latimes.com - 12/10/2008
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When Richard Nixon, a politician who hated and feared the media, decided to spurn the networks and the newsmen and give his first comprehensive, post-resignation interviews to a lightweight talk-show host, the country got something unexpected from the disgraced president and his dilettante ...
mtv.com - 12/7/2008
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mtv.com —
The new movie "Frost/Nixon" offers us the pleasure,
more common in the theater, of watching two excellent...
actors simply being, well, excellent. The film is mostly talk, but it's sharp, punchy talk, and the picture is sometimes thrilling to watch. ...
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'Frost/Nixon': Showdown, By Kurt Loder - Movie News ...
pajamasmedia.com - 12/7/2008
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Nixon/Frost/Bush
The Mahablog —
... I haven’t seen the new Nixon/Frost film. I do dimly remember the original Richard Nixon-David Frost interviews, and I think Ezra (who is way too young to have been there) overstates their impact on the nation. (I also don’t think “lightweight talk-show host” is an accurate description of David Frost’s place in media at the time. As I remember, he filled about the same niche that Barbara Walters lives in now. But that’s not an important point.) ...
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Political Animal —
... on how to improve the transition team's website.) * I enjoyed Ezra Klein's piece today connecting "Frost/Nixon" to the nation's need for closure after Bush's eight years in office. * Name that quote: ...
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Frost/Nixon
dailykos.com 1/5/2009 — Frost: Are you really saying the President can do something illegal? Nixon: I'm saying that when the President does it, that means it's not illegal! Frost: ...I'm sorry? To try to put yourself in the environment of Frost/Nixon , imagine it's ...
Frost/Nixon
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 1/4/2009 —
It seems to me that I’m a Peter Morgan fan. I liked The Last King of Scotland , I liked The Queen , and I enjoyed Frost/Nixon a great deal. But per Kevin Drum and Becks it’s important for people to understand that this film is terrible ...
Frost/Nixon - Official Website - In Select Theaters December 5th
frostnixon.net 11/25/2008 — The Frost/Nixon Movie Trailer - Videos, Video Clips & Scenes From The Film Watch the Frost/Nixon movie trailer here to get a preview of what you can expect when the movie launches in theaters on December 5th. You can also read the Frost/Nixon film ...
Bush is less popular than Nixon in final days
politico.com 11/10/2008 — With 71 days left in office, President Bush is less popular than President Nixon was at the time of his resignation, according to data released Monday by CNN and Opinion Research Corporation.
Bush = Nixon? Not So Fast, Says FNC’s Chris Wallace « FOX Forum
foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com 12/2/2008 — Last night’s special screening of new movie “Frost/Nixon” in Washington, D.C. was an early holiday gift to Beltway liberals, delivering glad tidings of anti-Nixonian feelgood vibes to the permanent Washington establishment, which has felt shut out of ...
Bush is less popular than Nixon in final days
(Politico)
news.yahoo.com 11/11/2008 — Politico - With 71 days left in office, President Bush is less popular than President Nixon was at the time of his resignation, according to data released Monday by CNN and Opinion Research Corporation.
Gallup: Bush Most Unpopular President Since Nixon
dailykos.com 1/15/2009 — Sure, the headline has the typical low bar for Bush: Bush Presidency Closes With 34% Approval, 61% Disapproval We're so used to it, it barely registers. But the numbers show a couple of things: Republicans are different than you and me and the ...
Nixon Also Tried to Get the Right Mix in His Cabinet
blogs.wsj.com 12/2/2008 — Brad Haynes reports on the latest batch of President Richard Nixon’s White House tapes.
As interest groups do what they can to influence President-elect Barack Obamas picks for a diverse cabinet, newly available archives ...
Bush defends presidency in final news conference - Los Angeles Times
latimes.com 1/12/2009 — Reporting from Washington -- By offering a wistful and introspective closing argument to the American people who elected him twice but then lost confidence in him, retiring President George W. Bush is attempting to write the first draft of his own ...
Bush prods U.N. on slow pace of Darfur action —
Reuters: Politics 12/10/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush, voicing frustration at the international response to the crisis in Darfur, urged the United Nations on Wednesday to speed up its efforts and warned Sudan's president he would be held accountable.
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