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A Second Look: Arianna Huffington: Bush’s Farewell Address: Still Delusional After All These Years

via Arianna Huffington: Bush’s Farewell Address: Still Delusional After All These Years. Thursday night’s valedictory speech was quintessential Bush: delusional from beginning to end. He made Afghanistan sound like a swell place to take a vacation when, in truth, only those with a death wish venture out these days without an armed convoy. He lauded [...]

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A Second Look: Op-Ed Columnist – Forgive and Forget? – NYTimes.com

via Op-Ed Columnist – Forgive and Forget? – NYTimes.com. Last Sunday President-elect Barack Obama was asked whether he would seek an investigation of possible crimes by the Bush administration. “I don’t believe that anybody is above the law,” he responded, but “we need to look forward as opposed to looking backwards.” I’m sorry, but if [...]

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A Second Look: Bush’s Closing Argument: Was Anybody Listening? – Yahoo! News

via Bush’s Closing Argument: Was Anybody Listening? – Yahoo! News. Or, to use his own words: “As the years passed, most Americans were able to return to life much as it had been before 9/11. But I never did.” Perhaps, then, it was a mistake to give even passing mention to a horn-tooting list of [...]

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