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  • No Fame For You!

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    Best punishment for the White House party-crashers and pathological fame-seekers whose names I refuse to mention: no cameras at the House Homeland Security Committee hearings at which they'll testify on Thursday. Or make them testify behind a screen with their voices digitally altered. In a just and sane world, they' [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2009, 10:25am EST
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Does Bill Clinton Have a Woman Problem?

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    Not that kind of woman problem. But potentially a more troubling one. Power journalism couple Susan Glasser and Peter Baker sat down with Clinton recently for a Foreign Policy interview and asked him this question: "Who is the smartest, most penetrating thinker you know?" Off the top of his head, Clinton [...]
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    Posted: November 30, 2009, 4:42pm EST
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Free Michelle!

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    From TIME's Sophia Yan: Michelle Obama has been held by US Customs and Border Protection in the port of LA for the last two weeks -- 10,000 Michelles, to be exact.  The first shipment of the Michelle Obama action figure by Jailbreak Toys, designed in New York and manufactured in China, [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 9:51pm EST
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Guess Who Came to Dinner?

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    For anyone out there who shares my enjoyment of poring over these things and reading too much into them, I've pasted after the jump a list of the expected attendees at tonight's White House State Dinner for the Indian Prime Minister. Which Emanuel brother wasn't at the dinner? Does the fact [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 9:42pm EST
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Civil Disobedience, Religious Right-Style

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    Forget WWJD. The new question is apparently What Would MLK Do? A coalition of politically and theologically conservative Christian leaders, including nine Roman Catholic bishops, who have just signed a declaration saying they will not comply with laws that could require them to recognize same-sex unions or allow their institutions [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:16am EST
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Warning: Images On Screen May Be Smaller Than They Appear

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    Again?! [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 12:26pm EST
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Let Him Eat Cupcakes

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    If Josh would ever come visit us in the Washington bureau, we'd give him the grand Swampland send-off he deserves, complete with the baked goods we're always snarfing down here. It's a measure of the impact he has had on all aspects of the magazine and Time.com that I don't' [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 7:07pm EST
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Sarah Who?

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    I'm joining Joe as a conscientious objector to Palinmania. (Did anyone else start twitching less than a minute into the Barbara Walters interview?) Let's focus instead on something a little less controversial like, oh, say, the Catholic church and gay rights. You might have read last week that the Archdiocese of' [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 3:56pm EST
    by Amy Sullivan

  • The Bishops' Line in the Sand

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    The nation's Catholic bishops are in Baltimore this week for their annual meeting, a gathering that should have its fair share of victory laps (health care! no abortion funding!) and skirmishes (how to deal with the Obama administration, the Kennedys, marriage, and a new translation of the prayerbook). It's no [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:57pm EST
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Democrat v. Democrat

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    Here's my Time.com story on how the biggest obstacle to passing health reform turned out to be not the tea party protests or August town halls or Michelle Bachmann Super Bowl of Freedom, but a culture war within the Democratic party. [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 1:37pm EST
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Welcome Back, Culture War

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    It's like you never left. How heated are emotions are either side of the abortion debate right now? Some pro-choice liberals have begun referring to the Stupak Amendment as the "Coat Hanger Amendment." And Stupak himself has declared that if his language doesn't make it into the Senate version or' [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 11:10am EST
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Anatomy of a Health Reform Deal

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    Don't the Democrats control Congress? How did Nancy Pelosi get to the point where she didn't have enough votes in her own caucus to pass health reform unless she paved the way for language that, as Jon Cohn puts it, "mak[es] it more likely that millions of American women will" [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2009, 8:55pm EST
    by Amy Sullivan

  • The Wisdom of Michelle Bachmann, Weekend Edition

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    I know it's not sporting or even reasonable to expect Michelle Bachmann to make sense, but this was just too good not to pass along. In her floor speech just now, the good congresswoman from Minnesota just appealed to her colleagues to vote down health reform because "our forebearers are crying" [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2009, 7:23pm EST
    by Amy Sullivan

  • The Genius of Pro-Life Messaging

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    Once again with the health reform bill, we're seeing how pro-life leaders manage to win popular support for their position by framing it in terms that seem quite reasonable. It's only if you're paying attention that you realize the description often doesn't match the reality of what they're proposing. To [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2009, 6:13pm EST
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Infants Against Health Reform (IAHR)

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    Good Lord. GOP Congressman John Shadeeg just used the ultimate prop in his floor statement, hoisting six-month-old Maddie and telling his colleagues that the infant opposes the current health reform bill because, among other things, "she wants choices in her health care." What a precocious little tyke. Maybe she could [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2009, 3:44pm EST
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Pro-Life Dems Win a Big Victory

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    The deal was cut verrrrry late last night, so maybe the news hasn't gotten out everywhere. When Obama arrived on the Hill to rally House Democrats to pass health reform around 11:30 this morning, his motorcade passed anti-abortion activists protesting outside with "Kill the bill!" "Kill the Pelosi bill!" signs.' [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2009, 1:57pm EST
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Is Nadal Malik Hasan's Religion Relevant?

