Max Cleland

GOP Congressman Afraid To Openly Criticize Afghanistan War

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Sean Duffy, Bill Shuster, Afghanistan, John Kerry, Grover Norquist Afghanistan, Adam Kinzinger, Chris Murphy Afghanistan, Jon Runyan, Afghanistan Withdrawal, Max Cleland, Grover Norquist, Chris Murphy, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- While criticism of the war in Afghanistan has slowly been building since Osama bin Laden's death in Pakistan, some Republicans are still...

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Protect Your Manhood: End the War in Afghanistan

Robert Naiman | Posted 06.08.2011

Read More: Pat Tillman, Los Angeles Times, Negotiations, Max Cleland, Robert McNamara, Vietnam War, Foreign Policy, Afghanistan Casualties, Afghanistan War, World News

Before you enlist or deploy, I think you have to ask yourself whether we still live in the same country that sent Max Cleland off to be maimed in a war in which our leaders did not believe.

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Learning to Love the ADA

Jamal Simmons | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Americans With Disabilities Act, Max Cleland, Jamal Simmons, Healthy Living News

In 2001 I went to work for former U.S. Senator Max Cleland who lost three limbs in Vietnam after a grenade exploded in his hand. Before getting to kn...

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Campaign 2010: Déjà Vu All Over Again

Michael Winship | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, 1994 Elections, Charles Rangel, 9/11, Saxby Chambliss, Max Cleland, Newt Gingrich, United States Senate, Democratic Party, 2002 Elections 2006 Elections, Republican Party, United States House of Representatives, Barack Obama, Home News

Michael Winship Comparisons are odious, the old saying goes, and certainly Democrats are dealing with some smelly, stinky realities as they stare dow...

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Max Cleland Memoir: Former Senator Unloads On Enemies, Dishes Lewinsky Dirt

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Max Cleland, Cleland Lewinsky, Heart of a Patriot, Cleland Domenici, Cleland Book, Cleland Clinton, Cleland Memoir, Politics News

In his upcoming book, "Heart of a Patriot", former Senator and decorated Vietnam War veteran Max Cleland unloads on his political nemeses and dishes s...

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Rove, Plouffe Do Battle Over Obama, Their Own Books, And More

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Plouffe, Karl Rove, Rove Plouffe, Rove Taxes Plouffe Tatxes, Ecoomy, Ethics, Tax Cuts, Spar Rove Plouffe, Panetta Institute, Max Cleland, Politics and Bipartisanship, Politics News

The two most successful modern presidential campaign gurus sparred on Monday night on topics ranging from the quality of each other's books to the siz...

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Georgia Dem Senate Candidate Attacked On Family Safety, Even Though His Daughter Was Once Kidnapped

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Saxby Chambliss, Chambliss Child Kidnapped, Family Safety, Martin Child Kidnapped, Martin Saxby Chambliss, Chambliss Martin, Georgia Senate, Martin Becky, Jim Martin, Max Cleland, Children Crime, Politics News

There is an eerie familiarity taking hold in Georgia's runoff Senate race. The same tone that defined the much lamented 2002 contest -- in which chall...

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Max Cleland: Obama's Secretary Of Veterans Affairs?

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama is considering Max Cleland for two top posts, the Washington Times reports: President-elect Barack Obama is considering former Sen. Max...

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The Amazing Story Of Saxby Chambliss' Bum Knee

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Saxby Chambliss, Chambliss Golf, Cleland Senate, Jim Martin, Chambliss Martin, Martin, Max Cleland, Chambliss Knee, Georgia Senate. Georgia Senate Race, Politics News

Six years ago, Saxby Chambliss was able to win a seat in the United States Senate by deploying a series of highly personalized swipes at incumbent Dem...

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Georgia on My Mind

Lance Simmens | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senate Races, Chambliss, Mccain, Georgia Race, Georgia Senate Race, Saxby Chambliss, Max Cleland, Georgia Runoff, Politics News

Sometimes individuals are humbled by defeat, other times they are hardened by it. I had hoped that in McCain's case the former would apply, it seems not to be the case.

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In Georgia, McCain Saves The Worst For Last

Max Bernstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Georgia Senate Race, John McCain, Saxby Chambliss Runoff, Georgia, Jim Martin, Saxby Chambliss, Max Cleland, Georgia Runoff, Politics News

I don't know if John McCain's memory is starting to go and 2000-2002 is just a bit fuzzy, if he got so used to pissing away his principles for the good of the party that by now it's just reflexive.

