Mission Accomplished

Fannie and Freddie's Rich Uncle

Paul Peete | Posted 07.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Phil Gramm, Fannie Mae, Mccain, Freddie Mac, Mission Accomplished, Bush, Economy, Bear Stearns Bailout, Bear Stearns, Business News
Paul Peete

Those Republicans hate big government but love big bailouts, like Bear Stearns and Fannie Mae. And the help comes fast too, unless you are needy people, like the New Orleans Katrina crowd.

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"Candy Bombers," Obama and the End of Wal-Mart Nation (Mississippi Flood Update)

Bennet Kelley | Posted 06.08.2008 | Politics

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Bennet Kelley

The can-do nation that soared from the depths of the depression to the moon has withered to a Wal-Mart nation that believes we can maintain our leadership and economic standing on the cheap.

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Who's Ready on Day One?

Larry Beinhart | Posted 05.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Mission Accomplished 5 Years Later, Mission Accomplished, Ready to Lead on Day One, Hillary Clinton, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Commander-in-Chief, Politics News
Larry Beinhart

As the only one of the candidates who deals in reality rather than fantasy, Obama is the only candidate who will be ready on day one, as "commander-in-chief," or as president.

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Shout It Out: There's Still a War Going On!

R.T. Eby | Posted 05.12.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq Occupation, Mission Accomplished, Dick Cheney War, Green Zone Haliburton, Iraq Death Toll, George Bush War, Green Zone, Media Iraq War, Jennifer Aniston Iraq, Press Iraq War, Home News
R.T. Eby

The media have stopped covering the war. Bush has given up trying to accomplish his mission. Meantime, PFC George Delgado may very well have been the 4,000th American death in the war.

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Jason Linkins

'Mission Accomplished' Anniversary: NYT Celebrates With Panel Who Largely Got It Wrong

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, New York Times, Success of the Surge, Mission Accomplished, War in Iraq, Iraq Five Years Later, Politics News

This past Sunday, the New York Times presented a symposium of sorts on the future of the Iraq War, titled "How To See This Mission Accomplished." Hav...

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Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq, Mission Accomplished, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

This week, the Rev. Wright circus came back to town, and the media reacted like a giddy five year-old, giving his clownish act -- and Obama's acrobatic effort to avoid falling off the high wire -- wall-to-wall coverage. Getting far less airtime was the fact that April was the deadliest month in Iraq for US troops since September 2007. Fittingly, we also saw the 5th anniversary of "Mission Accomplished" -- which produced the quote of the week from Dana Perino: "President Bush is well aware that the banner should have been much more specific and said mission accomplished for these sailors who are on this ship on their mission." I'm surprised she didn't tack on "...for the next five seconds; after that, all bets are off."

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Friday Talking Points [30] -- "Mainstream Media Out To Lunch" Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

If every port on the West Coast of the United States of America was shut down because of a terrorist threat, do you think it would make the news? So d...

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Largest Labor Strike Since Iraq War Shuts Down West Coast Ports

LA Times | Louis Sahagun and Ronald D. White | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Labor Strike, Warwire, Mission Accomplished 5 Years Later, Mission Accomplished, Iraq Five Years Later, Iraq, Iraq Five Years of War, War in Iraq, Politics News

Thousands of dockworkers at 29 West Coast ports took the day off Thursday, effectively shutting down operations at the busy complexes in what the unio...

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Brownstein to McCain: Explain Yourself on Iraq

Moira Whelan | Posted 05.02.2008 | Media

Read More: Mission Accomplished Anniversary, Iraq War, John McCain 2008, John MCain, Mission Accomplished 5 Years Later, Mission Accomplished, McCain Iraq 100 Years, Brownstein, Iraq, Iraq Five Years of War, Media News
Moira Whelan

You can't just criticize people for taking you out of context for repeating your "100 Years" remark when you have failed to explain what, exactly, your context is.

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Five Years After "Mission Accomplished"

Reps. Maxine Waters, Barbara Lee, and Lynn Woolsey | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics

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Reps. Maxine Waters, Barbara Lee, and Lynn Woolsey

Instead of working to find political solutions that will calm the warring sects, our continued military presence has further entrenched the divisions on all sides of the conflict.

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On Bush, On Baseball and Iraq: "He's 0 for 2"

Rahm Emanuel | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: History, George Bush, Record, Predictions, Wild Card, Legacy, Mission Accomplished, Bush Predictions, George W Bush, Texas Rangers, Reputation, History as Judge, Baseball, Politics News
Rahm Emanuel

Just like his baseball predictions, President Bush sings a very similar tune about Iraq. History will be the judge of whether once again George Bush's record and America's reputation will go down in flames.

