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King George: Bush Commands 'Government-By-Minority' While Getting Higher Disapproval Ratings Than Nixon

USA Today/AP | Posted 11.06.2007 | Politics

Read More: George Bush and Nixon, George Bush vs. Congress, George Bush Power, Bush, George W. Bush, Politics News

Bush pushes Hill foes, allies to the max: President Bush enters a new phase of government-by-minority this month, issuing a veto certain to draw the ...

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The Left Coast Menace

Bob Burnett | Posted 11.06.2007 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Moveon, Republicans, Giuliani, Code Pink, Bush, Politics News
Bob Burnett

Last week, President Bush warned America about the left coast organizations Moveon.Org and Code Pink: "some in Washington should spend more time respo...

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Re-Runs... And They Are Not Of I Love Lucy

Norman Horowitz | Posted 11.06.2007 | Politics

Read More: I Love Lucy, Walt Disney Co, Ge, Rumsfeld, Bush, Cheney, Abc, Fox, Condi Rice, Cbs, Brian Williams, Nbc, Politics News
Norman Horowitz

We are involved in a horrid war; we have Katrina, an energy crisis, and so much more. The governmet will continue their plan of "photo ops", and the owners of the media will continue to give them television coverage without any of their "journalists" saying "boo."

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Bush Signals No Penalties For Musharraf Crackdown

New York Times | MARK MAZZETTI | Posted 11.05.2007 | Politics

Read More: Musharraf, Crackdown, Pakistan, Bush, Politics News

President Bush on Monday urged Gen. Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani president, to hold elections and give up his army post "as soon as possible," but ...

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President Bush Reciting Bin Laden's Script

Eric Rosenbach and Matan Chorev | Posted 11.02.2007 | Politics

Read More: Al Jazeera, Bush, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News
Eric Rosenbach and Matan Chorev

The Administration's practice of pumping up the role of al-Qaeda in Iraq only encourages young radicals to head to Iraq and seek the glory of fighting American crusaders.

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Friday Talking Points [Vol. 8]

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.02.2007 | Politics

Read More: Doublethink, Cia, Moral Relativism, Cpsc, Dianne Feinstein, Iraq, Chris Dodd, Charles Schumer, Bush, Mukasey, Spanish Inquisition, Condoleezza Rice, Nancy Nord, Blackwater, Waterboard, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Godwin's Law, Jay Rockefeller, Attorney General, Amnesty, Product Safety, Who Would Jesus Torture, Sheldon Whitehouse, Jan Schakowsky, Inquisition, Telecommunication, Wiretap, Nazi, Monty Python, Torture, Warrantless, Hitler, Torquemada, Hayden, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Since this column has not been afraid to coin new terms, I submit for the blogosphere's approval the Bush Doublethink Corollary to Godwin's Law: "Stat...

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Senior Bush Official Had Himself Water-Boarded, Found Practice "Terrifying" And Tortuous

ABC News | Posted 11.02.2007 | Politics

Read More: Torture, Bush, Politics News

A senior Justice Department official, charged with reworking the administration's legal position on torture in 2004, became so concerned about the con...

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Orange Alert! Real Homeland Security Requires Stopping Bush-Cheney's Insane March to "World War IV".

Coleen Rowley | Posted 11.02.2007 | Home

Read More: Women Against Military Madness, Norman Podhoretz, 60 Minutes, Cheney, Bush, Don't Bomb Iran, Home News
Coleen Rowley

How many times and in how many ways can a person try to warn about disaster ahead?! Cassandra is just a real tiresome role. (The last time I tried ...

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Bush: Congress "Wasted Time" Trying To End Iraq War

Think Progress | Posted 10.30.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Congress, Votes on Iraq, Bush, Politics News

This morning, President Bush met exclusively with Republican congressional leaders to discuss the SCHIP bill. Afterward, he held a press conference sl...

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No Halloween Hoax. Just a Nightmare That Won't End.

Coleen Rowley | Posted 10.27.2007 | Home

Read More: Iran, Cheney, Bush, Home News
Coleen Rowley

What if you lived in a country where, after the Administration negligently failed to prevent a major terrorist attack, they deliberately exploited e...

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Friday Talking Points [Vol. 7]

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: Dave Helfert, Pat Leahy, Delahunt, Mercenary, Dianne Feinstein, Chris Dodd, Dana Perino, Abercrombie, DiFi, Waxman, Friday Talking Points, Bush, Airline Safety, Simpsons, Pete Stark, Mercenaries, Talking Points, American Anti-Torture Act, Blackwater, Nancy Pelosi, Childrens Health, Health Care, Global Warming, Taxes, Tobacco Tax, Robert Reich, Charles Rangel, Army Field Manual, Fema, Hedge Fund, Fire, Photo-Op, Barack Obama, Fake News, Nasa, Rahm Emanuel, Tax, Schip, Health Insurance, Joe Barton, Veto, Hillary Clinton, Cuba, Nadler, Censorship, Torture, Politics News
Chris Weigant

It's been a busy week in Washington, providing lots and lots of fodder for this week's Friday Talking Points column. After being named last week's Mos...

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Insanity Is Trump: Bush And The Prudent Man Rule

Sheldon Drobny | Posted 10.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iran, Negotiations, Bush, Politics News
Sheldon Drobny

I have been in the financial and political world for nearly 40 years. I have dealt with the most powerful political and business people during that t...