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    Despite the fact that solid information about yesterday's mass shooting at Fort Hood are just starting to trickle in--heck, it was only 12 hours or so ago that we learned that the shooter wasn't actually dead--speculation has swirled today about whether Nadal Malik Hasan's brutal act was linked to his' [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 3:47pm EST
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Save Glenn Beck's Appendix!

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    A much-needed lighter moment, courtesy of last night's Daily Show, an instant classic: more about "Save Glenn Beck's Appendix!", posted with vodpod [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:03am EST
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Anyone Watching This?

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    And at 11:10pm arrives the email: "DGA Looks Ahead to 2010 Election Cycle." It was that kind of night for Democrats. Or at least that's what it looked like a few hours ago, with Chris Christie cruising to an early victory over Jon Corzine in New Jersey and Bob McDonnell [...]
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    Posted: November 03, 2009, 11:21pm EST
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Does Focus on the Family Fund Abortions?

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    It does if you hold the organization to the same standard it uses to insist that health reform would result in publicly funded abortions. A few weeks ago, I wrote about the fungibility argument that many pro-life groups and politicians have employed to oppose health reform. The problem, they say, is that [...]
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    Posted: October 28, 2009, 2:29pm EDT
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Quote of the Day

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    The First Lady strays off-message at a Healthy Kids event at the White House this afternoon, rhapsodizing about the snack she craves the most: My favorite food in the whole wide world is French fries. I love them. Dearly. (Laughter.) Deeply. (Laughter.) I have a good relationship with French fries and [...]
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    Posted: October 21, 2009, 2:43pm EDT
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Coming Soon: the Michelle Obama Action Figure

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 5
    From TIME's Sophia Yan: Move over on that shelf, Barbie--gotta make some room for Michelle. Three versions of a six-inch Michelle Obama action figure will arrive in specialty stores mid-November. Consumers will be able to take their pick of Michelle in her black-and-red election night dress; in the bright purple sheath [...]
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    Posted: October 15, 2009, 10:24am EDT
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Geithner and Summers Go to Tennis Camp

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    A little fun reading on this Columbus Day courtesy of the New Republic's Noam Scheiber (aka, my husband), who reports on the Obama economics team's shared passion for tennis. When they're not busy trying to save the global economy, Geithner, Summers et al like to blow off steam by heading' [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2009, 12:42pm EDT
    by Amy Sullivan

  • The Obamas Go to Church

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    The Obama family attended services at St. John's Episcopal this morning, and the Secret Service even let them walk the two blocks across Lafayette Park on this gorgeous October day. It marked the first time the family has gone to church in Washington since Easter, when they also visited St. [...]
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    Posted: October 11, 2009, 6:46pm EDT
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Pope Gives Obama an Atta-Boy

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    The Vatican Press Office released a statement this morning congratulating Barack Obama on winning the Nobel Peace Prize (translation courtesy of the National Catholic Reporter): The awarding of the Nobel Prize for Peace to President Obama is greeted with appreciation in the Vatican, in light of the commitment demonstrated by the [...]
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    Posted: October 09, 2009, 3:44pm EDT
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Rush: I Think Obama's the Second Kenyan to Win the Prize

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    Classy. Rush Limbaugh isn't easily rendered speechless, but the conservative radio host took a few tries to get going this afternoon on his radio show. "Folks, there aren't words for this," said Limbaugh before pausing for a long moment. "Can you imagine, folks, how big Obama's head is today?" he [...]
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    Posted: October 09, 2009, 2:00pm EDT
    by Amy Sullivan

  • I Go, You Go, We All Go to Oslo

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    Unlike Joe, I did think that rejecting the prize could have been an option for Obama. But the President announced in the Rose Garden a few minutes ago that he will accept the award "as a call to action, a call to all nations to confront the common challenges of" [...]
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    Posted: October 09, 2009, 11:46am EDT
    by Amy Sullivan

  • I Guess They Don't Do Oppo Research In France

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    Just...wow. I honestly don't know what's more shocking--that France's culture minister, the same fellow who vociferously defended Roman Polanski and complained the director was being "thrown to the lions," has a history of paying for sex with "young boys" in Thailand or that HE WROTE ABOUT IT IN A BOOK' [...]
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    Posted: October 08, 2009, 1:35pm EDT
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Are the Bishops Moving the Goalposts?

