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...direction. "I'm not a believer in God," he says, "but I recognize that faith is a morally guiding force in most people's lives. I believe President Bush has brought honor back to the White House because of his faith. I don't see the religious community being upset with him. I see the nonreligious community being upset with him because they see faith as a threat to liberal thought. There's nothing about Bush's faith that makes me uncomfortable...
They were upset because I was making fun of the fact that George Bush fell off his bike. So they turned off my microphone. Then a whole band came onstage behind me and started playing Sweet Home Alabama, as if to Americanize the space. I was really insulted because I love Skynyrd...
...center-right coalition suffered for supporting the Iraq war, losing five seats Poland Low turnout handed victory to right-wingers and Euro-skeptic populists whose supporters bothered to vote The loss makes leftist Premier Marek Belka's shaky minority government look even more vulnerable Spain Three months after an upset victory in national polls, the ruling Socialists won a vote of confidence and 25 of 54 seats The conservative Popular Party lost 4 of its 27 seats - but did claw to within 2% of the Socialists United Kingdom The U.K. Independence Party buoyed anti-E.U. spirits, winning 12 seats...
...This latest round of bickering has rekindled memories of a similar battle a year ago in which the FBI seized control of terrorism-related financial investigations from Homeland Security. Separately, Ridge is still upset, according to sources who work with him, over being blindsided by the Justice Department and FBI pre-Memorial Day press conference regarding possible terrorist attacks at various special events this summer. There was no fresh or specific intelligence to back up the dire warning, DHS sources maintain...
Carter too was confident that Reagan would be no match. Reagan being Reagan again upset the prognostications. While aides tried to stuff him with facts for his important TV debate against Carter, the challenger practiced one-liners, notably one that he flung at Carter with considerable effect: "There you go again!" Even more stinging was his repeated question to the voters, "Are you better off than you were four years ago?" The answer was, 50.7% of the votes for Reagan, with 41% for Carter and 6.6% for independent John Anderson. The electoral votes were even more lopsided: 489 for Reagan...