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Surprise! Dems Blindside Republicans With New Vote On Children's Health Care

Washington Post | Jonathan Weisman | Posted 10.25.2007 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Veto, Bush, Schip, Politics News

Just one week after failing to override President Bush's veto, House Democrats will put a new version of their $35 billion expansion of the State Chil...

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Bush Budget Raises Fears Of Iran Strike, Increases Funding For 'Massive' Bunker Buster Bomb

Think Progress | Posted 10.24.2007 | Politics

Read More: War Funding, War Supplemental, Iran Iraq, Cheney, Bush, Politics News

In light of the administration's increasingly threatening rhetoric on Iran, CQ reports that members of Congress are worried by Bush's recent budget pr...

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Values Voters: Making Pharisees Proud

Hal Donahue | Posted 10.24.2007 | Politics

Read More: Values Voters, Failed Values Voters Summit, Bush, John Carlson, Rick Santorum, Value Voters Christianity, Christian Prejudice, Larry Craig, Values Voters Summit, Politics News
Hal Donahue

The Value Voters Summit this past weekend rubbed salt into America's, the military's and my wounds. Is there any hope that things might change?

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Pete Stark and Bill Shakespeare

Justin Frank | Posted 10.24.2007 | Home

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Justin Frank

Congressman Pete Stark should never have had to apologize to anyone for what he said about George Bush having soldiers killed for his "amusement." H...

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Rhetorical Point Men

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 10.23.2007 | Politics

Read More: Bush, Bush World War III, Axis of Evil, Bush Rheoric, Bush Language, Phishing, Dana Perino, Bush Phishing, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

Bush and Co. have done with language what Stalin did to his dissidents, no, not only torture, downright mutilation.

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The Discreet Charm of the Ruling Class

Deepak Chopra | Posted 10.22.2007 | Politics

Read More: Democracy, Bush, Iraq War, Government, Values Voters, Washington Lobby, The Ruling Class, Lobbying, Voter Picture ID, Religious Right, Ruling Elite, Neoconservatives, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

Rulership isn't a legitimate part of democracy. When a governing class develops in a democratic society, it loses contact with the people who elect it.

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Bush's "Poor Kids First" Kept Sick and Freezing

Dan Brown | Posted 10.22.2007 | Politics

Read More: Education, Joseph Kennedy II, Deborah A. Frank, Harlem, Poor Kids First, Presidential Veto, Bush Administration, Schip, Health Insurance, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, Liheap, Low-Income Families, Bush, Politics News
Dan Brown

Oil costs are rising, and the Bush administration's response is to pull the plug on homes that can't afford the market-priced heat.

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"Bomb 'Em and Bail" - Attacking Iran And The Collateral Damage To Our Democracy

Nathaniel Bach | Posted 10.22.2007 | Home

Read More: Politics, Iran, Iraq, 2008 Election, Offthebus, Bush, Foreign Policy, Iraq War, Rudy Giuliani, War With Iran, Breaking Political News, George W. Bush, Neoconservatives, Hillary Clinton, Home News
Nathaniel Bach

As hawks ratchet up the war whoop, what's missing is an examination of the domestic side-effects that would accompany a war in Iran.

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Obama Should Repudiate and Cancel His Gay Bash Tour, and Do It Now

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 10.20.2007 | Politics

Read More: Black Evangelicals, Bush, Gay Bashing, Donnie McClurkin, Gays, Black Vote, Homophobia, South Carolina Democratic Primary, Obama, Black Homophobia, Hillary Clinton, Obama South Carolina, Obama Donnie McClurkin, Obama Gay Bash Tour, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Obama wouldn't dare go down the knock gay path, and risk drawing the inevitable heat for it, if he didn't think as Bush that anti-gay sentiment is still wide and deep among many blacks.

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Friday Talking Points [Vol. 6]

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: Mitch McConnell, Judiciary Committee, Pat Leahy, Attorney General, Susan Orr, Emergency Room, Chris Dodd, Lame Duck, World War III, Womens Health, Culture of Death, Charles Schumer, Bush, Mukasey, Playing Politics, Wiretapping, Schip, Harry Reid, Veto, Hold, Contraceptive, Health Care, Override, Senate, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Welcome to the sixth installment of the weekly suggestions for Democrats who are likely to appear on this weekend's chat shows. Previous installments...

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The United States of Violence

Norman Solomon | Posted 10.18.2007 | Politics

Read More: Violence, Memory Suppression, Iraq, Vietnam, Bush, War, Politics News
Norman Solomon

We keep hearing that Iraq is not Vietnam. But the United States is the United States -- still a country run by leaders who brandish, celebrate and use the massive violent capabilities of the Pentagon as a matter of course.

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More on Condi and the Code of Silence

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 10.17.2007 | Politics

Read More: Secretary of State, Bush, Condoleezza Rice, Iraq Corruption, Maliki Government, House Oversight Committee, Henry Waxman, Iraq Insurgency, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

When the State Department, the Justice Department, and the executive branch decide that they're not answerable to Congress, and the American people, there is nothing left but the illusion of a representative government.

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GOP smears: Graeme Frost and the $83,000 SCHIP family

Art Levine | Posted 10.16.2007 | Home

Read More: Congress, Veto, Children's Health, Bush, Schip, Graeme Frost, Home News
Art Levine

The primary talking points from the GOP on the SCHIP bill scheduled for a veto override vote this week are that many well-to-do middle-cla...

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