosecutor Tops 70,000 Questions for Obama on Change.Gov
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... over the past week, in response to the Obama transition team's call for citizen queries to the President-Elect. After votes from about 100,000 people, the top ranked question asks Obama whether he will appoint a special prosecutor to investigate allegations of torture and illegal surveillance by the U.S. government.
I've been working with activist Bob Fertik to organize support for the question, and several progressive bloggers urged readers and Obama supporters to vote for it last week. Digby, who has written extensively ...
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tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/17/2008 —
Let me begin by thanking TPMCafe for inviting me to discuss Angler and by thanking Bart Gellman for reaching out to me following the publication of his book.
As Bart notes , the other participants in this discussion have reviewed Angler ; I ...
Scribner to publish Laura Bush’s memoir —
msnbc.com: Politics 1/5/2009
The first lady is finally telling her side of the story. Laura Bush's memoir, which is expected to be published in 2010, will provide an intimate account of her eight years in the White House, revealing her recollections of personal and historical ...
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John D. McKinnon reports on the White House.
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