Drew Curtis' FARK.com -- Politics Archives for '2006-10-15 23:59:59'

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Colleges compete for honor of having Bush's presidential library. Duke seen as frontrunner because it already sucks

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Huffington Post, 2003: "Bush should wait to let UN sanctions against Iraq work." 2006: "Bush is an idiot for endorsing UN sanctions against North Korea"

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John Kerry says he "deserves a second chance" to screw things up in 2008

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Not news: More senators call for revising Iraq strategy. News: They're republican senators

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"Lebanon: we're not as blown up as you think." How Lebanon is using a marketing campaign to make a comeback

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Guy changing light bulb in bathroom discovers cache of old documents "missing" from old bribery scandal

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Hundreds of thousands of American troops expected to be granted taxpayer-funded disability compensation in next few years. Cue Republican grumbling about socialized health care in 3...2...1

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President of Israel may be charged with rape

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Couple gives up on getting absentee ballots in time for November election, after trying since mid-summer. "They just don't seem too interested down there"

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8 Reasons Why Hillary Clinton Is Guaranteed to Be the Next U.S. President

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Some useful, nonpartisan facts to know for the midterm elections

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The rich were better off under Clinton, and the Bush admin isn't making rich richer at the expense of the poor. Talking point: "But..but.."

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(Jerusalem Post)

George Soros and other wealthy Jewish friends bankroll an anti-Israeli Lobby. They believe that Israel's harsh treatment of its neighbors contribute to the rise in recent anti-semitism

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(kos)

U2, Dave Matthews, Redskins,massages and hookers. It was good to be an executive branch friend of Jack Abramoff. (Like Ken Mehlman)

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(Space War)

Did Bush allow North Korea to become nuclear to justify the missile defense program?

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Illegal Immigrants to receive in-state tuition in California Universities. US citizens from the other 49 states still screwed. Ay caramba

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San Francisco freaking out after their 39-year old mayor dined out with his spiffy new 20-year old girlfriend, and she may have a taste of that demon alcohol (with pic of spiffy 20-year old girlfriend)

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(Wonkette)

Another week, another condescending Newsweek cover for Americans

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Prince Charles shoots first-ever TV commercial, explaining he's working to eliminate layabouts from UK. Heard to utter off-mike "The peasants are revolting"

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A detailed look at the North Korea problem. Must read

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Australia army offers 'try before you buy' scheme to new recruits

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(MaineToday.com)

Kill bin Laden, and democracy will blossom throughout the world

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According to the latest non-partisan polls: Senate: 50 Democrats, 49 Republicans, 1 tie. House: 226 Democrats, 205 Republicans, 4 ties

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Venezuela's Hugo Chavez donates massive amounts of aid worldwide, fueled largely by sales of oil to America, in order to improve chances of election to UN Security Council

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Obama not saying 2008 presidential bid out of the picture - Republicans surrender

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In order to protect their main source of profit, housing industry in Arizona stretches truth about initiative to preserve trust lands

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(newsbusters)

Conservative Danielle Pletka opens a can of whoop ass on Ben Affleck, Lou Dobbs and Bill Maher on Bill Maher's "Real Time." With Video link goodness in article

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Japan's press has taken to new prime minister's wife "like a starving teenager to a can of Pringles"

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Sat October 14, 2006:

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Nicole Kidman, UN ambassador

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GOP Congressman is shocked, shocked I say, at front-page WSJ article about his corruption

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Iraqi dead numbers debated. "The Lancet, founded 182 years ago, is one of the oldest and most respected medical journals in the world. These numbers are real. So what do they mean?"

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The United States is a government of the people, by the people and for the people. And of course by "people" you mean "millionaires"

(Some political analyst)

Charlie Cook says the current political situation is "the worst for the GOP since Watergate"

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(CentreDaily)

FBI investigating yet another member of congress. This time for helping out his lobbyist daughter to tune of $1 million

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Democrats may not have a plan, but they sure are pretty. Yay, democracy

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(C&L)

The United States kidnaps and detains at least sixteen innocent foreign citizens for four years before releasing them. Hey, no hard feelings, right guys?

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No, I'm not the President of the United States, but I did stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night

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North Korea detonates a nuke. The U.S. response? Sanction their caviar and wine. We showed them

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First openly gay person elected to Congress dies. And by the way, he was a Democrat, and he was ignored when he was caught hooking up with a 17-year-old page in the '80s

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A man who has never been elected to represent us now holds the fate of America at his fingertips. God Bless Democracy

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Iran to build 100 schools, hospitals, bridges, roads and religious centers of Shiites, Sunnis and Christians in Lebanon. Gee, guess who's winning hearts and minds over there

Horrified by escalating religious violence and alarmed by the Bush administration's "faith-based initiatives," atheists are coming out of the closet -- and organizing

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Israel gets smart, decides just to raid Hamas' house

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Poll says McCain and Clinton are the most popular choices for the 2008 presidential elections. And you thought being a whore was a bad thing

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Congressman says Abu Ghraib was just a "sex ring", Japanese interment camps just a vacation spot

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Blair: "I agree with every word," speaking of British Army Chief's bleak assessment of Iraq. Bush: "et tu, Poodle?"

