Word: objections
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...love to take the liberal media on, given the chance." But Dahlia Lithwick counters that this argument diminishes Palin just as much. "Why do we keep talking about women as though they lack any agency? Are we really going to condemn the McCain campaign for treating her as an object, with demands that they "free" her? I understand why smart women in the media are enraged with Palin's refusal to engage them. It's appalling. But I don't think it's good for women to direct that rage at her male keepers, handlers, or advisers, either...
...President Bush made an unusual, market-calming appearance in the Rose Garden just after 9.30 a.m. to reassure the nation that all parties were seeking a speedy solution to the bailout stalemate. Negotiations continued at the staff level on Capitol Hill this morning. In general, House Republicans continue to object on free market grounds to the President's bailout plan, while Senate Republicans, as well as Democrats in both houses, have been more supportive. Democratic leaders have been reluctant to move the measure through either the Senate or the House without Republican support, fearing a one-sided backlash...
...international summit he has tried to maneuver himself into position for a photograph with Bush. The press has breathlessly reported on every perfunctory exchange the two have had. And the much longed-for invitation to the White House - let alone to a certain ranch in Texas - has been the object of countless pages of speculation. But for all the aspiration, Zapatero has never managed to achieve anything like that famous 2003 photo of his predecessor, José María Aznar, in the Azores looking like he just got invited to the cool kids' party...
...Lazaro Cardenas. The bombing came as the governor was ringing the bell in Morelia's colonial square, a tradition carried out across to Mexico to remember the launching of the war of independence against Spain in 1810. Witnesses reported that a bulky man in black threw a grenade-like object into the crowd, and then apologized to people next to him. Godoy said he first thought it was a firecracker until he saw the bodies. A second blast struck moments after the first...
...visited an African-American community in Alabama that got ferry service through an earmark. He then met a Pennsylvania woman with ovarian cancer who was being treated through a clinical trial funded by an earmark; he assured her that program was worthwhile too. "It's the process I object to," McCain explained...