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...Republican, and I want us out of Iraq. But the ad crossed the line. Kinsley sits at a desk typing away while Petraeus leads people who take bullets for you and me. It's not trite; it's reality. Don't insult those standing in harm's way so we can debate in the comfort of our homes. Mark Carpenter, San Antonio...
...clear - they intend on making as much political hay of the children's health care veto as they can, whether or not they can eventually turn enough Republicans to override it. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has insisted he will continue to send the bill back to Bush's desk without modifying it for wavering Republicans, though House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has left the door open for changes. If the President vetoes the bill a hundred times between now and the 2008 elections the Democrats can portray the G.O.P. as voting against sick poor kids. If the G.O.P. caves, they...
...campaign has any real claim to viability. Word in Republican circles is that McCain got some boost with a powerful and intensely personal fund-raising letter he sent out in July that bluntly addressed his campaign's dire situation. "I'm sitting here at 12:33 a.m. at my desk - all alone, writing you this letter," it began. "My wife Cindy has already turned in for the night, and I last spoke with my campaign advisers about an hour ago. I wanted to be alone when I wrote this letter to you, because of the seriousness of what I have...
...right up until the moment you're ready to strike them, the snub is a handy little act of war by other means. Handled correctly, it visibly treats its target as invisible. Thus did Laura Bush proceed to her seat in the U.N. General Assembly, steadying herself on the desk occupied by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad but apparently ignoring him as he glanced her way. "The despondent despot," gloated the New York Post, "immediately lowered his head again" and sat back to look at his watch and listen as President Bush, in a speech, lambasted Iran's "brutal and repressive...
...Well, her desk is covered in clothing so probably...