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...acknowledging public frustration with Iraq. In Washington State, Republican Mike McGavick, former chief executive of an insurance giant, is using the tag line "Real. Change" to challenge freshman Sen. Maria Cantwell (D), who has supported the war. A new McGavick ad uses the President's former "stay the course" mantra as a slur against Cantwell and says: "President Bush doesn't understand our frustrations." In Minnesota, three-term Rep. Mark Kennedy (R) is gaining on prosecutor Amy Klobuchar (D) with an ad that tries to level with voters. "None of us like war. And we've made some mistakes...
...clients, but the real business still comes from our old ones," he says. "I'm sure in the next 20 to 30 years, people will be interested in products that are top. And I'm doing all I can to be top." In Bordeaux these days, that's a mantra for survival...
...public, President Bush repeats one mantra: the world is "better off" without Saddam in power. But if you read between the lines, it appears that at least some on the Bush team know their current approach in Iraq is not sustainable. Bush mentioned the word "flexible" or "flexibility" several times during Wednesday's press conference and he hinted that he would consider a change in strategy if his generals proposed one. Meanwhile, General George Casey spoke at a Pentagon press conference about the pros and cons of adding more troops to stabilize Baghdad - something the Bush team has resisted...
...Directed by Todd Phillips 2.5 stars “There are two types of people in this world: those that run shit, and those who eat shit.” So goes the mantra of Dr. P (Billy Bob Thornton), a successful businessman who makes a living denigrating the lives of pathetic Manhattan men in a “top-secret” confidence-building class. Roger (“Napoleon Dynamite’s” Jon Heder) is one of those sad sacks who falls into the latter category of eating shit. He’s like...
Executive producer Marc Platt and writer Cyrus Nowrasteh say they wanted to match the just-the-facts tone of the report. ("The report didn't use any adjectives" is a mantra both men repeat. It's exaggerated but true to the commission's spirit.) Platt hired director David L. Cunningham, a documentary veteran, to give the movie a vrit look, without emotional tricks like zooming in on fraught moments. That's not to say all the actors are dispassionate. Lauria recalls his having volunteered at ground zero after 9/11: "You realize how good people are. A good leader would...