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realclearpolitics.com - 8/10/2009
Nancy's Nazi Shock: Did She Forget the Bush Years?
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Op-ed by John Leo
The GOP's Misplaced Rage
thedailybeast.com - 8/13/2009
The GOP's Misplaced Rage
— thedailybeast.com — Barack Obama, George Bush AP Photo; Getty Images Leading conservative economist Bruce Bartlett writes that the Obama-hating... town-hall mobs have it wrong the person they should be angry with left the White House seven months ago. Where is the evidence ... (more) The GOP's Misplaced Rage

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dailylocal.com - 8/16/2009
The Daily Local News : Serving Chester County
— dailylocal.com — WASHINGTON For years, the Bush administration was criticized for not cleaning up enough of the nation's most... contaminated waste sites. The Obama administration plans to do even less. Environmental groups and some Democratic lawmakers railed against ... (more) The Daily Local News : Serving Chester County

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WalStreetPro2 Dissects The Latest Economic Numbers & Tells The Truth About The 1-Party System
dailybail.com - 8/17/2009
WalStreetPro2 Dissects The Latest Economic Numbers & Tells The Truth About The 1-Party System
— dailybail.com — Kevin is a reader of John William's Shadow Stats apparently.  About 2 minutes in, he answers the... question we are asked constantly either in comments or by email: why weren't you complaining about Bush's bailout policies or his deficit spending?...why are you picking on Obama? And ... (more) WalStreetPro2 Dissects The Latest Economic Numbers & ...

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Newmark's Door:  I thought I'd sworn off posting about Professor Krugman . . .

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I thought I'd sworn off posting about Professor Krugman . . .
Newmark's Door — . . . but I must note this: Krugman wrote last Thursday in "One of these things is not like the other" that the Right's protests against the proposed changes in health care are completely different from the Left's protests against the proposed privatization of Social Security. Jon Henke nails him. And Mitch Albom and John Leo offer some historical perspective on uncivil protest.

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