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Newsweek: “Bush Might Be The Most Isolated President in Modern History”
NewsBusters ^ | 12/11/05 | Noel Sheppard

Posted on 12/11/2005 10:03:41 PM PST by Only Waxing

The latest issue of Newsweek featured an almost 4,000 word article – written by Evan Thomas and Richard Wolffe, with assistance from Holly Bailey, Daniel Klaidman, Eleanor Clift, Michael Hirsh and John Barry – that painted a pretty bleak picture of President Bush as possibly being “the most isolated president in modern history.” The authors referred to Bush as being in a “bubble” that blocks out thoughts, policy suggestions, and ideas that he is either unwilling or intellectually incapable of absorbing. Some of the lowlights:

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: americahate; bs; bullshit; newsweak
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To: truemiester
"An unnamed official for the Hillary camp state that she thinks Cindy Sheehan is cute and wants to have a drink with her."

I didn't know that Cindy was a Lesbian?

Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters

81 posted on 12/12/2005 6:09:27 AM PST by bray (Merry Christ-x)
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To: Only Waxing

I never see Newsweak in any stands anymore but I would bet the left will give them a spike with this. No question that this is a hit piece and another deliberate misunderestimating of our President.


82 posted on 12/12/2005 6:11:47 AM PST by daybreakcoming (May God bless those who enter the valley of the shadow of death so that we may see the light of day.)
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To: Only Waxing; All

Translation: This president does not kow tow to the beltway insiders. This president ignores the incestuous relationships of the DC life.

THAT is what newsweak is really upset about.


83 posted on 12/12/2005 6:13:53 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
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To: Gordongekko909

Put me down for Clinton as worst ever - he brought us 9/11.


84 posted on 12/12/2005 6:16:10 AM PST by daybreakcoming (May God bless those who enter the valley of the shadow of death so that we may see the light of day.)
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To: Only Waxing
I only accept historical judgments from people who are actually knowledgeable about history.

No employee of Newsweek meets that standard.

85 posted on 12/12/2005 7:26:35 AM PST by wideawake
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To: Only Waxing

What they are really saying is that President Bush doesn't sway with the polls or change course no matter how much the liberal leftists and the elite media hammer him.

It must be quite frustrating to go from 8 years of Friday afternoon cocktails supplied by the Clinton administration and being invited to all the best parties to being treated like - well like a member of the press. They are no longer handed their stories along with a drink so they file a story without having to do any work before leaving town for the weekend.
They actually have to do research now.

Actually it is the press that is isolated, not the President.


86 posted on 12/12/2005 8:58:26 AM PST by ODDITHER
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To: Only Waxing

So being isolated from Eleanor Clift is a bad thing?


87 posted on 12/12/2005 9:00:29 AM PST by Crawdad (So the guy says to the doctor, "It hurts when I do this.")
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To: daybreakcoming
Put me down for Clinton as worst ever - he brought us 9/11.

Jimmah Cahtah and his Dr. Strangelove National Security Advisor, Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski, quite intentionally funded and encouraged the rise of Islamic fundamentalism as a way of destabilizing the Soviet Union.

The strategy didn't succeed, but it did create a mestastacizing cancer in the Islamic world that haunts us still, and proves once again that just because someone can create a monster doesn't mean he can control the monster once created.

I don't want to excuse Clinton. He was a disaster for sure. But you mustn't overlook the enormous disaster that was James Earl Carter.

88 posted on 12/12/2005 8:00:48 PM PST by John Valentine
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To: bray
I don't know either. I was just making a point that a 'journalist' who uses unnamed and unaccountable or unverifiable sources can make up any fantastic story they wish, without having to worry about being caught in a lie. Just blame it on the unknown source and state you have to protect you (nonexistent) source!
89 posted on 12/12/2005 9:26:07 PM PST by truemiester (If the U.S. should fail, a veil of darkness will come over the Earth for a thousand years)
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To: John Valentine

Point made. You were paying attention back then, weren't you? :o) I had forgotten about Brezinski - such an intelligent misguided man. Or perhaps I should say he was the one doing the guiding. "Cahtah" was a simpleton next to him. Oh heck, Cahtah was a simpleton next to me.


90 posted on 12/12/2005 9:27:21 PM PST by daybreakcoming (May God bless those who enter the valley of the shadow of death so that we may see the light of day.)
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To: Only Waxing

It appears that after sitting in on the Chris Matthews show "Hardball" for many years that the after effects have finally taken hold upon one Howie Fineman. Newsweek has signed on to the Matthews/Olbermann/MSNBC line.


91 posted on 12/13/2005 10:12:39 AM PST by GungaLaGunga
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