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    Last week the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops sent a letter to U.S. Senators about current health reform legislation. The USCCB has supported the goal of universal health coverage for decades, but the letter made clear that they do not yet support the Senate Finance Committee's bill because of concerns [...]
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    Posted: October 06, 2009, 2:41pm EDT
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Coming Soon: the New International Free-Market Bible

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    This is insane. The guys at Conservapedia (aka, "the trustworthy encyclopedia") have decided to retranslate the Bible in what they're calling the Conservative Bible Project, because "liberal bias has become the single biggest distortion in modern Bible translations." And you thought liberal bias was limited to the evil mainstream media. Apparently' [...]
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    Posted: October 05, 2009, 10:56am EDT
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Re: Chicago, Obama, Family and Friends Lose First Round Olympic Vote

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    There will be a fair bit of second-guessing and recriminations to come, now that the IOC has bounced Chicago in the first-round. One question is whether this does anything to tarnish Valerie Jarrett's unique role as Obama's wise voice of counsel. Jarrett's role in Chicago's Olympic bid pre-dated her arrival [...]
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    Posted: October 02, 2009, 1:46pm EDT
    by Amy Sullivan

  • No Txt 4 Gov--Tht Mns U, Lry Smrs

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 8
    President Obama issued an executive order this afternoon, prohibiting government employees from texting and emailing while driving government vehicles or while driving on government business or while driving and using electronic devices purchased by the government. The idea is that the federal government should set a good example to encourage [...]
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    Posted: October 01, 2009, 3:56pm EDT
    by Amy Sullivan

  • More Headaches for the Vatican: Priests and Child Porn

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    Does anyone at the Vatican talk to each other? Or are these guys just really really awful at public relations? Earlier this week, the Holy See's ambassador to the United Nations delivered a defiant statement in response to allegations that Vatican officials haven't done enough to deal with sex abuse' [...]
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    Posted: October 01, 2009, 1:14pm EDT
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Why Restoring Abstinence Funding Isn't the End of the World

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    You may have heard that on Tuesday evening, the Senate Finance Committee approved another Hatch amendment (he's got a million of 'em, folks) to restore $50 million in Title V funding for abstinence-only programs that Congress allowed to expire in June. As you might imagine, this has social conservatives somersaulting' [...]
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    Posted: October 01, 2009, 12:36am EDT
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Who Said Bipartisanship Was Dead?

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    It's not all arguments and split votes in the Senate Finance Committee. Chairman Baucus just led the committee in a chorus for birthday girl Blanche Lambert Lincoln. Not to go all Simon Cowell on them, but it was a little pitchy. The rendition was, however, nowhere near as traumatizing as [...]
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    Posted: September 30, 2009, 12:53pm EDT
    by Amy Sullivan

  • And The Abortion Stalemate Continues

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 8
    The Senate Finance Committee just voted on two amendments offered by Senator Orrin Hatch that form the heart of what Senate Republicans say they would need to make health reform what they call "abortion neutral." (Whether they would vote for health reform even if their demands were met on abortion, [...]
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    Posted: September 30, 2009, 12:30pm EDT
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Why Does Elmo Hate America?

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    Our colleague Jim P. has the video of Michelle Obama's upcoming (November 10) appearance on Sesame Street. And to save White House critics some time, he suggests some possible protest-ready reasons to get outraged about the segment. My favorite: At the end of the video, Mrs. Obama declares homegrown vegetables delicious [...]
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    Posted: September 30, 2009, 10:40am EDT
    by Amy Sullivan

  • One More Polanski Thought

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    Tom Reese's observation is probably right: "Father Polanski would go to jail." Something tells me hotshot directors wouldn't be lining up to demand the release of someone accused of the same crime who wasn't one of them. (Well, maybe Woody Allen would...) So how is what they're calling for now anything' [...]
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    Posted: September 29, 2009, 12:10pm EDT
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Roman Polanski is Not a Victim

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    Enough already. The Global Committee to Defend Roman Polanski is shocked and appalled by the arrest of their talented friend in Switzerland over the weekend. This quote from our colleague Bruce Crumley's report from France provides a flavor of the outrage: "To see him thrown to the lions and put in" [...]
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    Posted: September 28, 2009, 5:33pm EDT
    by Amy Sullivan

  • "May I Have Your Fax Number?"

