spectator.org - 1/13/2009
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"Our gross national product does not allow.... for the
intelligence of our public debate." -- Senator Robert F.
Kennedy, 1967
What would Bobby Kennedy think now?
For eight years the people inhabiting prominent roles on RFK's
side of today's ideological divide, all of them ...
article.nationalreview.com - 1/14/2009
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article.nationalreview.com —
Oddly enough for a president denounced as an
executive monster by his perfervid critics, many of Bushs
mistakes involve not being active enough or taking a stronger hand.
(more)
Lowry: Ten Bush Mistakes
article.nationalreview.com - 1/20/2009
wizbangblog.com - 1/7/2009
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