tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/12/2009
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has written to the Smithsonian raising questions about the caption that sits beneath its new portrait of George W. Bush. The current wording of the caption states that Bush's term was marked by "the attacks on September 11, 2001, that led to wars in Afghanistan and ...
jonswift.blogspot.com - 1/11/2009
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jonswift.blogspot.com —
As I recently predicted , in few months,
with the benefit of hindsight, historians will look back...
on the Bush presidency as an unalloyed success and consider President Bush to be one of our greatest presidents. Although the White House has sent ...
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President Bush's Legacy: One of Our Greatest Presidents
iraqthemodel.blogspot.com - 1/9/2009
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iraqthemodel.blogspot.com —
Iraq has started to reap the benefits of
the status of forces agreement with the United States....
The United Nations Security Council voted to set the ground for relieving Iraq from the restrictions of Chapter Seven of the UN Charter. In fact, the ...
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New Iraq Emerges from Tyranny and War
mudvillegazette.com - 1/9/2009
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mudvillegazette.com —
A view from two Iraqi brothers, a New
Iraq Emerges from Tyranny and War (Excerpt): The headlines...
for those cynics do not go beyond the throw of a shoe, whereas my headlines look into the future and speak of a new Iraq. My headlines speak of ...
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A New Iraq
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Stop The Whitewashing Now!
Talking Points Memo —
... Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) cries foul on the Smithsonian's captioned description of the new Bush portrait in the National Portrait Gallery: "the attacks on September 11, 2001, that led to wars in Afghanistan and Iraq." ...
senator sanders to smithsonian....
skippy the bush kangaroo —
... sen. sernie sanders (i-vt) has written to the smithsonian raising questions about the caption that sits beneath its new portrait of george w. bush. the current wording of the caption states that bush's term was marked by "the attacks on aeptember 11, 2001, that led to wars in afghanistan and iraq." sanders, bless his heart, points out that the 9/11 attacks -- all together, now -- had nothing to do with the iraq war. - tpm election central ...
Caption On President Bush's Portrait Linking 9/11 to Iraq to be Corrected
Politics Daily —
... Sanders wrote a letter to the gallery's director, Martin Sullivan. In the letter Sanders writes, "The notion... that 9/11 and Iraq were linked, or that one 'led to' the other, has been widely and authoritatively debunked ... Might I suggest that a reconsideration of the explanatory text next to the portrait of President Bush is in order[?]" ...
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