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The unforgiving minute

—Persuasion, Perseverance, and Patience

James Fallows reminds us that, while Dick Cheney's score-settling behavior is unprecedented among former vice presidents, there is a sort of tradition among sitting VPs that Cheney successfully revived during his tenure: Shooting people.

Minute's up.

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Posted: December 02, 2009, 9:02am EST

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Three things Andrew Sullivan got right this morning, plus an observation

—Persuasion, Perseverance, and Patience

The three things he got right:

1. If Dick Cheney didn't have ready access to compliant news media, he'd just be sad and pathetic. As it is, he's sad, pathetic--and dangerous:

The former vice president, the man who imported torture into the American constitutional system, failed to [...]

Posted: December 01, 2009, 10:44am EST

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A Northwest Nobel option?

—Ridenbaugh Press

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Linus Torvalds Former Vice President Al Gore’s visit to Portland today and tomorrow has prompted some Nobel Peace Prize thoughts, and in Oregon the idea of nominating a Northwesterner. The prospect shot around the Portland-area Linux circles (drawing some debate as well as approval as it did), starting with this email [...]

Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:17pm EST
by Randy Stapilus

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Bradbury, Gore – and Kitzhaber

—Ridenbaugh Press

It may be that no one in Oregon’s campaigns in this next cycle gets a bigger national drawn than Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill Bradbury has: former Vice President Al Gore. Gore will be doing a fundraiser for Bradbury in Portland on November 19. There’s some background involved these two, of course. [...]

Posted: November 06, 2009, 3:24pm EST
by Randy Stapilus

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A Coup for Bradbury: Gore Hosts Fundraiser

—BlueOregon

Vice-President Al Gore will be in Portland on November 19th and will hold a fundraising event for gubernatorial candidate Bill Bradbury. According to the Oregonian's Harry Esteve:
Bill Bradbury, Democratic candidate for governor, has scored the first big fund-raising coup of the race, booking former Vice President and Nobel prizewinner Al [...]

Posted: November 05, 2009, 4:42pm EST
by BlueOregon.com

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