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Deep-Sixing the F-22

Robert Scheer | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, Barack Obama, Terrorism, Cold War, F-22, Defense Spending, Robert Gates, George H.W. Bush, Politics News

There are 187 F-22s that have yet to fly a single combat mission. The news that Congress might stop production of this high-profit weapons system is a considerable victory for logic.

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Empathy For The Devil

Michelle Schweiger Schecter | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Hart Senate Office Building, Room 216 was the venue for a skirmish that at times got awfully mean. Judge Sonia came in earnest, her cards laid out on the table.

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Sarah Palin, John Edwards and the Way We Choose Our Vice Presidents

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Vice President, John McCain, George H.W. Bush, Dan Quayle, Joseph Lieberman, John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Politics News

The Edwards and Palin stories both underscore the quirk in our electoral system through which vice presidents are nominated.

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Bush Gets His Bounce

Mark Kaminsky | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Ex-Presidents, George H.W. Bush, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Politics News

Americans and their media treat ex-presidents like kids treat difficult parents once they either die or stop parenting and start doing something useful, like helping them to pay off a mortgage.

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This is the Second Supply-Side Disaster: The First One Was 1990

Andrew Reinbach | Posted 07.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Bill Clinton, Economics, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Supply-Side Economics, Republicans, Market Collapse, Bank Bailout, Business News

It's now almost impossible to defend supply-side's deep tax cuts and minimal regulation, the result being that Republicans are without much belief system.

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A 'Must Read' for the Book Czar

William Fisher | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, U.S. Constitution, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Presidential Power, Founding Fathers, James Madison, George H.W. Bush, Politics News

Ambitious assertions of presidential power are the logical outcome of a decades-long trend that started with Reagan and culminated under the "unitary executive" doctrine embraced by the George W. Bush administration.

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Robin Meade On Skydiving With President Bush: "I Kept Wondering If I Would Lose My Cookies In Front Of A President"

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 07.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Robin Meade Skydiving, George H.W. Bush, Hln, George H.W. Bush Skydiving, Robin Meade George Bush, Slideshow, George Bush Skydiving, Robin Meade, Media News

HLN anchor Robin Meade told the Huffington Post about her skydive with former President George H.W. Bush, which took place Friday on Bush's 85th birth...

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George H.W. Bush Skydiving Video... George W. Bush Suggests His Dad Threw Up In Air

Huffington Post | Katharine Zaleski | Posted 07.13.2009 | Style

Read More: George Bush, George W. Bush Video, Bush Video, Video, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush Birthday, George H.W. Bush Skydiving, George Bush Parachute Jump, George H.W. Bush Parachute Jump, Bush Family Skydiving, Style News

Former President George H.W. Bush jumped out of a plane today to mark his 85th birthday. It wasn't the first time the older Bush had marked a birthday...

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George H.W. Bush: Sotomayor Attacks "Not Right"

CNN | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, George H.W. Bush, Sotomayor, Supreme Court, Obama Supreme Court Nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, George H.W. Bush Sotomayor, Politics News

Former President George H.W. Bush stood up for his former judicial nominee Sonia Sotomayor Friday, telling CNN Anchor Robin Meade that GOP critics who...

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Sotomayor: A Strong Choice for Supreme Court

Ira Forman | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jewish Community, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Sonia Sotomayor, Right-Wing Smear, National Jewish Democratic Council, Right Wing, Ira Forman, Politics News

The ridiculous Sotomayor bashing must stop. Republicans and Democrats should work together to review Sotomayor's record and work towards a confirmation this summer.

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Dick Cheney Does Not Support Gay Marriage. He Supports His Daughter's Gay Marriage

Andy Ostroy | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stem-Cell Research, Abortion, Tom Delay, George H.W. Bush, Joey Buttafuco, Mary Cheney, Newt Gingrich, Gay Marriage, Dick Cheney, Politics News

If anyone thinks that, at his core, Cheney actually cares about gay rights, I have some cabins in the mountain region of Pakistan they might be interested in buying.

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Message to Republicans: Attacking Sotomayor is Another Nail in Your Coffin

Andy Ostroy | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Souter, Newt Gingrich US Supreme Court, President Obama, George H.W. Bush, Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News

It's been utterly fascinating to witness the speed and consistency of the vitriol heaped on Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's choice for the United States Supreme Court.

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The Right's Supremely Flawed Opening Argument Against Sotomayor

Karl Frisch | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media

The Right's reaction to Sotomayor's "wise Latina" comment shows that numerous conservatives in the media have savaged her as a racist and a bigot.

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Eagleburger Mocks Cheney As "Benighted" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lawrence Eagleburger, Gulf War, George H.W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Politics News

Lawrence Eagleburger mocked Dick Cheney on Tuesday, saying that the former vice president, whom he dubbed "benighted," has long exaggerated his positi...

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Republicans and Judge Sonia Sotomayor: Perfect Together

Sophia A. Nelson | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Federal Appeals Court, US Supreme Court, George H.W. Bush, Barack Obama Nominee, President Obama, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News

By replacing Souter with Sotomayor Obama keeps the balance of the court exactly the same, but he adds some "color" and another "female" voice to the Court's balance.

