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...Listing out the sources that had been used, the quotes that had been lifted from official transcripts, and the artistic liberties that had been taken in dramatizing moments that never actually happened (turns out George W. Bush and his father never did have a fistfight in the Oval Office), the guide is a compelling companion piece to the film, suggesting that many of the behind-closed-doors moments in W. may not be that far-fetched after...
...Palin as his running mate, the Alaska Governor has become a web phenomenon, generating torrents of YouTube hype and interactive web applications from the Sarah Palin Baby Name Generator to the latest: PalinAsPresident. It's a picture of the self-professed Caribou Barbie behind a cluttered desk in the Oval Office; its contents - from a ringing red telephone to a closet full of "secrets" - animate when clicked...
...renowned crusader for the cause of American liberalism (if there is such a thing), may also have dated himself with this quip; this year, a half-century after it was made, not one but two “girls” have drawn within practical inches of the Oval Office. But the governor’s point remains clear: Ours is an exceptional nation, for our commitment to—or pretension of—classless meritocracy, representative democracy in its purest, fairest form, and an undying optimism about our shared future.Today, one of the women Stevenson infelicitously dismissed with...
...Franklin D. Roosevelt-who served from 1933 until his death in 1945-was the first occupant of the Oval Office to serve more than two terms (he was elected to four). Like Bloomberg, Roosevelt-who helped America weather the Great Depression and accepted his nomination to a third term while war raged in Europe- was viewed as a leader capable of navigating turbulent times. It wasn't an experiment many Republicans were intent on repeating, though, and in 1951, the 22nd Amendment codified the presidency as a two-term gig. A 1995 U.S. Supreme Court case, U.S. Term Limits...
...advisers were well aware of Biden's Achilles' mouth, but they were equally aware of the Senator's strengths - his wisdom, his experience, his oratory gifts and his impressive life story. And if the primary prerequisite in a vice-presidential pick is finding someone unambiguously qualified to inherit the Oval Office, Obama made a judicious choice, especially in light of the competence questions that have continually dogged Biden's embattled Republican counterpart, Sarah Palin. Indeed, even the Republicans - who have hit their opponents on a wide range of issues, in keeping with the nonstop attack politics of the modern...