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To: i-node who wrote (450009)	1/23/2009 7:23:08 AM
From: steve harris	Respond to of 1576012

if I lived in any of the large liberal metropolitan areas, I'd move asap.

To: i-node who wrote (450009)	1/23/2009 7:32:01 AM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576012

as we knew, Obama is terrified of of being exposed for the empty suit he is.... politico.com President Obama made a surprise visit to the White House press corps Thursday night, but got agitated when he was faced with a substantive question. Asked how he could reconcile a strict ban on lobbyists in his administration with a Deputy Defense Secretary nominee who lobbied for Raytheon, Obama interrupted with a knowing smile on his face. "Ahh, see," he said, "I came down here to visit. See this is what happens. I can't end up visiting with you guys and shaking hands if I'm going to get grilled every time I come down here."

To: i-node who wrote (450009)	1/23/2009 10:55:48 AM
From: Alighieri	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576012

The published reports in The Post and elsewhere earned the news media sharp recriminations from the administration, the Republican leadership in Congress and the public. Government leak investigations were launched. Bush administration officials argued that such methods and operations were necessary to effectively thwart terrorism, noting to this day that there have been no major attacks since 2001. If there were dissenters back then, they were largely silent. Amazing how easy it is to suppress a critical press into silence...the last few years have shown us sboth the fragility and strengths of our democracy, in which misguided but weak men use fear to manipulate a free system, and, masquerading as the champions of that very freedom, violate the principles that made their country the great institution that it is... Al

To: i-node who wrote (450009)	1/23/2009 11:03:42 AM
From: bentway	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1576012

"Bush's 'War' On Terror Comes to a Sudden End" Good riddance!