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Suckers for Seersucker
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If it's summer in Washington, then Sen. Trent Lott, the No. 2 Republican, is plotting Seersucker Thursday. -
Pumping Political Pain
Tweet Share on Facebook June 12, 2007 CommentWhen it comes to laying blame, little speaks louder than a nice picture, and this time it's the Republicans who have the better image when it comes to who's at fault for rising gas prices.
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Spreading the Wings of 'the Wall'
Tweet Share on Facebook June 10, 2007 Comment"The wall": It's not just for the Vietnam War anymore. The folks who brought us the wing-shaped Vietnam Veterans Memorial are making plans for an expansive underground visitor center that will tie all American wars together. "The casualties of the Vietnam War," says memorial founder Jan Scruggs, "are being used metaphorically to show this group of citizens who throughout the nation's history have given literally their lives for freedom."
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Salad Days for State Dinners
Tweet Share on Facebook June 10, 2007 CommentPresident Bush's new position on global warming has come with some helpful suggestions from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Namely: Go all veggie for state dinners and promote vegetarian menus in federal programs like school and prison lunches. PETA's Bruce Friedrich says eliminating stockyards is a better way to cool the planet than buying a Toyota Prius. Can it be done? Yes, says former Bush chef Walter Scheib. But, he explains, "I doubt strongly if the president would willingly give up his beloved beef without a fight, although Mrs. Bush is very much into organics."
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GM: Good-Deed Doer or Traitor?
Tweet Share on Facebook June 10, 2007 CommentGeneral Motors spokesman Greg Martin puts it in the category of no good deed goes unpunished. And here it is: In early May, the automaker broke from the Big Three to join the pollution-busting U.S. Climate Action Partnership, whose goal is to cut greenhouse gases. But two weeks later, GM sponsored the annual dinner of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, which despises environmental regulation and handed out goody bags that included a satirical "carbon indulgence" coupon. Says a critic of GM: "Guess they were for climate change solutions before they were against them!" Stuff the conspiracy charges, says Martin. "While we may not see eye to eye on climate change," he says, GM backs CEI because it's a player in slashing federal regulations. What's more, he adds, GM limited its support for the dinner to just $15,000.
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Crooner Bono Hits the 2008 Trail
Tweet Share on Facebook June 10, 2007 CommentBono, the U2 singer who has made his ONE campaign against poverty a worldwide effort, is turning to the 2008 presidential campaign. Joined by the political odd couple of former Senate Republican leader Bill Frist and former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle, plus actress Ashley Judd, "ONE Vote 08" will be launched this week to press candidates to commit to eradicating poverty and disease. Bono's gang says it's an issue people care about. Their polls show that Americans worry about the U.S. image overseas and that reversing poverty in poor countries is a way to restore it.
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Cheney Never Saw Veep Job Coming
Tweet Share on Facebook June 10, 2007 CommentVice President Dick Cheney went back home this month and revealed what hooked him on public service. "Boys State triggered something," he says of the American Legion's youth government education group. Talking to Wyoming's current crop of Boys Staters, the veep says he attended in 1958 but never dreamed of becoming vice president. "And," he says, "nobody who knew me then would have thought it, either." For the record, he says getting the job wasn't his idea, even though Cheney ran the veep search committee for W. "Running for my current job as vice president in 2000 was ... somebody else's idea. I was not a volunteer."
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Reality of Fate Tickles Bush 41
Tweet Share on Facebook June 10, 2007 CommentEven though New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer interviewed former President George H. W. Bush for tidbits to include in his latest Washington thriller, The Book of Fate, he tells us that the 41st president was wowed when his trinkets showed up in the book. "He got a real kick out of seeing all the stuff from his current office—his medals, his photos, his casting of Abraham Lincoln's fist—being used throughout the novel," E-mails Meltzer. "I said to him, 'That impresses you? You own all of it.'"
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OutLoud: June 10, 2007
Tweet Share on Facebook June 10, 2007 Comment"The headlines are going to be: 'The President Fails Again.' It's his bill.."
Sen. Harry Reid, the Democratic leader, blaming President Bush and Republicans for not having given the bipartisan immigration reform bill more effective support"I guess he didn't want to follow in the footsteps of his father in Asia."
Dan Barlett, White House counselor, after President Bush fell ill and skipped some public meetings at the annual G-8 economic summit, alluding the former President Bush's having vomited at a formal dinner in Tokyo in 1992"Muchos gracias."
Sen. John McCain, to CNN's Wolf Blitzer, moderating a GOP presidential debate, when asked to join the discussion on whether English should be made America's official language"The only secret I can tell you in life is that there is no secret."
Larry King, the CNN talk show host, , in a high school commencement addressSources: Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Arizona Republic, Gainesville Sun
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Cartoon: June 10, 2007
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