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My Interview with Michael Dukakis

Michael Bendetson | Posted 06.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Michael Dukakis, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Barack Obama, Politics News

Dukakis: I think I helped to expand the Democratic Party's influence to states where we had been decimated in past elections. Certainly, my advocacy for grass root politics has served this Party well in recent years.

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Stop the Presses: Cheney's Re-emergence Is Finally Explained!

Sandy Goodman | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Paranoid, 9'11 Attacks, Cia, Leon Panetta, Justice Department Memo, Congressional Record, George W. Bush, Abu Zubaydah, Gas Mask, Dick Cheney, " Al Qaeda, Misleading Congress, George H.W. Bush, Nancy Pelosi, Slam Dunk, Unnerved, "The Dark Side, Lying, Colin Powell, Overcompensated, Tom Ricks, Jeffrey Record, Biological Survival Suit, Valerie Plame, John Kuriakou, Bob Graham, Lawrence Wilkerson, Saddam Hussein, Jane Mayer, Air War College, George Tenet, Richard Clarke, Waterboarding, ABC News, Michael Scheuer, Politics News

Nancy Pelosi, this week, accused the CIA of lying. Who, journalists collectively ask, could ever accuse the CIA of lying? Who indeed? Almost anybody, it seems to me.

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In Choosing Souter's Replacement, Obama Should Follow the Lead of... George W. Bush?

Mitchell Bard | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Collective Bargaining, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, Al Franken, George W. Bush, President Obama, Activist Judges, David Souter, Clarence Thomas, Harriet Miers, Campaign Finance Reform, Sandra Day O'Connor, Conservatives, George H.W. Bush, Partial Birth Abortion, Antitrust, William Rehnquist, Judge Henry Friendly, William O. Douglas, Antonin Scalia, d.c. Handgun Ban, John Roberts, Hank Aaron, Barack Obama, Conservative Activist Judges, Exclusionary Rule, Jimmy Carter, Samuel Alito, Bipartisanship, Anthony Kennedy, Republicans, Politics News

If George W. Bush was able to influence the Court for the next 20 years, Obama certainly should do the same.

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Jack Kemp and the Failed Republican Urban Agenda

Harry Moroz | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Heritage Foundation, Mayors, Jack Kemp, George H.W. Bush, Bruce Vento, George W. Bush, The New Republic, Republicans, Newt Gingrich, Conservatives, Cities, Los Angeles, Enterprise Zones, Michael Kinsley, Frank Jackson, Politics News

Jack Kemp should be remembered as the lone conservative voice to speak about the importance of cities at least since the federal government turned its back on urban areas.

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My Souter Remembrance

Craig Crawford | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, David Souter, Justice Souter, David Souter Retires, George H.W. Bush, Obama Supreme Court, Politics News

As we hear news of Supreme Court Justice David Souter's expected retirement, I am reminded of those days in 1990 when I covered his nomination by President George H.W. Bush.

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Et Tu Obama? Letter from a Former Admirer

Harut Sassounian | Posted 05.29.2009 | World

Read More: Turkey, Ronald Reagan, Afghan War, Azerbaijan, George W. Bush, politifact.com, Armenian Americans, Washington DC, Ankara/Turkey, Iraq, Armenian Genocide, Karabagh, Campaign Promises, 1915, Yerevan, Pope John Paul II, April 24, Obameter, Iran, Armenia, Armenian Diaspora, George H.W. Bush, Raphael Lemkin, Israel, Pres. Obama, Armenian-Genocide-Bill, Arf, World News

Mr. President, we are now terribly disappointed because you acted not much differently than your predecessors on the Armenian Genocide issue.

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Jon Meacham Following Pulitzer WIth Bush 41 Biography

New York Post | Posted 05.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Jon Meacham, Books, George H.W. Bush, Newsweek, Media News

PULITZER Prize-winning au thor Jon Meacham, whose day job is running Newsweek, has already picked his next project. He will write a biography of fo...

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Santelli On Bush Library Panel Of "Experts"

Think Progress | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rick Santelli Bush Library, George H.W. Bush, George H.W. Bush Library, Bush Library Economic Forum, Rick Santelli, Rick Santelli Cnbc, Bush Library, Bush Library Forum, Politics News

The George H.W. Bush Presidential Library Foundation at Texas A&M has announced that the former president will host an "Economic Leadership Forum" nex...

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Bailing Out the Neo-Cons

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 05.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, George H.W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Dan Quayle, Neo-Conservatives, Lyndon Johnson, Newt Gingrich, Barry Goldwater, Barack Obama, Politics News

We're now witnessing the neo-carnage that has resulted from neo-cons Newt Gingrich and his "Contract on America," and Ronald Reagan's buyout by Barry ...

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New Documents Indicate That Bush Didn't Show Up to Presidency

Tom McCaffrey | Posted 04.10.2009 | Comedy

Read More: President of the United States, George H.W. Bush, 2004 Presidential Election, Vietnam War, Dereliction of Military Service, George W. Bush, Yale University, 2000 Presidential Election, Texas National Guard, The White House, 2008 Presidential Election, Comedy News

During the Vietnam War George W. Bush was handed a cushy assignment in the Texas National Guard thanks to his powerful connections. This ensured that ...

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