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Obama Has Called the Nation to Service; He Needs to Call It to Sacrifice

Paul Abrams | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, George Bush, Sacrifice, National Service, George H.W. Bush, Vietnam, Steel Executives, Iraq, Barack Obama, Politics News
Paul Abrams

If 4,000 have sacrificed their lives in Iraq, another 20,000 their limbs and another 100,000+ their mental health, one wonders why asking Wall Streeters to sacrifice part of their wallets would be unpatriotic?

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Martha Washington Redux: America's First MILF

Warren Holstein | Posted 03.10.2009 | Comedy

Read More: New Orleans, George Bush, Jimmy Choos, Gulf War, Janet Reno, Eleanor Roosevelt, George W. Bush, Historical Revision, Sex and the City, Ugly Betty, Madeline Albright, History, Betty Friedan, Margaret Thatcher, George Washington, George H.W. Bush, Manolo Blahnik, Revisionist History, Martha Washington, Gertrude Stein, Milf, Barbara Bush, Comedy News
Warren Holstein

Hold on to your hats folks or at least your iPod earbuds, Martha Washington was actually a babe! Also, she avidly consumed Gothic romance novels. Me-ow!

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The Inauguration: Greetings from the Mob

Alexander Trowbridge | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: d.c. Mall, Obama Inauguration, The Wait, George Bush, Pain, Obama Crowds, Michelle Obama, Capitol Hill, Obama's Inauguration, George W. Bush, Capitol, Washington DC, Barack Obama Inauguration, Crowd Control, Barack Obama, Joy, Happiness, Unity, Crowd, Laura Bush, Video, George H.W. Bush, Making History, Inauguration, Broken Bones, HuffPost Inauguration Ball, Newt Gingrich, Injury, Excitement Obama, Politics News
Alexander Trowbridge

In this historic inauguration, seating is so much on the mind. Some people arrived at the gates just as the last of the guests at the pre-inaugural balls stumbled back in the opposite direction.

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Will Obama's Presidency End the Progressive Movement?

Rupert Russell | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Left Wing, National Review, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Progressives, Progressive Movement, Barack Obama, Happiness, Ralph Reed, Progressive, Dwight Eisenhower, Conservatives, George H.W. Bush, Richard Nixon, Dlc, William F. Buckley, Grover Norquist, Newt Gingrich, Political Blogging, Activism, Political Activism, Blogging, Canvassing, Politics News
Rupert Russell

Progressive billionaires, bloggers and grassroots activists mobilized less against a conservative president than a complicit mainstream media and a Bush-enabling Democratic establishment.

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President Obama and Our America

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Inauguration, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Pennsylvania, Barack Obama, 100 Days, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

Until today, I had only known two kinds of presidents, those who I really didn't like and those who I tolerated. Obama is something different, a president who I actually believe in.

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Mr. Obama's New Wheels -- First Official Look

Steve Parker | Posted 02.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Turbochargers, Ronald Reagan, Caddy, Secret Service, George W. Bush, 44th Inaugural Address, Fbi, Cars, Detroit News, Warren G. Harding, Cadillac Presidential Limo, Ford, Goodyear, Clean Diesel, Supercharger, Caddies, Blair House, General Motors, Richard Nixon, Inaugural Parade, Philadelphia, Bidens, Packard Twin-Six, George HW Bush, Gm, United Airlines, Washington DC, Pullman, New York City, Barack Obama, James Bond, The Beast, LED Lights, Cadillac DTS, Lincoln, Satellite Communications, Georgia 300, Union Station, Cadillac, Business News
Steve Parker

I never liked the look of the Bush limo. It was too massive and appeared to be a truck that had started out as a tank. Obama's new limo looks more like an actual car, albeit a very big and heavy one.

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Blaxploitation, GOP Style

Russ Baker | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Republican National Committee, Colin Powell, Jesse Helms, The New York Times, George W. Bush, The New Republic, Chip Saltsman, Rod Paige, Texas Rangers, Chip Saltsman Magic Negro Song, Barack the Magic Negro, The Washington Post, Bush Administration, Ken Blackwell, George H.W. Bush, United Negro College Fund, Condoleezza Rice, Alphonso Jackson, Bush Texas Rangers, New York Times, Racism, Magic Negro, Washington Post, Bush Legacy, African-Americans, Republican Party, Diversity, African-American Issues, Republicans, Politics News
Russ Baker

Tthe GOP is stepping up efforts to stress diversity, but is resorting to a tried-and-true W. tactic: the promotion of compromised, disreputable individuals -- a kind of lemon diversity that only highlights their cynicism and contempt for the public.

