dailykos.com - 12/10/2008
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Check out these excerpts from an article on the proposed bailout for the auto industry...and then shoot me. Democrats bent to the will of the president on several key demands, most notably in agreeing that the emergency funding would be drawn from an existing loan program aimed at promoting ...
huffingtonpost.com - 12/18/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush knows he's
unpopular. But here's what matters, he says: "I didn't...
compromise my soul to be a popular guy." In a wide-ranging interview with Fox News Channel, Bush also praised the national security team ...
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Bush: I Didn't Compromise My Soul To Be Popular
artofobama.com - 12/6/2008
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artofobama.com —
Speaking of strange art - here is a
nude Obama riding a unicorn…. It was created by...
Dan Lacey , who normally paints photos of people with pancakes on their heads: “The Barack Obama Victory Unicorn. I’ll be selling these to the crowd outside the Excel ...
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The Art of Obama
breitbart.com - 12/18/2008
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breitbart.com —
WASHINGTON (AP) - President George W. Bush knows
he's unpopular. But here's what matters, he says: "I...
didn't compromise my soul to be a popular guy." In a wide-ranging interview with Fox News Channel, Bush also praised the national security team ...
(more)
Bush says he didn't compromise soul to be popular
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Reasons For Skepticism
Open Left - Front Page —
... , my skepticism of the incoming Obama administration is not widely shared among other Democrats and progressives. However, if the word "Obama" is removed from the equation, and the term Democratic leadership" is substituted instead, then, keeping in mind all of the same caveats from the previous sentence, I think my skepticism is shared. As BarbinMD shows, the auto bailout deal is one reason why (more in the extended entry): ...
Auto Bailout Deal Collapses (For Now)
Open Left - Front Page —
... cars and provide three million middle class jobs get nothing? Surely, if we can spend $700 billion to "save" Wall Street, $25 billion of that money can be spent to save Detroit. The collapse of this bailout leave me worried that these jobs will all be gone by January. We are not talking chapter eleven bankruptcy here, but possible chapter seven, which means total liquidation. It might very well happen before Congress re-convenes.
Second, this bill kept getting worse every day. Concession after concession after concession was made, and it still didn't pass. ...
12/12: A Tough Night For Detroit
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... , why should the financial sector get $700 billion, but manufactures who produce cars and provide three million middle class jobs get nothing? Surely, if we can spend $700 billion to 'save' Wall Street, $25 billion of that money can be spent to save Detroit. The collapse of this bailout leave me worried that these jobs will all be gone by January. [...] Second, this bill kept getting worse every day. Concession after ...
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