Fri October 13, 2006:

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United Nations will vote on Saturday to determine how hard to slap North Korea's wrist

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From the "Say It Ain't So" Department: Cindy Sheehan announces that she is a finalist for the Nobel Peace Prize

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(Cold Hearted Truth)

Analysis of recent House polls suggests Democrats are doing surprisingly better in non-competitive districts with Republican leadership, who appear to have been caught, figuratively and literally, with their pants down

White House advisers mock, then exploit, evangelical supporters

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(NY Daily News)

ConEd releases 596 pages filled with technical explanations and elaborate diagrams that basically say they don't know why Queens was blacked out last summer

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(NY Daily News)

Like Mets fans, NY-area priests give cardinal a vote of no-confidence

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Nowadays, it seems you can't extradite people to Syria so they can be tortured without them coming back all bellyaching and looking for an inquiry

(Capitol Hill Blue)

Memo to Democrats: Be careful of what you wish for

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Federal Reserve Bank study concludes the main point of traffic tickets is increasing revenue. This valuable public research was wholly funded by parking citations

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Air America declares bankruptcy amid complaints that Republicans didn't get their corporate-welfare check mailed out in time

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The pro-life movement's strange new tactic: The state must "protect" women by forcing them to bear children

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A list of gifts Bush got from foreign leaders in 2005. The coolest? "Dual-wheel-drive, off-road Rokon Desert Ranger motorcycle with tow-bar and trailer, exclusively developed by the King Abdullah Design and Development Bureau"

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The U.S. has quietly retreated from its push for democracy in the Muslim world since the Hamas election stunned the Bush Administration by bringing a violent militant group to power instead of the Puppies and Marshmallows Party

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(The Jakarta Post)

Danish ambassador to Indonesia: We will not apologize for the actions of our asshat citizens. They are individuals, and the government is not responsible for any act conducted by an individual

U.S. general: Strikes on Iran possible by 2007

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(Reason Online)

Why attack ads are good for you

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Dick Cheney to save the Republican party

Low gas prices worry Bush

A major blow to the "rich get richer" crowd: They may have to pay taxes on inheritances over $2 million

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The Pentagon considers war protestors terrorists and tracks them using terrorist database

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Bush offers kiss of death to Hastert

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(Some Babe)

Lancet study that estimated 600,000 dead Iraqis proven wrong. Suck it, libs

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Hillary proclaims that torture should be safe, legal and rare. Yeah, that will fire up the base

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The British are only making Iraq worse. Once again proving that for all the grief the French get, the British really aren't any better at war

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Thu October 12, 2006:

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Reporting spending as "off-budget" results in lowest deficit in four years. Hurray for George W. Bush

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Government's plant to spend $2 billion dollars monitoring US-Canada border has but one problem. They don't know where the border is

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(The Prometheus Institute)

Bush announces budget results for fiscal year ending February 30th. Wait, what?

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Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) didn't like it when reporter ask him about sweetheart land deal, so he hangs up phone

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Five good ideas you won't hear on the campaign trail this fall

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(Rasmussen)

Bush approval rating soars up to 44%, his highest in months. Suck it, libs

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(Daily Kos)

Karl Rove forced Foley to stay in his congressional seat, even after Foley used their safe word

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Hillary Clinton continues to not run for president by offering her views on what president should do about Iraq

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(MosNews)

Strasbourg rules against Russia over Chechen deaths, orders $285,000 damages compensation

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(National Journal)

Mark Warner will not run for president in '08, leaving Democrats to choose between Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, baked beans and Hillary

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Bush resorts to small talk during press conference to change the subject from important things

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(Some Fed-up guy)

Harry Reid violates Senate ethics rules. Oh the humanity. Now, that congressional ethics have broken down, is there nothing sacred anymore?

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Governator tells Jay Leno that ads linking him to Pres. Bush's policies make as much sense as wondering why Arnold has never won an Oscar

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In the early 1990s, $15,000 was the going rate for sexual conduct with a minor by a Catholic priest. Your dog wants an indulgence, too

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Tribute to our troops (with a great soundtrack)

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(Army Times)

Congress is laying the groundwork for new incentives for Special Operations forces personnel that could include a big boost in retirement pay. Of course, with less and less S.O. personnel living long enough to retire, it won't cost much

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U.S. drug czar John Walters came to Colorado Springs on Wednesday to denounce a statewide ballot measure to legalize small scale marijuana possession, calling marijuana use a “disease.” Supposedly, prison is the cure

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Tax cuts result in lowest deficit in four years. Hurray for George W. Bush

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The Christian right has done its best to keep America obsessed with "family values." But what constitutes decency, and why are the majority of Americans not good enough for the moral minority?

