blogs.cqpolitics.com - 1/16/2009
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George W. Bush gave his final speech to the nation on Thursday night. I skipped it to see my daughter, who has known no other president, perform with her school chorus. But when I later sat before my television to see how the speech was being punditized on the cable news shows, I was surprised. ...
whitehouse.gov - 1/16/2009
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nypress.com - 1/17/2009
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MATT TAIBBI takes on porn-stached New York Times
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Flat N All That
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 1/16/2009
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Here's the prepared text of the Farewell Address
to the nation by the 44th president to be...
given in a few minutes from the White House. His audience in the East Room includes family, friends, Cabinet and some selected Americans the President has ...
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Full Text of President George W. Bush's Farewell Address
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David Corn: What Bush Left Out of His Flat Farewell
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What else is there to say? In the end, after eight long and traumatic years, Bush did not have much to tell us. Who wouldn't rather watch a miracle airplane landing than a failure saying goodbye?
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