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The Empty Flight Suit

Mary Mapes | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mission Accomplished Anniversary, Mission Accomplished 5 Years Later, Mission Accomplished, Politics News
Mary Mapes

The carrier landing, the flight suit and the banner all seem so long ago. That day was thousands of American military funerals ago, countless dead Iraqis ago. Too many lives and too many lies ago.

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Five Years Ago: How the Media Gushed Over "Mission Accomplished"

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Warwire, The New York Times, Mission Accomplished, George W. Bush, War, Joe Klein, Iraq, Chris Matthews, Bush, Politics News
Greg Mitchell

On NBC, Brian Williams gushed, "The pictures were beautiful. It was quite something to see the first-ever American president on a -- on a carrier landing."

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"Mission Accomplished" - Five Years Later

Rep. John Murtha | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics

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Rep. John Murtha

Five years ago today, President Bush declared "mission accomplished." 1,827 days later, the U.S. occupation of Iraq continues, and our "mission" remains undefined and open-ended.

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5 Years Later, We Have a New Mission

Jonathan Powers | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics

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Jonathan Powers

Five years ago Bush announced, "my fellow Americans: Major combat operations in Iraq have ended." Half a world away, my soldiers and I were preparing our rucksacks to head to Baghdad.

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BREAKING NEWS! White House Announces Contest to Find More Specific Text For "Mission Accomplished" Banner

Steve Young | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics

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Steve Young

Washington - On the 5th anniversary of President Bush's heroic landing on the USS Abraham Lincoln and speech before the Mission Accomplished banner, t...

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"Mission Accomplished" 5 Years Later

AP | TERENCE HUNT | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The White House said Wednesday that President Bush has paid a price for the "Mission Accomplished" banner that was flown in triumph...

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Five Years Since "Mission Accomplished" Up Next: More of the Same

Max Bergmann | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, John McCain, Warwire, Iraq, Mission Accomplished Anniversary, Mission Accomplished, Politics News
Max Bergmann

McCain has called for more of the same -- more troops, more time. His ill-defined approach says we cannot afford to fail, but fails to explain how to succeed.

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May Day! Fifth Anniversary of 'Mission Accomplished' Arrives

Greg Mitchell | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Warwire, Iraq, Chris Matthews, Mission Accomplished, George W. Bush, Bush, War, Politics News
Greg Mitchell

In a just world, the media will provide as much coverage tomorrow about what has transpired in Iraq since that not-so-magical moment on the aircraft carrier as they did on the day itself.

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Where in The World Are Iraq War Movies Popular?

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 04.02.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Battle of Algiers, Rendition, Lions for Lambs, Box Office, In the Valley of Elah, Redacted, Stop-Loss, Mission Accomplished, Iraq War, Iraq War Movies, Iraq, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Erik Lundegaard

Hollywood has tried to make it easy for us by making its Iraq War films about us, and setting the action here, in the U.S. But we can't be bothered.

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4,000 Souls

Sen. Robert Byrd | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: 4000 Killed, Iraq 4000, 4000 Killed in Iraq, 4000 Soldiers Killed, Mission Accomplished, 4000 Soldiers Deaths, Iraq 4000 Deaths, 4000 Deaths, 4000, Politics News
Sen. Robert Byrd

As we mark this painful milestone, we must ask ourselves: what is the moral justification for allowing this war to continue?

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Bush's Iraq Strategery: Blame The Troops

Bob Cesca | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics

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Bob Cesca

President Bush and all of his apologists have scapegoated or are preemptively scapegoating the troops and the "commanders on the ground."

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The Media Screws Up Iraq, Again, And The Launch Of The Iraq NewsLadder

James Boyce | Posted 12.07.2007 | Media

Read More: Iraq, Media, Jared Polis, Iraq Surge, Iraq WMD, Mission Accomplished, Newsladder, Robert Harding, Media News
James Boyce

Media sources outside of the U.S. seem able to report the truth, and call a rose a rose with far greater accuracy than those here in the United States are able to do.

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Getting Back to Business...Ending the War in Iraq

Rep. John Murtha | Posted 11.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Iraq War, House of Representatives, Bringing Home the Troops, Democratic Congress, Army Field Manual, Senate Republicans, Mission Accomplished, Ricardo Sanchez, 50 Billion Iraq, American Troops, Iraqi Government, Democrats 50 Billion, Politics News
Rep. John Murtha

As we begin the fifth holiday season without a redeployment plan, we are faced with two choices: Either we continue to stick with a policy that sacrifices American blood or we can listen to the American people.

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Lieberman: "The Tide Has Turned In Iraq And We're Winning"

Think Progress | Satyam | Posted 11.06.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iraq, Joe Lieberman, Mission Accomplished, Politics News

The U.S. military announced the death of six soldiers yesterday, "taking the number of deaths this year to 851 and making 2007 the deadliest year of t...

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