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...almost certain that the Pope will not chide Bush for his decision to invade Iraq, but rather focus - as he did in their Vatican meeting last year - on how to improve the lives of Iraqis, notably the increasingly persecuted Christian minorities. A resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict also remains a priority of the Pope, who wants to see sustained American involvement in negotiations...
...remarks actually echoed those of another famous student speaker. In 1969, Hillary Rodham at Wellesley used her speech to chide the women's college's commencement speaker, Republican Senator Edward Brooke of Massachusetts, for his support of the Vietnam War. Rodham took it to Brooke in a way that's surprisingly similar to how Rohe took it to McCain...
This is getting too easy. Four years, four Harvard wins, the last two blowouts. We like to chide Yalies from our end of the rivalry. We Cantabrigians are smarter, more accomplished, less furry than our cousins in New Haven. But over the years we’ve come to expect at least a baseline of competence. Now, Yale has failed at even giving us a good football game to watch one Saturday in the year. The time for kidding around has passed...
Like McCain, Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel, another 2008 prospect, has a maverick streak, illustrated by his willingness to chide the Bush Administration for being "cavalier" in dealing with allies. But Hagel could be more acceptable to conservatives than McCain. He backed all of Bush's tax cuts and helped lead the Senate opposition to the Kyoto global-warming treaty...
...years from now I don’t want to look back and chide myself for what more I could have done. I don’t want to stop believing that maybe in our democracy, just maybe, you would hear our call...