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New Year, New Administration, More Clemency

Jason Flom | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: George H. W. Bush, George Bush, Drug Sentencing, Grammys, Criminal Justice, Drugs, Music, Ben Taylor, Unfair Sentencing, The Beatles, Whitney Houston, George H.W. Bush, New Jersey, The Fugees, Carly Simon, Jail, Drug Trafficking, Families Against Mandatory Minimums, Crime, John Forte, Exeter, Keith Richards, New York City, Elvis Presley, Presidential Pardons, Criminal Justice System, Prison, Beatles, Lava Records, Bush Pardons, Music Industry, Cocaine, Phillips Exeter, Politics News
Jason Flom

Obama ran on a campaign promise of change. He can begin by using the pardon power generously to correct as many individual cases of injustice as possible.

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My Way By George H.W. Bush

Sean Carman | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush Sr., George Bush, White House, President Bush, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Politics News
Sean Carman

Yes there were times, I'm sure you knew, When I was asked, "What should we do?" And I drunk-dialed, I made the call, I phoned it in, I dropped the ball, And through it all, I stood tall, And did it my way

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George W. Bush's Inaugural Gift: Blackhawk Down-Redux: Obama's First Crisis, and the Legacy of Losing Somalia

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Somalia Pirates, Tanker Pirates, United Nations, George W. Bush, Un Somalia Peacekeepers, Oil Companies, Barack Obama, George H.W. Bush, Somalia Ethiopia, Pirates, Somalia, US Army, Bill Clinton Ethiopia, Burden of the Presidency, US Navy, Politics News
Reese Schonfeld

Lest you have forgotten, it was George H.W. Bush who left President-elect Bill Clinton with the Inauguration Day present of a crisis in Somalia.

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Obama May Not Be Middle East's Messiah

Sunil Adam | Posted 02.10.2009 | Politics

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Sunil Adam

President-elect Barack Obama's conspicuous silence on the latest conflagration in the Middle East is perhaps not only tactical but also prudent. There...

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What Spies Think of Panetta

Keith Thomson | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

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Keith Thomson

I conducted a poll about what spies thought of the Panetta choice. The results: "Obama was wise" to choose someone out of the torture loop to run the CIA. But there's a problem.

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USS George H.W. Bush: A Ship With a History

Russ Baker | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Director of the CIA, USS George H.W. Bush, George Bush Center for Intelligence, Cia, JFK Assassination, George W. Bush, Family of Secrets, Central Intelligence Agency, Rnc Chairman, Oil Companies, Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, Bush, George H.W. Bush, CIA Headquarters, CVN 77, The Powerful Forces That Put It in the White House and What Their Influence Means for America, Jfk, World War II, Aircraft Carrier, Navy, UN Ambassador, Politics News
Russ Baker

This Saturday the Navy will commission the aircraft carrier CVN-77, to be named the USS George H.W. Bush. They seem in a hurry to burnish the reputation of the elder Bush while his son is still in office.

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Behind Closed Doors: When Presidents Gather

Rick Horowitz | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

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Rick Horowitz

Mr. Clinton noted that pizza was no longer on the private-dining-room menu. Mr. Bush assured Mr. Clinton that if he wanted pizza, he could have pizza

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Earth to Bush Sr.: You're As Delusional As Your Son

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, George H. W. Bush, President of the United States, George H.W. Bush, Iraq War, Economic Crisis, George W. Bush, Bush Fox Interview, George Bush Economic Policy, Bush Foreign Policy, Jeb Bush, Bush Legacy, Jeb Bush for President, Politics News
Marlene H. Phillips

George Bush Sr. declared that he would love to see another Bush in the White House, this time another son, former Florida governor Jeb Bush. You've got to be kidding me.

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Hillary Clinton, Saudi Arabia and "Foggy Bottom"

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 01.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Bill Clinton, Foggy Bottom, George H.W. Bush, Opec, Saudi Arabia, George W. Bush, Oil, Hillary Clinton, Prince Bandar, Secretary of State, Ft, Obama's Cabinet, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

Can Hillary Clinton assure us that there will not be any Saudi preferential access to Foggy Bottom in spite of the myriad millions visited on the Clinton foundation?

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The Republican Presidential Recession Record

Jeff Madrick | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Dwight Eisenhower, George H.W. Bush, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Lyndon Johnson, Recession, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Politics News
Jeff Madrick

Eisenhower: 2 recessions; Nixon and Ford: 2 recessions; Reagan: 1 recession; George H.W. Bush: 1 recession; George W. Bush: 2 recessions; Democrats: 1 recession. Eight to one, you decide.

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The Obama Administration: An End to Dynastic Politics?

