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Tick Tock Goes the Middle East Decider's Clock

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 01.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Arab, Presidential Campaign, Middle East, Palestine, Israel, Bush Middle East Visit, Congress, Iraq, Peace, Bush, Politics News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

If there ever was an instance where bipartisanship could trump presidential politics in an election year, it is when the US tries to bring peace to the Middle East.

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Friday Talking Points [14]

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.11.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Time for another fun round of Democratic talking points for the weekend ahead! After a hiatus for the year-end awards, and then a special "all electi...

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Bush Tears Up: US Should Have Bombed Auschwitz

Associated Press | Aron Heller | Posted 01.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Holocaust, Bush Israel, Bush, Ehud Olmert, George W. Bush, Bush Olmert, Olmert Israel, President Bush, Bush Auschwitz, Politics News

President Bush had tears in his eyes during an hour-long tour of Israel's Holocaust memorial Friday and told Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that ...

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Bush In Israel: End "Occupation" Of Arab Lands

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 01.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Israel-Palestine, Israel, Palestine, Jerusalem, President Bush, Israel-Palestine Dispute, Bush, Politics News

President Bush, summing up meetings with both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, said Thursday that a peace accord will require "painful politi...

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Bush Slams Iran, Praises Turkey On Eve Of Mideast Trip

New York Times | DAVID STOUT and SHERYL GAY STOLBERG | Posted 01.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, George Bush, Iran, Turkey, Mideast, Bush, Condileeza Rice, Politics News

Just hours before President Bush was to begin his trip to the Middle East, he sharply criticized Iran on Tuesday for fomenting "a dangerous situation"...

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Happy 2008!

Kate Clinton | Posted 01.03.2008 | Living

Read More: 2008 Elections, Iraq War, Iowa, Iowa Caucuses, Naomi Klein, Fear, Bush, New Year's Resolution, Living News
Kate Clinton

I wonder if Iowa goes into a deep depression on Friday when everybody decamps for other states.

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Paper Mooned (Or, The Republicans: Crazy, or Nuts?)

Ellis Weiner | Posted 01.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mitt Romney, Gop, Coulter, Republicans, Jonah Goldberg, Huckabee, Cheney, Bush, Ponnuru, Politics News
Ellis Weiner

Take one step back from this carnival of make-believe and let's-pretend, and it becomes clear: the Republican Party has become an aggregation of people who prefer to live in a world of fantasy.

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Count Me for John Edwards

Barry Yourgrau | Posted 01.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Krugman, John Edwards, Fight, Poverty, 9-11 Commission, Bush, Belafonte, Politics News
Barry Yourgrau

What we need is our country back from the looters, the brazen despoilers, and the maniacs. We need someone to lead the fight -- and realize it's a fight, across the board.

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The Folly of Bush's Go-It-Alone Policy

Philip Slater | Posted 01.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Kenya, War, Bush, European Union, Diplomacy, War in Iraq, China, Politics News
Philip Slater

Most empires in the past went into decline because they exhausted themselves making war, and we seem to be headed down the same path.

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The Cost of Terror: $6,000 Per Second

Phil Plait | Posted 12.31.2007 | Politics

Read More: Republican, Funding, Terror, Bush, Iraq, Afghanistan, Ted Stevens, War, Iraq War, Bush Funding War, Iraq War Funding Battles, Iraq War Funding, Politics News
Phil Plait

The money we spend in Iraq in about 40 minutes would feed one million needy American families for a month.

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The Jamie Lynn Generation

Cristina Page | Posted 12.29.2007 | Politics

Read More: Jamie Lynn Spears, Abortion, Pregnant, Sex, Abstinence, Teen Pregnancy, Tax-Funded, Pro-Choice, Bush, Politics News
Cristina Page

Jamie Lynn Spears is not your average teen, of course. But her situation is becoming a more common experience for many girls of her generation: premature parenthood.

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My "McLaughlin Awards" For 2007 [Part 2]

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.28.2007 | Politics

Read More: Stuart Bowden, Hong Kong, Ron Paul, Pakistan, Darfur, Bhutto, Best Government Dollar Spent, Mercenary, Primary Schedule, Do-Nothing Congress, Euro, China, Worst Political Theater, Wide Stance, CAFE Standards, President, Most Overreported Story, Surge, Mercenaries, Dollar, Blackwater, Worst Political Scandal, John Edwards, Katrina, Gas Mileage, Sorry to See You Go, Global Warming, Mark Foley, Airport Bathroom, Kurt Vonnegut, MoveOn.Org, Ethnic Cleansing, Democrat, Fema, Most Underrated, Private Security, Democrats, Barack Obama, Best Idea, Predictions, John Murtha, Oprah Winfrey, Don't Tase Me Bro, Bomb Iran, Honorable Mention, 15 Minutes of Fame, Fred Thompson, Schip, Edwards Hair Cut, Oprah, Hillary Clinton, Best Spin, Hail Eris, Senate, Steve Fossett, Taiwan, Destined for Political Oblivion, Cloture, Cia, Do-Nothing, Sidney Sheldon, Beijing, Molly Ivins, Cheney, Filibuster, Robert Anton Wilson, Iraq, Most Overrated, Larry Craig, Bush, Iran, Destined for Political Stardom, Biggest Government Waste, Obstructionism, Fake News Conference, Scooter Libby, Sectarian Cleansing, Evel Knievel, Hair Cut, Most Underreported Story, Best Political Theater, Boldest Political Tactic, Roadblock Republicans, Nie, Olympics, Fake News, Rudy Giuliani, Musharraf, Ahmadinejad, Columbia University, Oil, Most Honest Person, Fema Trailers, Worst Idea, $400 Hair Cut, Discordianism, Politics News
Chris Weigant

