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"Last time I threw some military medals over the White House fence. This time I might as well push the whole thing down." "Little one, you like Bush? You need an excorcist" "Eating meat is so unhealthy." "Sorry, kid, you gotta pay taxes like everybody else." "How strange. A deck with all Jokers." "Why hasn't the 3-d movie started yet?" "Too bright! Those military medals are too shiny! Must throw away!" "Guess what else I can do at the same time!"

<p>August 25, 2003 -- Democratic 2004 front-runner Howard Dean yesterday claimed the Iraq war could put national security in a "much worse situation" and blamed President Bush, whom he accused of running an "inept regime" in America. Dean's slashing attacks came as he sought to solidify his standing atop the Democratic pack and push a new Internet fund-raising blitz as he does a quickie national fly-around tour that wraps up tomorrow in Bryant Park.</p>

What a sham! It has been seven years since the U.S. Senate confirmed the last State Department chief diplomat in charge of Latin American affairs, and five years since the last congressionally approved official left that job.Since April 1998, the position of assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs has been held by four interim officials, without the clout of their peers overseeing other parts of the world.What kind of message does that send to Latin America? Would Democrats and Republicans in Congress be killing each other's nominations for the top U.S. diplomat in charge of European or Middle...

IN SEARCH OF A LEGACY Poll: Clinton greater than Reagan, Washington Gallup survey also ranks Bill ahead of Jefferson, tied with Bush -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: May 27, 2003 3:54 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com Bill Clinton tops Ronald Reagan, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson in a new survey of America's greatest presidents, and ranks evenly with George W. Bush. Bill Clinton A Gallup poll released this month asked the question: "Who do you regard as the greatest United States president?" While Abraham Lincoln and John Kennedy finished first and second with 15 and 13 percent of the votes respectively, Clinton and...

A California congressman is lashing out against President Bush, likening the administration's policy toward Iraq to "extreme terrorism." "I think unleashing 3,000 smart bombs against the city of Baghdad in the first several days of the war ... to me, if those were unleashed against the San Francisco Bay Area, I would call that an act of extreme terrorism," Democrat Pete Stark told the San Francisco Chronicle. The remark comes a day after the 1960s-era peace activist told the Oakland Tribune that if the president initiates the conflict, "it's blood on Bush's hands." Stark's criticism comes on the heels of...

Gephardt Blasts Missouri Confederate Flag Tuesday, January 14, 2003 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Democrat Dick Gephardt, who declared after a visit to South Carolina that the Confederate flag shouldn't fly "anytime, anywhere," wants the flag pulled from a publicly funded Confederate memorial in his home state, his spokesman said. "He did not know this existed, and he believes that flag should come down also," Gephardt spokesman Erik Smith said Tuesday.

He's a moderate Democrat who hired a bluegrass band for a fund-raiser, had his name painted on the side of a race car and employed a consultant named Mudcat. Even before he announced plans to pursue the presidency on Thursday, North Carolina Sen. John Edwards had begun courting rural voters with a strategy very similar to the one used in 2001 by Virginia Gov. Mark Warner. Edwards has even sought out one of the chief architects of Warner's strategy - consultant Dave "Mudcat" Saunders of Roanoke. Saunders has been the national rural liaison for New American Optimists, a political-action committee...

BEFORE WE BEGIN, how happy is Dick Gephardt that he never has to take another four-hour phone call from Barbra Streisand? I did not realize how devastating the midterm elections were to liberals until seeing the Great Gray Lady reduced to starting a catfight with Fox News Channel. It has come to this. The New York Times was in high dudgeon this week upon discovering that Fox News chairman Roger Ailes sent a letter to the Bush White House nine days after Sept. 11. As the corpses of thousands of his fellow Americans lay in smoldering heaps, Ailes evidently recommended...

EDWARDS TRIES LAST EFFORT TO REMAIN FREE posted: 10-09-2002 Edwin Edwards, now battling very steep odds that he will stay out of prison, filed another attempt to stay out of prison today, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to let him remain free until the justices determine if they will hear the former governor's case. Edwards' 10-year prison sentence for his conviction on racketeering, extortion and fraud charges begins in less than two weeks unless the Supreme Court agrees to his request to remain out of jail. The likelihood the Supreme Court will even agree to take up the former Louisiana...

WHAT DID THE REPUBLICANS "DRUDGE" UP TODAY? (updated 10-04-02) How low will Republicans stoop to try to stifle the voice of singer, director, actress, activist Barbra Streisand. Today's low blow has them rummaging through the tax returns of her charitable foundation. The Streisand Foundation gives away money to organizations that work to protect the environment, our civil liberties, the rights of women and children, and fights against nuclear proliferation. The Streisand Foundation's money is handled by an outside investment adviser who at his discretion buys and sells stocks and bonds to support the foundation. Unfortunately, since this administration took over,...

August 19, 2002 Dear Governor Bush: Unfortunately your office and campaign sank to an all-time low Saturday. The personal attacks on Reverend Jesse Jackson and his family by Katie Muniz and Todd Harris were venomous, mean-spirited and totally uncalled for. This is particularly disappointing in light of the fact that every time you faced trials and tribulations with your wife and each one of your children you asked for - and got - respect for your personal privacy from those of us in the political arena. Governor, are you unwilling to do for others what we have done for you?...

LONDON, July 10 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) – A U.S. author has launched a blistering attack on U.S. president George W. Bush’s war on terror, a U.K. newspaper reported Wednesday. In his latest book titled Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: How We Got To Be So Hated, Gore Vidal raised several question marks, U.K. daily newspaper the Daily Mirror reported. The outspoken 76-year-old said the U.S. provoked the September 11 attacks with its own military intervention in countries around the world, the paper said. Staunch democrat Vidal, a former White House aide to John F. Kennedy, insisted the U.S. should...

Ga. Candidate Criticized for Rat Ad A T L A N T A, May 25 — Republican gubernatorial candidate Sonny Perdue is facing sharp criticism and not just from Democrats for a new campaign video that depicts Gov. Roy Barnes as a giant rat. In 10-minute video, Barnes is portrayed as a huge rodent wearing a "King Roy" necklace. He is shown stuffing himself with wine and fruit at the governor's mansion and lovingly hugging the state Capitol as a narrator calls him "shifty" and "crafty." Perdue plans to send 2,000 copies to supporters, and the short movie was made...