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Virtual Obama, Virtual JFK

Norman MacAfee | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Eisenhower, Koji Masutani, Vietnam, Berlin, Laos, James Blight, Documentary Film, Obama, Lbj, Jfk, Cuba, Barack Obama, Politics News
Norman MacAfee

I urge you to see a new film, Virtual JFK: Vietnam, If Kennedy Had Lived, by Koji Masutani, now at the Film Forum in New York through September 30.

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McCain gets the Gold!

Christopher Ingram | Posted 09.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Yourhfullness, US Election, Alaska, Commercial Fisherman, Rush Limbaugh, Children, Kennedy, Associated Press, Chris Ingram, Obama, Mccain, G.O.P., Democrats, Biden, Marriage, Clinton, Hillary, Laura Ingraham, Beauty Queeen, Palin, Sarah Palin, 2008 Campaign, Lbj, Republicans, Hunter, Irreverent View, Politics News
Christopher Ingram

GOP nominee's pick is the best since Kennedy picked LBJ - but for totally different reasons Slap me silly and call me stupid, but John McCain is on h...

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Forgotten Man

Robert Kuttner | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Kuttner Obama's Challenge, Democratic Convention, Lyndon Johnson, Barack Obama, Dnc, Lbj, Democratic National Convention, 2008 Election, Denver, Politics News
Robert Kuttner

Here in Denver, where podium time has been found for a mind-numbing array of obscure speakers, the day will pass without ceremony or acknowledgment of LBJ. Why?

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A Historical Perspective On Divided Democratic Conventions

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Don't buy into the media narrative that this is some sort of "divided party" -- because today's Democrats aren't. All true Democrats are pulling hard to defeat the legacy of George W. Bush.

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The Big Bang of Attack Ads

Steve Cone | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Negative Ad, Television, Lbj, Negative Attacks, Political Ads, Lyndon Johnson, Daisy, Barry Goldwater, Politics News
Steve Cone

In memory of its creator, I think it is high time we understand that the 1964 Daisy ad was not about being negative but rather truthful.

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The Speech Obama Needs to Give

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 06.11.2008 | Home

Read More: Bill Clinton, Lbj, Hillary Clinton, Jfk, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Harry Truman, Fdr, Home News
Leonce Gaiter

"Hillary Clinton is an exemplary Senator, a furious campaigner, and a great American. She has been a vital part of this moment in history, this moment when we showed the world what the 'land of opportunity' can mean."

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Take Off That Hat, Dick Cheney

Mike Bonifer | Posted 05.31.2008 | Politics

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Mike Bonifer

The Bush Gang was not the first to appropriate cowboy iconography for politics, but since they did, to be called a cowboy has, almost impossibly it seems to me, become some kind of slur.

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Bush Is The Biggest Spender Since LBJ

McClatchy | David Lightman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Government Spending, LBJ, President Bush, Politics News

George W. Bush, despite all his recent bravado about being an apostle of small government and budget-slashing, is the biggest spending president since...

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