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crooksandliars.com - 12/30/2008
Meet the Press: Rich Lowry Sez Bush Agenda Hurt By Bush Derangement Syndrome
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Download | Play    Download | Play (h/t Heather) I'm so sick of the false equivalencies and lack of context of the conservative commentators and pundits out there, who get opportunity time and time again to spin their failures as somehow the fault of Democrats. On Meet the Press, ...
Serial Killers vs Bush
welcomebacktopottersville.blogspot.com - 12/28/2008
Serial Killers vs Bush
— welcomebacktopottersville.blogspot.com — Update : the answers are below. Bet you were stumped at some point, eh? “I will in... all probability be convicted, but I will not go away as a monster, but as a tragedy.” – Joel Rifkin Below are actual quotes from serial killers, along with some ... (more) Serial Killers vs Bush

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Katrina and Bush
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/1/2009
Katrina and Bush
— 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 ... (more) Katrina and Bush

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Hullabaloo
digbysblog.blogspot.com - 12/26/2008
Hullabaloo
— digbysblog.blogspot.com — Thursday, December 25, 2008 Error Message by digby In case anyone's wondering why Bush retracted the pardon... of his contributor's son , it's not because he had an attack of conscience or even because it looks bad politically to pardon a mortgage ... (more) Hullabaloo

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Paths of glory
The Sideshow — ... Nicole Belle had a bit of a rant after Rich Lowry, on Meet the Press, tried to blame Bush's failures on the "Bush Derangement Syndrome" of, well, everyone who disagreed with Bush, which he seems to think was merely inspired by a partisan desire for revenge or something. Note to Lowry: Republicans refused to acknowledge the legitimacy of Clinton's presidency because he was only elected with a plurality of the vote and not an actual majority; Democrats rejected the legitimacy of Bush's presidency because he wasn't elected at all. There's a bit of a difference, ...

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