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Judgment without borders
'He may be a sonofabitch," President Franklin Roosevelt is supposed to have muttered, referring to a Nicaraguan dictator, "but he is our sonofabitch."
That is foreign policy realism in a nutshell -- straightforward, practical, pursuing the national...Tags: Paul Kagame, Condoleezza Rice, Government, United Nations, Henry Kissinger
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A blue state gets even bluer
Just a couple of years ago, when Republican Bob Ehrlich was governor of Maryland and running for re-election, he stood next to Rudy Giuliani at a $2,000-a-plate fundraiser in Baltimore, and the former New York City mayor took questions from reporters....Tags: Local Elections, Richard Nixon, Election Day, Government, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
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Analysis: Sarah Palin, propping up sagging campaign, uses words that could backfire on ticket
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ By claiming that Democrat Barack Obama is "palling around with terrorists" and doesn't see the U.S. like other Americans, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin targeted key goals for a faltering campaign. And though she may have...Tags: Tony Rezko, Sarah Palin, Martin Luther King Jr., Weather Underground, Englewood
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Balanced budget would be a plus after bailout
This may seem an odd moment to bring it up—after a week when the House of Representatives struggled to put together a simple majority of votes for the $700 billion economic rescue package—but might it be time to consider again a balanced...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, George Bush, Government, Bill Clinton, Parliament
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Obama on our doorstep
247-4765Democrat Barack Obama laid out a sweeping plan to overhaul the country's health care system Saturday at his fourth big campaign event in Hampton Roads this year. A month away from Election Day, the presidential candidate criticized Republican rival...Tags: Government, Credit and Debt, Diseases, Medicine, Government Health Care
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Henry Blanco's departure angers Caracas Lions fans
Chicago Tribune correspondentCARACAS, Venezuela — Imagine Derek Jeter mouthing off about his manager and then getting a pink slip. There'd be a lot of cursing and crying from Yankees fans. That same sort of outrage has swept Caracas over the ouster of their team captain and...Tags: Derek Jeter, Newspaper and Magazine, Henry Blanco, Government, Chicago Cubs
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Palin and Biden score big in the TV ratings
Thursday night's vice presidential debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden was seen by 69.989 million viewers, the second-largest TV audience for any presidential or vice presidential debate since Nielsen started counting the number of persons watching...Tags: Richard Nixon, Geraldine Ferraro, Sarah Palin, NBC, Television Industry
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Biden-Palin debate wins big in television ratings
Sentinel Television CriticWhen you're No.2, you try harder — and you can score better. In their only debate, Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. Joe Biden outdrew their running mates. The Biden-Palin face-off Thursday night attracted 69.9million viewers across 11 channels,...Tags: John McCain, Academy Awards, Barack Obama, Geraldine Ferraro, Popular Music
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Mich. Republicans surprised by McCain pullout
AP Political WriterMichigan Republicans were surprised Thursday by GOP presidential candidate John McCain's decision to stop competing for the state's 17 electoral votes. Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop, R-Rochester, hoped it wasn't true. He said Republicans would...Tags: George Bush, Primaries, Government, John McCain, The White House
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'Obscene' looks at controversial publisher Barney Rosset
Neil Ortenberg and Daniel O'Connor's "Obscene" is as vital, incisive and entertaining as its subject, Barney Rosset, who in his 80s is as witty and impassioned as ever in his defense of the freedom of expression. The founder of Grove Press and the...Tags: Heavy Engineering, Culture, Karl Rove, George Bush, Government
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Texans short on safeties
AP Sports WriterHouston's secondary was already without its best player as cornerback Dunta Robinson recovers from injuries. Now the Texans prepare for Peyton Manning and the Colts missing their starting strong safety C.C. Brown, who was put on the injured reserve this...Tags: Roger Goodell, Jacksonville Jaguars, Ahman Green, Hurricane Ike, CBS Corp.
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Historically, VP debates have little effect on race
The most memorable sound bite from recent vice presidential debates -- Lloyd Bentsen's "You're no Jack Kennedy" put-down to Dan Quayle in 1988 -- didn't lift Bentsen and Michael Dukakis to the White House. But when James Stockdale, independent H. Ross...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Sarah Palin, Regional Authority, Government, Bill Clinton
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