washingtonmonthly.com - 10/15/2008
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THE ULTIMATE BUSH LEGACY FOR BIG BUSINESS.... Bush's presidency may be winding down, but he's not quite done with his conservative domestic agenda. Bush administration officials, in their last weeks in office, are pushing to rewrite a wide array of...
newsbusters.org - 10/19/2008
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newsbusters.org —
Writing at JustFacts.org , James Agresti has a
fascinating article documenting how the media spin the economy...
during Democratic and Republican administrations and during election years. “With another presidential election upon us and a Republican in ...
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Just Facts: Exposing the Media’s Election-Year Economic ...
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Bush busy behind the scenes
Newshoggers.com —
... While the nation worries, watching their investments melt away and their fellow citizens meltdown into pockets of partisan rage, Bush has been making the most of his remaining 96 days to quietly complete the total destruction of corporate oversight. Steve Benen has the story. ...
White House not slowed down by disaster in financials
Angry Bear —
Steve Benan at The Washington Monthly points to a WSJ article that cautions us: THE ULTIMATE BUSH LEGACY FOR BIG BUSINESS.... Bush's presidency may be winding down, but he's not quite done with his conservative domestic agenda. Bush administration officials, in their last weeks in office, are pushing to rewrite a wide array of federal rules with changes or additions that could block product-safety lawsuits by consumers and states. The administration has written language aimed at pre-empting product-liability litigation into 50 rules governing ...
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