Word: exaction
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...dollars of cash, to be exact...
Will the Democrats behave any differently if they retake Congress in November? Some would undoubtedly try to use their majority power to exact revenge for Republican overreach. And history has shown them to be just as capable of the type of ideological drift that is tearing at the G.O.P...
...Kerry adviser who's just one of the swarm of pundits interviewed by the filmmakers. "We had a soft economy, we had a very unpopular President...we had an unpopular occupation...and we had a candidate who had a terrific record of personal heroism in combat." Republicans saw the exact same problems. Chief Republican campaign strategist Matthew Dowd recounts how people would ask him about Ohio all the time: "It's economically strapped and it's been effected dramatically, how is it that you guys are even surviving...
...Most Surreal Moment - Watching Marines arrive at my detention facility and unload a truck load of flex-cuffed midgets. 26 to be exact. We had put the word out earlier in the day to the Marines in Fallujah that we were looking for Bad Guy X, who was described as a midget. Little did I know that Fallujah was home to a small community of midgets, who banded together for support since they were considered as social outcasts. The Marines were anxious to get back to the midget colony to bring in the rest of the midget suspects...
...while other Republicans may not go that far, they'll call for investigations. Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert has already asked both the state of Florida and the Justice Department to look into Foley's conduct. Meanwhile, House leaders are trying to get their story straight about the exact timeline of who was informed of Foley's e-mails and when. The goal is to move the issue away from how the leaders reacted and back toward the problems of Mark Foley. So far, they've largely bungled that effort. Reynolds, for example, said he personally informed Speaker Dennis...