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spectator.org - 1/13/2009
Wouldn't It Be Rich: Should the Right Bush Obama?
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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 ...

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article.nationalreview.com - 1/14/2009
Lowry: Ten Bush Mistakes
— 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

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article.nationalreview.com - 1/20/2009
Lowry: Do We Really Want Another New Deal?
— article.nationalreview.com — Barack Obama, take note: FDR did not end the Great Depression. (more) Lowry: Do We Really Want Another New Deal?

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wizbangblog.com - 1/7/2009
What Is Happening To My Target Rich Administration?
— wizbangblog.com — I have to confess that President elect Obama has me seriously worried for reasons that I would never, in my wildest expectations, have predicted as recently as one month ago.... (more) What Is Happening To My Target Rich Administration?

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Rhymes With Right — ... our country to thrive under his administration. Clearly I will have philosophical disagreements with him. He deserves a chance to hit the ground running. He hasn't proposed his first bill. Republicans make a mistake in Congress if they simply go there and say their mission in life is to say 'no' to every proposal. I think we should look for opportunities to work with him. I also think we should be proactive if we don't agree with him and offer (alternative) solutions." After watching the Democrats spend eight years trying to destroy George W. Bush , it is tempting to do the ...

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