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Entries from January 2007

Richard Cohen - Irrational Is as Irrational Does - washingtonpost.com

January 9th, 2007 · No Comments · politics

Today’s Washington Post Editorial by Richard Cohen goes a long way in making me understand the “inner” Bush that has seemed so out of touch with reality. Mr. Cohen gets your attention with the first sentence.
George W. Bush has executed 153 people, 152 of them in Texas and one so far in Iraq. The [...]

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A Heckuva Claim - washingtonpost.com

January 6th, 2007 · No Comments · politics

 This Washington Post Editorial touches on a number of points about the Bush tax cuts, most of which are not in the President’s favor.
PRESIDENT BUSH wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed Wednesday that “it is also a fact that our tax cuts have fueled robust economic growth and record revenues.” The claim about fueling [...]

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David S. Broder - Suggester in Chief - washingtonpost.com

January 4th, 2007 · No Comments · politics

Just don’t “suggest” to the ”decider” that he can’t do what he wants…He may pick up his ball and go home… 
After an election in which war-weariness was a motivating force for the defeat of Republican candidates, the president has to face the reality that the only decision on Iraq that can possibly command sustained public support [...]

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