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Happy Birthday Harvey Milk (and thanks for giving us hope)

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: National Lesbian-Gay Journalists Association, Cutbirth Gay, Hope Speech, Cutbirth Come-Out, Kirk Adams, Jack DeVore, Joe Cutbirth, Harvey Milk's Birthday, Ann Richards, Milk, Harvey Milk, You Gotta Give Em Hope, Dukakis-Bentsen, San Francisco-California, Politics News
Joe Cutbirth

The defining moment in my adult life came inconveniently about six months after I got the first big break in my journalism career. At least it seemed ...

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Bush Media Guru McKinnon on Obama: "Good Integrity," but a Token

Jackson Williams | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Msnbc, George Bush, Al Gore, Mark McKinnon, John McCain, President Obama, Rush Limbaugh, The New York Times, Abraham Lincoln, Hardball, Ann Richards, Barack Obama, Chris Matthews, Politics News
Jackson Williams

Mark McKinnon has implied that Obama deserved the keys to the Oval Office because he's African-American. That smacks of tokenism. It's also not the reason the Illinois senator won.

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The Skeleton in W.'s Closet: An excerpt from Family of Secrets

Russ Baker | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Texas, Ann Richards, Jim Moore, Karen Hughes, George H.W. Bush, Television Interview, Bush Family, George W. Bush, Book Excerpt, Books, Excerpts, Politics News
Russ Baker

Bush's handlers thought they could get reporters off a story by intimidating them. It sometimes seems that the entire story of George W. Bush's life has been rewritten by hired hands.

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A Progressive Texas Thanksgiving

Cecile Richards | Posted 11.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Thanksgiving, Ann Richards, Texas, Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards, Al Franken Senate, Thanksgiving Commentary, Al Franken, Living News
Cecile Richards

Ever since my mom got beat by George Bush Jr. we've congregated for Thanksgiving down at Padre Island, near Harlingen, Texas. We liked to think of this gathering at the beach as the Hyannis Port of the South.

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Race at 150 mph? Sure.

Lea Lane | Posted 11.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Happiness, George Bush, Craig T. Nelson, Dell, George Herbert Walker Bush, Molly Ivins, Lady Bird Johnson, Ann Richards, Austin, Lance Armstrong, LBJ Memorial Library, Living News
Lea Lane

When the opportunity came to partner with a race car driver around a grand-prix track at 150 miles an hour in a supercharged, ground-hugging, open to the elements hell-on-wheels speedster in Austin, Texas, I said "sure."

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Barack Obama and Guarding Against Hubris

Jackson Williams | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Meet the Press, John McCain, Tom Brokaw, David Brooks, George W. Bush, Ann Richards, Dana Milbank, Washington Post, UNITY '08, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jackson Williams

A good rule for office seekers is to never hint that you read your own media reviews. Stay on the meat of your policy and vision, and sell only that. It'll sell you.

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James Baker Punches George Bush in the Face with New War Proposal

Jackson Williams | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: War Powers Act, Warren Christopher, James Baker, Iraq, National War Powers Commission, Scott Mcclellan, George W. Bush, George Bush, Ann Richards, Texas Rangers Baseball Team, Politics News
Jackson Williams

James Baker has joined his nemesis in recommending a stunning new piece of federal legislation -- a law designed to rein in future presidents who want to go to war half-cocked.

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What Would Ann Do?

Cecile Richards | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women, Barack Obama, Voters, Ann Richards, John McCain, Choice, Election, Hillary Clinton, Planned Parenthood, Politics News
Cecile Richards

McCain wants to overturn Roe v. Wade, opposes basic family planning programs, and voted against insurance coverage for birth control. He has a zero percent voting record from Planned Parenthood.

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A Texas Turncoat Casts His Lustful Eyes Toward Obama

James Moore | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Mark McKinnon, 2008 Election, Ann Richards, Karl Rove, Politics News
James Moore

Mark McKinnon has gone from Democrat to Bush confidante to McCain advisor and now has his nose pressed to the glass looking in on the Obama campaign. And nobody does it better.

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