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A Lipstick President (MAUREEN DOWD URGES HILLARY TO 'STAY THE COURSE"...)
The New York Times ^ | 8/31/05 | By MAUREEN DOWD

Posted on 08/30/2005 9:40:50 PM PDT by paulat

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What Hillary has going for her is exhaustion. Exhaustion kicks in with any party in power for eight years, let alone one that tricked the country into war. And at some point, voters may be too exhausted to resist Hillary's relentless ambition any longer.

But by hanging back and trimming her positions, by keeping her powder dry until a more politically advantageous time, she may miss the moment when Americans are looking for someone to emerge from her cowering party to articulate their anger about Iraq or their fear about a Supreme Court that will scale back women's rights and civil rights here, as Islamic courts do the same in Iraq.

Hillary may get caught flat-footed. Or she may be right in betting that there's no need to do anything rash now, like leading.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dowd; mandatorybarfalert; mba
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To: Proud_USA_Republican
They keep flogging the same tired outdated message...Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome is...insanity, according to
?Einstein.

"Joy to thee and me...confusion to our enemies." (old Berkeley bumper sticker)

41 posted on 08/30/2005 11:06:02 PM PDT by Rudder
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To: Americanwolf

Those are called tampons, not socks.


42 posted on 08/30/2005 11:10:50 PM PDT by NickatNite2003
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To: Proud_USA_Republican

whose going home to that? I am very jelous :)


43 posted on 08/30/2005 11:14:15 PM PDT by Americanwolf (To all in the States of MS, AL, and LA effect by Hurricane Katrina my heart and prayers to you all!)
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To: NickatNite2003

I stand correct (and nauseated now that I know what they are)

With that kind of knowledge about Maureen Dowd.. I am not sure whether to vomit or just pass out from the image!

I let you all know what happens after my double shot of Bushmills to clear the image of Maureen Dowd out of my head.


44 posted on 08/30/2005 11:16:17 PM PDT by Americanwolf (To all in the States of MS, AL, and LA effect by Hurricane Katrina my heart and prayers to you all!)
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To: upchuck

hey...up!!! I appreciate any kind word I can get...

now...if I could have CZJ's bod for a day....


45 posted on 08/31/2005 12:55:28 AM PDT by paulat
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To: Americanwolf

Hillary is more like a lipstick dipstick >\.


46 posted on 08/31/2005 4:04:33 AM PDT by lionheart 247365 (( I.S.L.A.M. ; ) Islam's Spiritual Leaders Advocate Murder .. .. .. ))
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To: Proud_USA_Republican

CZJD's sweater puppies trump MODO's apartment cats everytime!


47 posted on 08/31/2005 8:58:26 AM PDT by SpinyNorman (The ACLU empowers terrorists and criminals, weakens America, and degrades our society.)
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