firedoglake.com - 1/14/2009
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You might have seen that Bush's final Gallup approval rating was 34%, the lowest since Carter. But...
In one sense, Bush's final rating is worse than either Carter's or Truman's, because his disapproval score is significantly higher. Whereas Bush and Carter share identical 34% final job ...
A Tough Call
balloon-juice.com 1/4/2009 — Via memeorandum , this :
RESIDENTS of a model housing estate bankrolled by Hollywood celebrities and hand-built by Jimmy Carter, the former US president, are complaining that it is falling apart.
Fairway Oaks was built on northern Florida ...
Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah
iowahawk.typepad.com 11/20/2008 — The Summer Camp Letters of U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson CAMP WAPSIPINOCONOMOWAC WISCONSIN "Where Boys Learn the Ways of Nature" June 8, 1956 Dear Mom and Dad, How are you? I am fine. I am having fun at camp. Today we swam. I ...
Everybody Hates Republicans
eschatonblog.com 11/20/2008 — As they should. PRINCETON, NJ -- The Republican Party's image has gone from bad to worse over the past month, as only 34% of Americans in a Nov. 13-16 Gallup Poll say they have a favorable view of the party, down from 40% in mid-October. The 61% ...
Obama = Carter?
theanchoressonline.com 1/25/2009 — While out and about, driving and listening to the news, one thing did occur to me…
I think absolutely everything President Obama has so far done or declared is pretty much exactly what Jimmy Carter would have done or declared.
Just saying. ...
Bush Presidency Closes With 34% Approval, 61% Disapproval
gallup.com 1/14/2009 — PRINCETON, NJ -- A new USA Today /Gallup poll, conducted Jan. 9-11, finds 34% of Americans approving of the overall job George W. Bush is doing as president and 61% disapproving. Those ratings are a shade better than what Bush has received for most of ...
The Case Against Ken Blackwell
skepticians.com 1/7/2009 — Vowing to lead a conservative resurgence and political realignment like none before, landslide loser Ken Blackwell is among the top contenders vying for the Chairmanship of the Republican National Committee. For whatever reason – political celebrity ...
Carter on Gaza
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 1/8/2009 —
I thought I should recommend Jimmy Carter’s op-ed on Gaza . But of course as everyone knows Carter is a raging, Jew-hating, Israel-bashing bigot. And ultimately this illustrates what I think is the inconvenient truth about US involvement in ...
Are We Doing the Bidding of Conservatives?
ourfuture.org 2/3/2009 — Before the election, my colleague Rick Perlstein counseled the next president to embrace a big and bold liberal agenda immediately after entering office , in the mold of Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson, or else the opportunity for ...
The Story of Barack Obama
thenextright.com 1/21/2009 — Today, Barack Obama became the 44th President on the back of an incredibly powerful story. Some of these storylines are true and unassailable: the historicity of the first African American President. Others are the work of an incredibly skilled ...
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