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Monthly Archives: January 2009

The Irony Detector

Monday, January 5, 2009

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Robbing Peter to Pay Paul(son)

Monday, January 5, 2009

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Letterman reviews Bush’s promises

Monday, January 5, 2009
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American Freedom – Made in China

Sunday, January 4, 2009
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New Year Prohibitions

Sunday, January 4, 2009

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A Farewell to Bush

Sunday, January 4, 2009

I have often complained that the American media isn’t doing its job anymore, so I have to speak up when they do. And especially when they do it so well as the excellent article in Vanity Fair “Farewell to All That: An Oral History of the Bush White House“. This is a detailed history of […]

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Fool me twice, won’t get fooled again

Saturday, January 3, 2009

© Dan Wasserman In case you were wondering about the headline, the full quote is: “There’s an old saying in Tennessee — I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on, shame on you. Fool me, you can’t get fooled again.” —President George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept. […]

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Fine Print

Saturday, January 3, 2009

© John Sherffius

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Republican moderates stuck in the middle

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Several recent articles (LA Times, FiveThirtyEight) have pointed out the now uncomfortable position of Congressional Republicans, especially those in the Senate. On the up side, with Democrats one or two votes away from the 60 they need to stop Republican filibusters in the Senate, moderate Republicans will be heavily courted during close votes. But the down side […]

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Grandma Palin Swings Back and Strikes Out

Friday, January 2, 2009

Those of us who hoped that we had heard the last from Gov. Palin (at least until the next presidential election) were disappointed when she went on the warpath this week against the media for what she called inaccurate reports about her daughter Bristol. As you know, Bristol recently gave birth to a son, Tripp […]

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Top 10 Weirdest Political Moments of 2008

Friday, January 2, 2009

Politico has a great wrap-up of the top weirdest moments in an especially weird year in politics. The whole article is worth a read, but for those with a short attention span, here’s a quick summary: Mike Huckabee announcing he wouldn’t go negative, by showing reporters a negative ad he wasn’t going to run and […]

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Goodwill from Fox News

Thursday, January 1, 2009

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Last Year’s New Job

Thursday, January 1, 2009

© Chip Bok

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