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Economists: Minimum wage hike will strengthen the economy. Republicans: Minimum wage hike will allow the terrorists to win and gays to marry

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France: DPRK nuke test a failure

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Former head of Bush's Office of Faith-Based Initiatives admit that Republicans are just taking evangelical Christians for a ride

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Funny though he may be, Robin Williams' political commentary rivals that of an angst-ridden 14-year-old's

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Wed October 11, 2006:

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Bolton unveils new carefully worded North Korean resolution that hopefully won't piss off China

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Bush says he has to misquote Democrats because he has a "less sophisticated vocabulary," leaving Americans to wonder: Brilliant spin, or idiot president?

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Olbermann looks back with fond memories on "The Writ of Habeus Corpus". Those were good times indeed

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Blue state Washington has one of the most liberal concealed weapons laws. Which must means it appeals to Conservatives. Which means Liberals must hate it. Suck it, Duke

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About to get his butt kicked by Joe Lieberman, Ned Lamont contributes $2 million of his immense fortune to his own campaign

Almost as bad as Hillary neutering him, Bubba's mother-in-law moves in

Putin vows to find killers of Russian reporter, seeks advice from OJ

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(Dispatches)

The idiot that keeps on idioting: Katherine Harris claims on her website that she leads Sen. Ben Nelson in their Senate race based on a straw poll in which she helped six-year-olds fill out ballots. (With pic of six-year-old goodness)

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Democrats demand time equal to that of the Governator on "The Tonight Show." Jay Leno responds that when he sees a Democrat hang off a Harrier jet while fighting a terrorist, he'll invite them on

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Congressman Foley tried to save "Star Trek: Enterprise"

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"Hey, stop testing nuclear weapons or... we'll say stop again" and "Don't make me tell mom," plus other effective strategies employed by the UN

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Republicans hauling out Chappaquiddick in desperate search for comparisons to what Foley scandal isn't

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Ex-page to testify that Foley tried to enter his dorm room drunk. Congressional leaders blame dorm, plan on demolishing it and replacing it with church / anti-terror center

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Opepay antsway otay ingbray ackbay Atinlay Assmay

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North Korea declares that pressure from the U.S. would be an act of war. Looking out the window, that's an act of war. Staring at my shoes, that's an act of war. Committing an act of war? Oh you better believe that's an act of war

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Budget deficit lower than expected, again

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Sen. John McCain "b-b-but Clinton"'s the entire North Korean debacle. What a maverick he is

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President Bush to make pronouncement at 11:00 A.M. Supply stores gear up for rush on bread and milk at 11:15

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(Harpers)

The media knew about Foley as early as May after being tipped off by Democrats. Why the wait?

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(Mudville Gazette)

Al Qaeda document says propaganda efforts should target "discussion forums" and "chat rooms." Well, that pretty much explains everything about Fark over the last year

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Politician seeks "Star Wars Kid" notoriety. Vote for Obi-Wan McDumbass for School Board

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Supreme Court refuses to hear latest challenge to abortion rights

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(kos)

The Lancet estimates Iraqi civilian dead at 600,000 since the beginning of the war, or twice the number Saddam killed in 20 years

(282)

(Sun Herald)

Florida finally nails down it's voting woes, decides to allow high school students to run the polls after a 1-day crash course, yep, this is a great idea

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Tue October 10, 2006:

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Syria: US lacks Mid-East vision. Dubya and company seen running for Lenscrafters

(10)

(Red State)

Red State wants to know, in 100 words or less, why you should vote Republican in 2006. Submitter's entry: "Hot. Gay. Teen. Sex."

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(NewsHounds)

David Beamer, father of Flight 93 hero Todd Beamer stars in new TV ad linking his son's death with Iraq

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Republican candidate for Wisconsin Sect of State admits she was a Packers groupie in the 60's and banged several team members, which should make her a lock for the win

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Those damn Asians keep screwing up the pro-affirmative action argument

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(Daily Kos)

Sen. George Allen is in deep macaca after failing to disclose over a million dollars in stock options from a company that directly and blatantly benefitted from his senate seat

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Only one in five Europeans surveyed know how many countries are in the EU

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Howard Dean blames Foley affair on Republican Party. Local Republican Party bigwig fires back: "Monica Lewinsky"

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(NY Daily News)

New York columnist: "Forget Joe Torre, fire Donald Rumsfeld"

In the latest round of White House doublespeak, North Korea must not possess nukular weapons, but it's no big deal if they do

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"The Daily Show" thinks Bush's low approval rating are because the public doesn't know what the president's job entails. Here's the answer to that burning question