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When conservative commentator Bruce Bartlett was axed by the National Center for Policy Analysis, a right-wing think tank, for his new book accusing George W. Bush of betraying the Reagan legacy, bloggers on both sides banded in disbelief. "Bush finally unites us all," mused THOUGHT MECHANICS. On the left, A POLITICAL MISERY crowed, "It sure is nice to see that those who used to support the murderous moron squatting in the White House are beginning to break away." Even right-minded PRESTOPUNDIT had to concede: "A lot of conservatives are exhausted by the Bush presidency, and some...
...Bartlett, counselor to the President, denied anything as unseemly as politics was behind the move. "The same discussions" were under way with Republican Governor Haley Barbour of hurricane-ravaged Mississippi, he told Newhouse News Service. However, Barbour's press secretary Pete Smith told TIME that "no such request" was made of the Mississippi Governor. (Bartlett says Barbour's office made it clear early on they did not want to relinquish authority.) Blanco asked for 24 hours to consider it, but as she was meeting at midnight that Friday night with advisers, Card called and told her to look...
...Bartlett, counselor to the President, contends that the public will judge Bush on the future, not the past. "They want to know what happened," he said. "But they're more interested in how we're helping these people get back on their feet." Nonetheless, Bush, whose stump patter often includes a paean to maternal wisdom, is learning the hard way a lesson any mother could have imparted: you have only one chance to make a first impression. --With reporting by Perry Bacon Jr., Timothy J. Burger, Massimo Calabresi, James Carney, Matthew Cooper and Karen Tumulty / Washington...
...recall and didn't know all the legal ramifications of everything that happened. He actually seems to think that he can be a little like the rest of us and still be a reporter. He provided a glimmer of what honest journalism can be. I like it! Frank Kizer Bartlett, Tennessee...
...recall and didn't know all the legal ramifications of everything that happened. He actually seems to think that he can be a little like the rest of us and still be a reporter. He provided a glimmer of what honest journalism can be. I like it! Frank Kizer Bartlett, Tennessee, U.S. What stands out most for me is the lengths to which Cooper was willing to go to protect Rove as his source [of information that Wilson's wife worked for the CIA] - just as any great reporter would for any other source. Too often those in this country...