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Posted at 12:25am on Nov. 20, 2007 A request to all Republican presidential candidates

By scottbomb

I sincerely believe the Republican nominee will win the election in 2008. Whoever you are, when you do take office, I beg of you to make a bold move. Purge your branch of the government of the liberals who run the various agencies.

I'm sick and tired of having liberal policies coming out of the various agencies like the EEOC, Dept. of Education, Dept. of State, EPA, etc., etc. Our president is a Republican but his government doesn't govern like it.

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Posted at 12:18pm on Nov. 12, 2007 President Bush to address Federalist Society Convention

By Alexham

Pretty cool, eh?

Hopefully, I'll be able to blog the event live.

Posted at 8:44pm on Nov. 9, 2007 The Case for Mitt Romney

By Insight

Reading Dan McLaughlin’s (what, 10,000?) words on the trouble with Mitt Romney made me think of an old story from Andrew Tobias’ personal finance book from way back in the 70s. In it he tells about the day he was a hero at the Harvard Business School, at least among the students.

Seems his pricing theory professor had assigned homework on a case study. The idea was that each student would spend hours poring over the facts, generate lots of pages of calculations, and bring them to class the next session. Well, when Mr. Tobias showed up without a mountain of paperwork and calculations on his desk, the professor, seeking to embarrass him, asked him to explain his reasoning and conclusions as to the right price that the firm ought to charge in this case.

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Posted at 1:56pm on Nov. 9, 2007 Bush is there because he wants to be there, even if he does need to be there.

By chemical sam

This link below leads to a Reuters slideshow of President Bush visiting soldiers who have suffered heartbreaking injuries to their bodies. (I don't know how long it will remain available.) I see in these pictures a President who is genuinely thankful for the sacrifices of these soldiers. This is no photo opportunity. I can't picture Hillary Clinton standing there, and not because she would claim never to precipitate such events.

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Posted at 3:59am on Nov. 7, 2007 Does Andrew Sullivan Read What He Links To?

By Pejman Yousefzadeh

Check out this post. Sullivan links to a story discussing how the Republicans in the House sought to force the Democrats to debate Dennis Kucinich's resolution calling for the impeachment of Vice President Cheney. As the story makes perfectly clear, the Republicans were doing this to embarrass the Democrats, not because they believed Cheney ought to be impeached. Sullivan, however, seems to think that Liberty is about to rise Lazarus-like from the grave because at last, "Congress is finally tackling the issue of the vice-president's attack on the constitution." If Sullivan actually bothered to read the story he linked to, he would find that the Democrats in the House were desperate to table the Kucinich resolution so that they wouldn't have to consider it and the Republicans were gleeful at the prospect of using it to sidetrack the Democrats and make them look like they were obsessed with Cheney. Hardly "tackling the issue of the vice-president's attack on the constitution" and more like a smart parliamentary maneuver that caught the Democrats napping procedurally.

And then there is this. Evidently, by protecting pork barrel water projects, Madisonian democracy is being preserved against the ravages of the neocons. I wonder if Sullivan is on autopilot when he blogs or whether he just thinks that none of his readers are energetic enough to do what he ought to have done in the first place and closely peruse the posts and stories he tries to make public.

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Posted at 12:45pm on Oct. 30, 2007 A Governmet Program that's Worth Supporting?

By RottDawg

The White House Commission on Remembrance is an independent government agency whose missions include:

Promoting the spirit of unity and remembrance through observance of The National Moment of Remembrance at 3 PM local time on Memorial Day;

Ensuring the nation remembers the sacrifices of America's fallen from the Revolutionary War to the present;

Recognizing those who served and those who continue to serve our great nation and reminding all Americans of their common heritage.

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Posted at 12:03pm on Oct. 29, 2007 A lazy President is not a bad idea.

By longwalker

First of all, I do not have a horse in the Presidental race, yet! So this is not an arguement either for or against Fred Thompson or any other Republican candidate.

Remember the fable of the frogs who wanted a king? At first, they were given a log by the gods. When they realized that their king did nothing but lie there, they complained to the gods. Then the gods gave them a stork for king. Storks eat frogs, Quod Erat Demonstratum!

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Posted at 12:59pm on Oct. 19, 2007 Silent Bob

Personnel Is Policy

By Dan McLaughlin

There are two schools of thought on the Right about Defense Secretary Bob Gates and his near-total public silence on pretty much every imaginable area in which the Defense Secretary might normally be expected to offer public advocacy of Administration policy. One is that Gates is a professional manager whose job is to get out of the way, say soothing things to a Democratic Congress and let the uniformed leadership run the war effort, on the theory (as we have seen) that it's harder to demonize a decorated soldier like Gen. David Petraeus than a civilian leader. The other school of thought is that Gates just doesn't really agree with any of the President's policies, and worse, is trying to move them in a more dovish or at least "realist" direction.

