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...LAMEST DUCK Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, winner of the special election to replace Rep. Tom DeLay For the very brief time left on his term (that would be three weeks), inspires a mass walkout of her/his staff. Among other wacky behaviors, she insisted that Bush and Cheney should be present for her swearing-in. Well, there are a lot of swearing-in slots that are open for them this cycle...
...only one true value system? No way. This woman is tough. She has dismissed the Bush administration as a “freak show” and called Bush incompetent. She can handle the criticism and backbiting that the Speaker of the House will encounter under a (really) lame duck president...
Well, Awkward, I can tell you that this is a problem for us all, and unfortunately, there’s no clear-cut solution. Unless you want to end up talking about the supply-demand curve or duck gang bangs (true story, no joke), I’d advise you to be prepared with some conversational starters of your own. Faculty will talk at length, if you let them, but it doesn’t always go in a direction you’ll predict or endorse. If a repeat of this week’s lecture on aestheticism...
...lame-duck Presidents are to achieve anything, they often have to look for ways to go around Congress, especially when it is in the hands of the other party. Clinton used Executive Orders and his bully pulpit to encourage school uniforms, impose ergonomic rules on employers and prevent mining, logging and development on 60 million acres of public land. White House press secretary Tony Snow says Bush may take the same bypass around Capitol Hill. "He told all of us, 'Put on your track shoes. We're going to run to the finish,'" Snow said. "He's going...
...recent polls are correct and Democrats win back control of the House and Senate, President Bush's Administration will be transformed into an early lame duck. Worse, Cheney will then shoot it." SETH MEYERS...