OK, here we go with Part 2 of my annual McLaughlin Awards. Last week's column covered the first half of these awards. Unfortunately (as of this writi...

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My "McLaughlin Awards" For 2007 [Part 1]

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.21.2007 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

For those of you who have been reading this column long enough, you may remember a fun set of columns (Part 1 and Part 2) I wrote last year, giving my...

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Satire and Speculation

Paul Krassner | Posted 12.21.2007 | Politics

Read More: Garry Trudeau, Cia, Bush, Sadomasochism, Anthropology, Doonesbury, Rove, Cover-Up, Fraternities, Abu Ghraib, Torture, Politics News
Paul Krassner

I asked Sam Leff -- given his background as an anthropologist studying and writing about the hidden rituals of American sadomasochism--for his take on the CIA's cover-up of torture videos.

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Schwarzenegger To Sue Bush Administration Over Rejection Of Emissions Law

CNN | Posted 12.20.2007 | Politics

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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to sue the federal government over its decision not to allow a California plan to reduce greenhouse gas em...

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Democrats Cave On SCHIP

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.19.2007 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

The news just broke that Dems have completely and utterly caved on the State Children's Health Insurance Program bill.

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Congress To Subpoena CIA Officials To Testify About Destroyed Tapes

AP | PAMELA HESS and LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 12.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: Mukasey, White House, CIA Tapes Investigation, Michael Mukasey, Breaking Politics News, CIA Tapes and White House, Justice Department, CIA Subpoenas, CIA Tapes, Bush, Politics News

In a direct challenge to President Bush, a House panel said Wednesday it has prepared subpoenas to force CIA officials to testify about the agency's s...

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Susan Sontag Was Right

Barry Yourgrau | Posted 12.18.2007 | Politics

Read More: Fisa, Dodd, Immunity, 9-11, Telecoms, Bush, Wyden, Milkuski, Susan Sontag, Christopher Dodd, Chris Dodd, Politics News
Barry Yourgrau

Susan Sontag was right. And right on. Almost innocent, in a way, seeing where we've come to since.

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Lieberman Peddles the Old Iraq-9/11 Connection

Chris Durang | Posted 12.17.2007 | Politics

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Chris Durang

I'm not in favor of invading Pakistan or deposing the Saudi Arabian royal family, but as ideas they at least connect with 9/11. But Senator Lieberman didn't mean any of that, did he?

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Predictions For 2008

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.17.2007 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

A reader recently took me to task for an article I wrote a month ago -- "What Will Be The Big Issue A Year And A Day From Now?" His complaint was tha...

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Why We Wish The Clintons Would Just Go Away

Paul Jenkins | Posted 12.15.2007 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

Because they have spun us into complete exhaustion. Because she's a feminist until it is her own husband who abuses his power. Because we don't have to settle for them.

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Bush Admin Asks Judge Not To Investigate CIA Tapes

AP | MATT APUZZO | Posted 12.15.2007 | Politics

Read More: CIA Interrogation Tapes, CIA Interrogations, Bush Administration, Bush Administration Torture, CIA Tapes, Bush, Breaking Politics News, Politics News

he Bush administration has told a federal judge it was not obligated to preserve videotapes of CIA interrogations of suspected terrorists and urged th...

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Huckabee: White House Foreign Policy Has "Arrogant Bunker Mentality"

AP | LIBBY QUAID | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics

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Mike Huckabee, who has joked about his lack of foreign policy experience, is criticizing the Bush administration's efforts, denouncing a go-it-alone "...

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Friday Talking Points [Vol. 12]

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

The whole Obama flap over cocaine (fueled by the Clinton camp) needs to get shot down right away, before any Republicans consider using it to attack Obama. And it's so pathetically easy to shoot this one down.

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Bush Threatens To Veto Bill That Bans Torture

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 12.13.2007 | Politics

Read More: CIA Interrogations, Cia, Bush Veto, Torture Bill, Breaking Politics News, Interrogation Methods, Waterboarding, Torture, Bush, Politics News

The House on Thursday approved an intelligence bill that bans the CIA from using waterboarding, mock executions and other harsh interrogation methods....

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