The latest word on a Gates personnel decision suggests the latter, and helps explain why Joe Klein can say with an apparently straight face that Gates would "make an estimable SecDef in a Democratic administration":

Read On...

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Posted at 11:03pm on Sep. 26, 2007 Don't Know Much About History

By pilgrim

Bill Clinton spoke on the Charlie Rose show about Iran. Here is what he said.

Clinton: ... Iran's a whole different kettle of fish—but it's a sad story that really began in the 1950s when the United States deposed Mr. Mossadegh, who was an elected parliamentary democrat, and brought the Shah back in and then he was overturned by the Ayatollah Khomeini, driving us into the arms of one Saddam Hussein. Most of the terrible things Saddam Hussein did in the 1980s he did with the full, knowing support of the United States government, because he was in Iran, and Iran was what it was because we got rid of the parliamentary democracy back in the '50s; at least, that is my belief.

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Posted at 9:02am on Sep. 17, 2007 Who?

The President Signals He Doesn't Want To Fight

By Erick

We have the AGAG replacement. It is craptacular in it's excitement in the base-building generation abilities.

President Bush has selected retired federal judge Michael B. Mukasey as his new attorney general, sources said yesterday, moving to install a law-and-order conservative at the Justice Department while hoping to avoid a confirmation fight with Senate Democrats.

The nomination of Mukasey, considered an authority on national security issues, could come as early as this morning, the sources said. The White House was already seeking over the weekend to tamp down concern in the conservative legal world about Mukasey's views, assuring allies that he shares Bush's views on executive power and the need for strong action against terrorists.

But, it's okay. The White House has decided, in the words of WaPo, that Mukasey is "conservative enough."

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Posted at 5:17pm on Sep. 14, 2007 Tony Snow Leaves

By Erick

Sadly, Tony Snow leaves the White House today for the last time as Press Secretary. He was a great Press Secretary and he will be deeply missed. I wanted to re-post the interview Tony conducted with me last October as we all wish both he and his family well. — Erick

Tony Snow went from being a speech writer in President George H. W. Bush's White House to the world of journalism and Fox News. Then, this year, he returned to the White House to serve as the current President Bush's Press Secretary -- a job he says is a blast.

In the world of politics, Tony Snow is both a humble, genuine person, and a rock star. In fact, so popular is Tony Snow, he headed out this weekend onto the campaign trail to help Republicans -- something no other press secretary has done. "This is not something I anticipated doing," he said. "I'm not going to be out calling out Harry Reid or Nancy Pelosi or any other senior Democrat. Instead what I'm going to do is talk factually and positively about what the President is doing." Snow will generally be speaking to volunteers, getting them motivated as we head into the final weeks.

During our conversation, I asked Tony why the New York Times and other media organizations, that helped undermine our national security through leaks, still have access to the White House. His response makes good sense. First, he pointed out that the reporters from the New York Times who cover the White House did not write the damaging stories. Then he said, "We think a couple of those stories on the terrorist surveillance program . . . were not helpful in fighting the war . . . and frankly went against what newspapers have done in times of war, which is to try to defend national security." Snow also said that if the reporters who covered the White House did not have access to the White House, they'd still cover the White House, just without the White House's perspective on things.

And what's it like to work in the White House? Tony Snow says it is a blast. The atmosphere is collegial and the President encourages everyone's input and debate. He also says he has more time now with his family then he did when he worked at Fox. But, he says he feels no guilt for causing "Brian and the Judge" to be inflicted on humanity. He holds both Brian Kilmeade and the judge in high regard.

In the course of our interview, I asked Tony Snow about his family, his battle with cancer, and about working in the White House. Tony Snow also shed some helpful light on the leaking of the National Intelligence Estimate. We're pleased to welcome Tony Snow and, through him, the White House, into the blogosphere.

or listen here:

You can download the interview here.

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Posted at 8:21am on Sep. 12, 2007 Hmmm . . .

By Erick

So yesterday I suggested Bush trot out Ted Olson as his Attorney General nominee. Be sure to check out Drudge today.

Make it so, Mr. President.

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Posted at 10:47am on Sep. 11, 2007 On This Anniversary

By Erick

Wouldn't it be nice to see the President of the United States announce that Ted Olson is his choice to be Attorney General of the United States?

Consider this an open thread.

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Posted at 1:26am on Sep. 7, 2007 What's Going On Between Bush And Condi?

By westin

Well I was just kind of wondering? These two are unusually close, very weird

Bush takes Rice's arm: 'She can be my date'

The air in Sydney must be invigorating today, because President Bush, arriving at a harbor-point mansion for dinner, reached out to touch Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s arm and said:

“She can be my date.’’

First Lady Laura Bush passed up this week’s trip to a summit of Pacific Rim leaders in Australia citing the physical therapy she is getting for a neck injury from hiking. And, of course, Rice is not married.

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