State of the Union Address

The Why of Chokingly High Oil Prices: Bush Together with Saudi Arabia Spells Disaster for America

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.12.2008 | Business

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Raymond J. Learsy

As our so-called friends in Saudi Arabia watch our economy sink into recession, it's clear that the price of Mr. Bush's friendship has become frighteningly expensive to us and the rest of the world.

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Finishing Bush's Thoughts: What He Really Meant to Say at the State of the Union Speech

Kathleen Wright | Posted 01.30.2008 | Politics

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Kathleen Wright

Since Bush usually has so much trouble communicating, I thought I'd help out by making what he said clearer.

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Stephen Kinzer Hits the Road for Peace with Iran

Robert Naiman | Posted 01.30.2008 | Politics

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Robert Naiman

Author Stephen Kinzer will begin a tour to warn of the danger of a U.S. military confrontation with Iran and to push for a change in U.S. policy towards real diplomatic engagement with Iran.

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Whoops: Bush Interrupts Phone Call With Gay Congressman's Boyfriend

Boston Globe's Political Intelligence | Susan Milligan | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics

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It's a time-worn president's trick: walk up to a congressman chatting on the phone and send your regards to the astonished person on the other end of ...

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Why is NY NOW so Ticked at Teddy?

Taylor Marsh | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics

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Taylor Marsh

The very thing that makes Clinton qualified to be president is being pushed aside and called "the past." Let's face it, if Clinton was Obama, she wouldn't be getting the time of day, let alone Kennedy's endorsement.

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George W. Bush Wants to Treat Iraq Like South Korea

Jackson Williams | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics

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Jackson Williams

Last night Bush spoke of "eventual protective overwatch" in Iraq. What does that mean, really?

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Bush SOTU: Decreasing Energy Security and Fronting for Climate Change

Joseph Romm | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics

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Joseph Romm

For Bush/Luntz energy/climate policy, "Technology, technology, blah, blah," the State of the Union never, ever changes.

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State of the Union, Post-Mortem

Joan Z. Shore | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics

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Joan Z. Shore

There were only two words required of Bush when he stepped up to make his State of the Union address last night: "Mea culpa."

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The More Americans Demand Change, The More The State Of The Union Address Stays The Same

Andrea Batista Schlesinger | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics

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Andrea Batista Schlesinger

After years of insisting that the economy was doing great, it takes weak corporate profits to make the president recognize that times are tough.

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Max Follmer

Bush's Final State Of The Union In Under 100 Words

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics

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So in preparing for the President's State Of The Union address, the team over at HuffPost discovered a great little feature in Microsoft Word called "...

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Bush's Final State Of The Union

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics

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Andrea Batista Schlesinger: The More Americans Demand Change, The More The State Of The Union Address Stays The Same Read The Speeches: Read the text...

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State of the Union: Don't Overthink It?

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics

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Robert Schlesinger

There may now be scientific proof to the adage that you campaign in poetry but govern in prose.

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Out Of Line: State of the Union

Mort Gerberg | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics

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Mort Gerberg

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My Pet Goat II: President Sticks To His Story Even As Military Crumbles Around Him

Bobby Muller | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics

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Bobby Muller

Simple morality, and sense of decency, demands a change. We cannot continue taking such gross advantage of those who have offered themselves in service to our country.

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State of the Bully Address

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics

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Jayne Lyn Stahl

The so-called "Protect America Act" was not designed to protect this country, but instead those corporate cronies whose ongoing sodomy of the First Amendment President Bush enthusiastically endorses.

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The State of the Union: A Shakespearean Tragedy for our Times

Jamie Stiehm | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics

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Jamie Stiehm

For a war-weary nation dreading a recession, this speech is truly the last act of a Shakespearean tragedy -- sadly not a comedy of errors.

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The State of the Wars, Military, and Veterans

Jon Soltz | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics

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Jon Soltz

Every time the president talks about the economy tonight, just keep one thing in mind: You cannot separate the economy and the war in Iraq, which has cost billions of dollars.

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Lame Duck: Bush To Praise Pelosi In State Of The Union

Politico | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics

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Politico reports: Before President Bush heads to the Capitol tonight, no one should be surprised if he first doublechecks a pair of crucial Senate vo...

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Will Anyone Be Listening To The State Of The Union?

Washington Post | Michael Abromowitz | Posted 01.27.2008 | Politics

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For years, President Bush and his advisers expressed frustration that the White House received little credit for the nation's strong economic performa...

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State of the Outrage

Marty Kaplan | Posted 01.27.2008 | Politics

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Marty Kaplan

Rather than actually mooning some Senate Democrats at the joint session of Congress on Monday night as Bush would like to do, he will instead call them terrorist-lovers and partisan obstructionists.

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Dems Try to Pre-Empt State of the Union

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 01.25.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats, trying to have the first word on President Bush's State of the Union speech, challenged him Friday to reno...

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Reid Issues Ultimatum: More Time Or No Wiretaps

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.25.2008 | Politics

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At a State of the Union preview speech today at the National Press Club, Majority Leader Harry Reid issued a dramatic ultimatum to President Bush: eit...

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George W. Bush as Marie Antoinette: "Let Them Go Ice Fishing in Maine" (Part Two)

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 12.19.2007 | Business

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Raymond J. Learsy

That the government would not use the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as a symbolic gesture to counter OPEC's and the oil industry's rapaciousness borders on the incredulous, or perhaps more accurately, the malign.

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