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John McCain, Saxby Chambliss, And A Shifting Definition Of 'Honor'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain, Max Cleland, Saxby Chambliss, Politics News

According to the historical record, when Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss first ran against and defeated Max Cleland, he ran some incendiary ads that d...

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Max Cleland's Chance for Revenge

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senate Races, Senate, Georgia, Max Cleland, Saxby Chambliss, Senate Democrats Fundraising, Politics News

One of the biblical 10 commandments is not to bear false witness. Saxby Chambliss will have to answer to God someday, but on December 2nd, he needs to answer to the people of Georgia.

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Chambliss Releases Another 9/11-Themed Ad

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Facing the possibility of a runoff election, Sen. Saxby Chambliss has put out a television advertisement that exploits imagery of 9/11. The spot, tit...

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John Kerry For Secretary Of State. Max Cleland For Secretary Of Veterans Affairs

James Boyce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Kerry, Max Cleland, Newsladder, Obama Cabinet, Veterans Affairs, Secretary of State, Obama Administration, Barack Obama, Politics News

War and Climate Change are the two great issues facing our country and our world. John Kerry is better than any considered to address them.

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Do it for Max Cleland

Max Bernstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Georgia Senate Race, Georgia Senate, Georgia, Jim Martin, Saxby Chambliss, Max Cleland, 2008 Election, Politics News

Help Jim Martin defeat Saxby Chambliss in the name of sweet, sweet retribution for the scare campaign that painted a Max Cleland as unconcerned with the safety of our country.

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Chambliss: "The Other Folks Are Voting"

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Via John Cole, the Politico reports on Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss' candid assessment of what motivates Republicans in his state: The Republican is ...

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Cleland Worried About "White Backlash" To Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Georgia Martin, Cleland White Backlash, Cleland Interview, Cleland Mccain, Cleland Obama, Saxby Chambliss, Max Cleland, Jim Martin, Cleland Georgia, Cleland Palin, Politics News

Max Cleland, the former Senator from Georgia who has taken on an active role helping Democrats campaign in that state, expressed concern that there wo...

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Know A Conservative That Needs Some Changing?

James Boyce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Max Cleland, Barack Obama, Politics News

The time to go one on one with your friends in Swing States is right now. In the past, this might have meant a quick phone call but now, it means sending an email with some of the remarkable content that is out there.

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John McCain: The 25-Year Washington Insider Comically Running as the Washington Outsider

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Murtha, Max Cleland, Karl Rove, John McCain, November Election, John Kerry, Joe Biden, Republicans, Steve Schmidt, Republican Convention, Democrats, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Politics News

f Washington's been a swamp since George W. Bush took office in 2000, then McCain's been wading in it with his thigh-high muck-boots.

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Here's My Take Results: Your Ideal Administration Cabinet

Jennifer Bogut | Posted 05.25.2011

Who is in your dream Administration, and what role would they play? I JUST finished tabulating the results you sent in as part of our new "What's Your Take" community feature.

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Lobbyist Max Cleland Disinvited From Obama Event

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Georgia Sen. Max Cleland was an icon of Sen. John Kerry's 2004 campaign, a badly wounded war hero who lost his seat, Kerry deplored, after a te...

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Military Mom: The Loneliness Of Speaking The Truth On Iraq

Deanie Mills | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senator Chuck Hagel, Torture Iraq, War Dissent, F.B.I. War Crimes, Issent: Voices of Conscience, Military Dissent, Marine Mom, Colonel Ann Wright and Susan Dixon, Torture Guantanamo, Military Families Iraq, Soldier Dissent Iraq, Administration Lies Iraq, Valerie Plame, Chuck Hagel, Joseph Wilson, CIA Toruture, The Torture Scandal's Heroes, Colonel Ann Wright and Susan Dixon Dissent, Max Cleland, FBI War Crimes File, Torture Bush, Anti-War Military Families, Fallujah, Marine Mom Dissent, Camp Delta, Torture, Home News

Most assumed, as a marine mom, I'd welcome loads of faux-patriotic e-mail forwards decorated with flags and words like OUR HEROES!!! interspersed with diatribes against anyone who dared question Bush's war-machine.

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Dirty Politics: "Confessions Of A Political Hitman"

ABC News | MARCUS BARAM | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Guy Millner, Max Cleland, Political Hitman, Opposition Research, Dirty Politics, Stephen Marks, Politics News

...Stephen Marks, an opposition research specialist for more than 12 years, worked on some of the most competitive bare-knuckles elections in recent y...

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