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Reid: America Cannot Afford Bush Strategy Any Longer

Washington, DC—Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, released the following statement today after comments made by President Bush at the White House: The President today asked the American people to trust him as he continues to follow the same failed strategy that has...

I like Walsh's column on vouchers

Here it is: LINK There’s been a few folk taking punches at the Trib’s newest columnist, myself among them, but I think she’s hit her stride with this one. It’s well written, it’s thoughtful, it’s readable and it’s honest. Even...

GOP / White House Crapola Fest on Pelosi's Syria Trip

With all the white noise of the White House’s grandstanding and chest thumping about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) scheduled trip to Syria, why didn’t the President note that a Republican-led delegation met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad...

Republicans in general, and Bush in particular, actually hate the troops and want them to suffer.

Representative Jack Murtha, of the Democratic Party, wants to legislate a required one-year leave for troops rotating out of a combat theater. George Bush and the GOP chickenhawks want to send, and have sent, broken soldiers back into the theater as soon as possible....

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Julia Lyon and Michael Westley over at the Tribune wrote a really good article (HERE) about the Gay/Straight Alliance Gay-Hate law that Senator Buttars got passed. But they missed out on a tiny nuance that I believe is located in this small sample: “…And...