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“Five years after 9/11, the worst attack on the American homeland in our history, Democrats offer nothing but criticism and obstruction and endless second-guessing,” Bush said at a Republican fundraiser.
“The party of FDR and the party of Harry Truman has become the party of cut and run,” Bush told a convention-center audience of over 2,000 …

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Michelle links to John Hinderaker at Power Line who nails him:
The Democrats evidently aren’t happy with the release of the “key judgments” of the National Intelligence Estimate on global terrorism, because now they’ve demanded that the White House release the entire report.
That will get them what they’re looking for, i.e., headlines like …

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The President out manuvered them in a speech that many say is long over due!
How serious a problem is it for Democrats? The answer is right here:
By challenging Congress to immediately give the administration authority to try notorious al-Qaeda figures such as Khalid Sheik Mohammed by military commissions, he shifted the argument with …

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Anti-war, Anti-Israel, Anti-Joe The New Democrats.
We have two. One is the Republican party, led by George W. Bush. Its heart and mind are mostly in the right place. Its performance as a governing party in time of war is, admittedly, another matter. Do we have a strategy for victory in Iraq? Not if one [...]

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That’s seems damning to the Administration, no? Well if you are a left leaning blog, you change the may have to did, and you’ve got yourself a story! Too bad it won’t hold water! The source for this? None other than John Conyers (D-MI).
The laws implicated by the Administration’s actions include federal [...]

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The headline reads: Poll: World Doesn’t Respect Bush
60% In CBS/NY Times Poll Say President Not Respected By Foreign Leaders
Here is the PDF link for the breakdown of the poll. Skip to the bottom of the last page for the demographics:
Total respondents: 1127
Total Republicans: 351 weighted and unweighted
Total Democrats: [...]

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According to this article:
The UN Security Council should this week be discussing how to punish Iran for refusing to halt its uranium-enrichment programme. Instead, the world’s leading powers are trying to bring a halt to the escalating violence in Israel and Lebanon, and Iran’s nuclear programme has fallen off the international agenda.
It would be an [...]

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He failed to say it is a 2 way street! Full text of the speech is here.
Michelle points out:
What a squandered opportunity. Bush could have hit back hard at the race exploiters who shamelessly accused him of hating black people and suppressing black votes and causing Hurricane Katrina.
As for the lingering existence of racism, [...]

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