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lefarkins.blogspot.com - 1/18/2009
Lisa, I want to buy your rock
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Homer: Not a bear in sight. The Bear Patrol must be working like a charm. Lisa: That’s specious reasoning, Dad. Homer: Thank you, dear. Lisa: By your logic I could claim that this rock keeps tigers away. Homer: Oh, how does it work? Lisa: It doesn’t work. Homer: Uh-huh. Lisa: It’s just a stupid ...
powerlineblog.com - 1/20/2009
President Bush: An Assessment
— powerlineblog.com — President Bush leaves office mostly unloved, with some poll respondents saying that they consider him one of... our worst presidents ever. This in itself is odd. Generally, our worst Presidents have been one-termers, for obvious reasons: James Buchanan, ... (more) President Bush: An Assessment

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whitehouse.gov - 1/20/2009
Iraq
— whitehouse.gov — IRAQ President Obama and Vice President Biden will responsibly end the war in Iraq so that we... can renew our military strength, dedicate more resources to the fight against the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan, and invest in our economy at home. The ... (more) Iraq

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weeklystandard.com - 1/20/2009
Inheriting Victory in Iraq
— weeklystandard.com — William McGurn writes in today's Journal : In a few hours, George W. Bush will walk out... of the Oval Office for the last time as president. As he leaves, he carries with him the near-universal opprobrium of the permanent class that inhabits our ... (more) Inheriting Victory in Iraq

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The Sideshow — ... It is probably unnecessary by now to point out that Peter Beinart is a jerk and that his argument that the surge worked is specious (unless by "worked" he meant "muddied the discourse some more and created more excuses for delay in getting out), but I'm glad Paul Campos did it anyway: "Even more objectionable is Beinart's insistence that President Bush showed great courage by ordering the surge. Do we really need any lectures from conspicuously non-combatant warmongering pundits of military age on the meaning of that word?" ...

Surgin' Into DC With Peter Beinart
Newshoggers.com — ... By Cernig Very Serious Person and Iraq flip-flopper (he was for it before he was against it before he was for it again) Peter Beinart writes that Democrats need to admit Bush was correct on the Surge. He "has been vindicated. He was not only right; he was courageous. It's time for Democrats to say so." 'Zat so?  This is absurd. First, it's far from clear what role, if any, a 15% increase in total U.S. troop deplooyment in Iraq has played in the country's journey from something close to all-out civil war two ...

Peter Beinart: Still Wrong!
Oliver Willis — ... One of the top DC insider “liberals” in favor of the Iraq War still gets everything wrong! If Democrats listened to “liberals” like Peter Beinart, we would be discussing John McCain’s inauguration right now. ...

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Crooks and Liars — ... have been saying...Arab Media Wars...Stop Thomas Friedman before he types again...Worst Arts Coverage Anywhere...FOX says Bush 'inherited' 9/11...NPR's moment of Orwell...Village idiots...25 most influential media 'liberals'...FOX prepares for change...Israel recruits 'army of bloggers'...Missionary of Crapitalism...Kurtz Attacks!...America's leading Twerpo-Imperialist pundit...Still in print, still spectacularly wrong...Coverage of economy repeats Iraq mistakes...Controlling ...

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Iraq looks good compared to the Korea that Harry Truman left behind.