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    In case you needed another reminder of how ridiculous, frustrating, and outdated our health care system is, this entertaining Jonathan Rauch column is well worth your time. If you've ever had to switch doctors, requiring you to either fax records from your old doctor to your new one or--even better--show' [...]
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    Posted: September 28, 2009, 4:39pm EDT
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Exclusive TIME interview with Ahmadinejad

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    Joe will no doubt have much more to tell us about TIME's interview with an unapologetic Mahmoud Ahmadinejad this morning. But for the moment, you can watch the Iranian president answer a few questions from TIME head honcho Rick Stengel about news of an existing nuclear facility. [...]
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    Posted: September 25, 2009, 12:04pm EDT
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Son of a Millworker, or Sonuva...?

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    I don't want to write about John Edwards. You don't want to read about John Edwards. And yet here we are, nearly two years after the National Enquirer first reported he had an affair with a then-unnamed campaign staffer, and Edwards is still managing to keep his private screw-up in [...]
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    Posted: September 23, 2009, 1:20am EDT
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Huckabee Wins Straw Poll. Does It Matter?

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    Not really. Or, even less than it usually means to win an unscientific poll of an incredibly small and relatively unrepresentative group of people. Yes, Mike Huckabee won the Values Voters Summit straw poll this weekend with 28% of the vote. But then again, he's been the frontrunner for Preferred [...]
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    Posted: September 21, 2009, 12:49am EDT
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Awwww-kward

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 2
    New York Governor David Paterson insists he's staying in the race. Meanwhile, Obama travels to an event in upstate New York tomorrow where both Paterson and Andrew Cuomo are also scheduled to appear. That's the political equivalent of Jennifer Aniston running into Brad and Angelina right after the break-up. Something [...]
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    Posted: September 20, 2009, 11:18pm EDT
    by Amy Sullivan

  • What Doesn't Bill O'Reilly Want You To Hear?

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    From TIME's Sophia Yan, on-site at the Values Voters Summit: FOX News' Bill O'Reilly spoke here on Friday evening, but at the last minute he barred press from the ballroom where he delivered his remarks. Family Research Council media relations staff were left to apologize to the media, including the FOX [...]
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    Posted: September 20, 2009, 2:02am EDT
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Obama Gives Up On Paterson

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    Has Obama asked beleaguered and unpopular NY Governor David Paterson to drop out of the race to keep his seat? That's what the New York Times is reporting. If true, this is fairly extraordinary. It's highly unusual for a president to step in and tell a governor who is not [...]
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    Posted: September 20, 2009, 1:28am EDT
    by Amy Sullivan

  • L'Shana Tova, Values Voters

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    A smaller, more subdued crowd than usual showed up to the first day of the Values Voters Summit here in Washington (maybe the regulars are busy getting ready for Rosh Hashanah services?) And the roster of GOP politicians showing up to court religious conservatives seemed smaller than usual as well. [...]
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    Posted: September 18, 2009, 4:40pm EDT
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Stay Classy, Detroit Edition

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    Is it possible to be America's Most Embarrassing Mayor even after stepping down from office? Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is making a valiant bid to retain the title. As part of his plea bargain on obstruction of justice charges stemming from a text message scandal last year, Kilpatrick agreed [...]
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    Posted: September 17, 2009, 4:06pm EDT
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Quote of the Day

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    Here's a fascinating and revealing anecdote from a soon-to-be-released memoir by former Bush speechwriter Matt Latimer, as reported in a Byron York column today. Latimer had drafted a 2008 speech for Bush to deliver at CPAC and included the obligatory praise for the "conservative movement," which seemed to confuse Bush: "What" [...]
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    Posted: September 15, 2009, 10:21am EDT
    by Amy Sullivan

  • Comedian-in-Chief

    —Swampland

    Number of comments: 10
    Unfortunately, Karen, the president's bizarrely controversial back-to-school remarks didn't include any references to iPod use, so you'll have to continue waging that battle on your own with the Swampkids. He did, however, address the issue of Facebook this morning at a visit to Wakefield High School in Arlington. In response [...]
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    Posted: September 08, 2009, 1:17pm EDT
    by Amy Sullivan

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