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Should Harry Reid Resign?

January 12th, 2010

By Tom Carter Apparently there’s no end to the political dust being kicked up by Game Change, the new book on the 2008 presidential campaigns by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. Politicians left and right are being wounded by their own words and the assessments of their own staffs. As anyone who’s turned on a TV or opened […]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: Bush, Lott, negro, Obama, Reid, resign, resignation, Thurmond
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The President’s Weekly Address

January 3rd, 2010

By Harvey Grund It took a year for President Barack Obama to do it, but in his weekly address to the nation yesterday he finally got mad enough to get his teleprompter to use the word “terrorism.” All those involved in the attempted act of terrorism on Christmas must know you, too, will be held to […]

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Tags: Abdulmutallab, Bush, Christmas, Obama, terrorism, terrorist
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A Journey of Revenge

September 3rd, 2009

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves — one for yourself. That’s a slightly modified version of a quote supposedly from Confucius. The Obama Administration and congressional Democrats would do well to think about it. Seeking revenge against political opponents formerly in power by attempting to criminalize and incarcerate them is a […]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: Bush, Cheney, Holder, investigation, Obama, prosecution, revenge
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The GOP’s Misplaced Rage

August 16th, 2009

From Bruce Bartlett, a well-known conservative economist: Where is the evidence that everything would be better if Republicans were in charge? Does anyone believe the economy would be growing faster or that unemployment would be lower today if John McCain had won the election? I know of no economist who holds that view. The economy […]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: Bush, Obama, partisanship, politicians
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The BBC on Bush

January 18th, 2009

The BBC can never be accused of objectivity where President Bush is concerned. That’s why I was a bit surprised to see a recent BBC webpage that contains several links to articles about Bush that aren’t entirely negative. The first part deals with Bushisms–funny things the President has said along the way. Such as: For […]

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Tags: Bush
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