John McQuaid | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Bush Dynasty, George H.W. Bush, Clinton Dynasty, George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Hillary Clinton, Obama Loyalists, Obama Lieberman, Team of Rivals, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Obama Cabinet, Obama Administration, Politics News
John McQuaid

Obama's early moves to co-opt former adversaries Hillary Clinton and Joe Lieberman signal a different way of doing business than we've seen over the past 20 years.

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Goodnight, Vietnam: Tuesday Night Will Finally Put to Rest the Ghost of a War that Ended 35 Years Ago

Daniel Sinker | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vietnam, George HW Bush, John McCain, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Bob Dole, George W. Bush, Politics News
Daniel Sinker

With Obama, it's not possible to fight the Vietnam war all over again. It's simply not his war.

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Obama Is Dominating in the Polls, but Four Things Keep Me Awake at Night

Mitchell Bard | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Polls, West Virginia Voting Machines, October Surprise, Rasmussen, Michael Mukasey, Michael Dukakis, Race, Ashley Todd, Virginia Flyers, Nate Silver, New Yorker, Jay Nixon, fivethirtyeight.com, George H.W. Bush, Missouri Governor, Voter Fraud, Mccain Campaign Ashley Todd, John McCain, Dana Carvey, Ohio Voter Fraud, Acorn, Bush Orders Doj to Investigate Ohio Election, Rasmussen Polls, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Hendrik Hertzberg, Florida Voting Problems, Swing States, Pennsylvania, Sarah Palin, Swing State Polls, Kenny Hulshof, New York Times, Joe Lieberman, Jon Lovitz, Saturday Night Live, North Carolina Voting Problems, Robert Kennedy, Bradley Effect, Election Anxiety, Obama Polls, Politics News
Mitchell Bard

As a lifelong Democrat who has seen my party lose winnable races, I can't help thinking about how things can go wrong this year. These are the four factors that keep me up at night.

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Sarah Palin and The GOP's Charli Baltimore Plan

Barry Michael Cooper | Posted 11.22.2008 | Media

Read More: John McCain, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Wasilla, Gop, Cypress Hill, Karl Rove, Shoutout, Ronald Reagan, Eminem, Television Correspondent's Dinner, Rap, Karl Rove Television Correspondent Dinner, Karl Rove Rap, Keith Olbermann, GOP Southern Strategy, Lee Atwater, George H.W. Bush, Hip Hop, Rachel Maddow, Bob Herbert, Mr Magic, 99 Problems, Jay-Z, Lamis, Barry Michael Cooper, Baltimore, Media News
Barry Michael Cooper

Watching Palin sit through the SNL skit, it amazed me how politics and Hip Hop have established some sort of weird intertextuality.

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GOP Endgame: Vote Suppression

Michael Carmichael | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Gop, Acorn, George H.W. Bush, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Gerald Ford, Voting Rights, Rolling Stone, Jimmy Carter, Obama-Biden, Barack Obama, Mccain-Palin, Voting Problems, Politics News
Michael Carmichael

The current charges against ACORN are frivolous distractions from what is a massive and threatening GOP campaign to distort the popular vote in key battleground states.

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Politics as Bloodsport: A Conversation with Stefan Forbes, Director of Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

Brad Listi | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Owen Glieberman, Gop, Karl Rove, John McCain, New Releases, Iran-Contra, Ronald Reagan, Howard Fineman, Tucker Eskew, George W. Bush, Stefan Forbes, Michael Dukakis, Boogie Man, Documentaries, Mary Matalin, Ed Rollins, Democrats, Entertainment Weekly, Movies, Sarah Palin, Willie Horton, Lee Atwater, Brad Listi, George H.W. Bush, Fox News, Republicans, Political Films, Director Interview, Film Directors, Political Strategy, Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story, Home News
Brad Listi

Atwater's playbook is still winning Presidential races from his grave. He's the patron saint of political operatives and spinmeisters everywhere, and a hero to Republicans for his unrepentant vision of politics as war.

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Media Idiocy: Don't Blow VP Debate Or You Might Win

Mark Nickolas | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lloyd Bentsen, Vp Debate, George H.W. Bush, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Dan Quayle, Sarah Palin, Media Criticism, Media Coverage, Joe Biden, Geraldine Ferraro, Vice Presidential Debate, Politics News
Mark Nickolas

Despite Bush's condescension, Reagan-Bush won in 1984, and despite being smacked-down, Bush-Quayle won in 1988. So...what exactly is the media's point?

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Bill Clinton And The Difference Of Collective Responsibility

James Boyce | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Clinton Global Initiative, Al Gore, George H.W. Bush, Politics News
James Boyce

In the middle of this election cycle with a divided nation and escalation of rhetoric, the very fact that the Clinton Global Initiative exists at all made me proud once again to be a Democrat.

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