Hold Fast

According a new American Research Group poll, President Bush’s approval rating has reached a jaw-dropping 19%, down from 34% last month. 19%!!!!
I can think of a number of sexually transmitted diseases that have higher approval ratings than President Bush…

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQovlAcHpjU

This is right up there with one of the best Special Comments I’ve seen Keith Olbermann give. I watched it with my Dad and I swear our jaws slowly dropped towards the floor as Olbermann unrelentingly takes the fight to President Bush. We knew it would be a good one when, early on, Olbermann drops […]

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Whatever It Is, I’m Against It flags a White House run-in with with the Urban Dictionary.
…Adding, do you know how hard it was to make this post without just copying and pasting WIIIAI’s entire title and body?

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John Sherffius
Feb 8, 2008
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Actually, I think George W. Bush is giving the whole pirate brand a bad image.
Via Holden Caulfield.

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David Kravitz at Talking Points Memo is following the testimony of Attorney General Mukasey before the House today. He passes along a note that should go down as the day in which the Bush administration formalizes its position that the United States should be a country that is subject to the rule of men and […]

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There are some days when I wonder if it wouldn’t be more satisfying to throw my computer at a brick wall than continue to inform myself of the Bush administration’s march away from democracy, the legislature’s commitment to doing nothing to stymie these activities, and the media’s refusal to treat any of this as worthy […]

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The Drum Major Institute, a progressive think tank, has posted their response to Bush’s State of the Union address (Full disclosure: I’m a member in DMI’s Netroots Advisory Council). Here’s a clip from their section on FISA and retroactive immunity.
“Establishing after-the-fact that it was acceptable for telecommunications companies to break the law and spy on […]

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Last night I watched the State of the Union at a Living Liberally event in NYC. There were probably between 150-200 people there, including about a dozen Young Republicans. It was a very vocal crowd, with a lot of hoots, hollers, insults, and rebuttals thrown at President Bush with each spurious claim he made.
What was […]

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Stirling Newberry of The Agonist has a response post to Bush’s State of the Union that infinitely exceeds anything I saw last night from Democratic elected officials and candidates. Newberry’s post is really an early history of the impact Bush has had on America and America’s standing in the world.  To call it damning would […]

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I’m off to a State of the Union watch party. Last year, I posted a copy of Patrick Bateman’s State of the Union style speech from American Psycho at my old blog, Emboldened. Take a peek if you aren’t satisfied with our non-fictional sociopath’s speech tonight…

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