corner.nationalreview.com - 6/4/2009
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Obama studiously avoids the word democracy. Instead, he declared, "That does not lessen my commitment, however, to governments that reflect the will of the people." Dictators of the world, relax: Stage a spontaneous demonstration to demonstrate popular adulation; don't worrt about those pesky ...
blogs.tnr.com - 6/4/2009
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blogs.tnr.com —
Michael Rubin : Obama abandons Democracy Obama studiously
avoids the word democracy. Instead, he declared, "That does...
not lessen my commitment, however, to governments that reflect the will of the people." Dictators of the ...
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A Sad Commentary
talkleft.com - 6/5/2009
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talkleft.com —
Glenn Greenwald writes : Earlier this week, I
noted that the Senate had passed -- with Obama's...
support -- a pernicious amendment to the spending supplemental bill, jointly sponsored by Sens. Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman, that empowers Obama and ...
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Obama Abandons Transparency
politico.com - 6/1/2009
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politico.com —
Among the trickiest parts of Obama's Cairo speech
will be pushing democracy in an undemocratic country, but...
he told the BBC's Justin Webb that he'd do that, or something like it, in an interview today: OBAMA: The message I hope to deliver is that democracy, rule of law, freedom of speech, ...
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Democracy agenda?
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Jon Chait juxtaposes:
[NRO's] Michael Rubin:
Obama abandons Democracy
Obama studiously avoids the word democracy. Instead, he declared, "That does not lessen my commitment, however, to governments that reflect the will of the people." Dictators of the world, relax: Stage a spontaneous demonstration to demonstrate popular adulation; don't worrt about those pesky votes.
Barack Obama:
The fourth issue that I ...
Obama’s Muslim Speech In Cairo
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Blogometer —
... complained that the speech was "disappointingly weak on human rights and specifically women's rights." What else is happening in the blogosphere? OBAMA SPEECH: All Apologies Most conservative bloggers are blasting Obama's speech: Conservative bloggers were particularly critical of Obama's remarks about the Israel-Palestine conflict: Meanwhile, NRO's Michael Rubin complains that Obama "studiously avoid[ed] the word democracy" and ...
Democracy and details
Political Animal —
... flagged this item from the National Review 's Michael Rubin, who wrote an hour after the speech was over that the president had "abandoned" democracy. "Obama studiously avoids the word democracy," Rubin wrote. "Instead, he declared, 'That does not lessen my commitment, however, to governments that reflect the will of the people.' Dictators of the world, relax: Stage a spontaneous demonstration to demonstrate popular adulation; don't worrt [ sic ] about those pesky votes." In our reality, Obama ...
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