politico.com - 11/25/2008
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Many Washington Republicans and Democrats agree on one maxim for President-elect Barack Obama: This is no time to look back at the past administration s rocky record on executive power and the rule of law. Republicans caution against protracted, partisan investigations. Democrats urge Obama to ...
crooksandliars.com - 11/23/2008
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crooksandliars.com —
Melber did a nice job yesterday on MSNBC
of helping the hapless souls of the mainstream media...
understand what those dirty frigging hippies of the netroots are bringing to the national discourse -- and sticking up for the anonymous wankers who want to ...
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Ari Melber speaks up for liberal bloggers
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When The Political Is Personal
Open Left - Front Page —
... They became corrupt and eventually no longer stood for anything except, maybe, 'you and me against the world.' That's great for a family or similar, but is it an attitude we want to encourage in our elected representatives? ...
The Price of Accountability
Interesting Times —
Ari Melber : The bipartisan immunity lobby, however, insists that route could divide the country. The image of government officials going to jail, they say, is simply unthinkable. It is a remarkably unserious argument — as if our laws and Constitution are a distant second to the imagined trauma of watching politicos go to jail like any other lawbreaker. It is especially odd now, coming after several politicians have been prosecuted, defeated and imprisoned on corruption charges. I agree with this, but I expect/hope that Ari knows that the "people don't want to see government ...
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President-elect Barack Obama holds the second of two news conferences in as many days, starting at noon EST.
Obama, who will be speaking in Chicago, plans to introduce more members of his economic team, including Peter Orszag as his choice for ...
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