Via the NY Times… Robert Greenwald and Brave New Films are leading the fight against a documentary about the Kennedy’s being slated for the History Channel:
A new mini-series about John F. Kennedy’s presidency that is being prepared by the History channel does not yet have a cast or a premiere date. Not a frame of footage [...]
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Aired on Monday, Rachel Maddow reported on the switch a day made between the White House statements of the weekend and those on Monday. Jane Hamsher, of FireDogLake, joined Rachel at the end of the segment to discuss her effort to lead a progressive push for a public healthcare option in any case. [My [...]
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According to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, the “number of Americans who believe that the nation is headed in the right direction has roughly tripled since Barack Obama’s election, and the public overwhelmingly blames the excesses of the financial industry, rather than the new president, for turmoil in the economy.”
At this early stage in [...]
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I continue to applaud enthusiastically through the early days of the Obama presidency.
So far, Obama is what many of us expected him to be, and more. He’s closing Gitmo and banning torture, for example, and yesterday he reversed another of Bush’s more egregious policies, one especially harmful to women:
President Obama struck down a rule Friday [...]
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Filed under: Foreign Policy, Michael Stickings, Women's Issues
The Obama Administration is embracing the internet, from changes on WhiteHouse.gov to officially tweaking “the name of a White House institution, the Weekly Radio Address,” by announcing that it’s now officially known as “President Barack Obama’s Weekly Video Address.”
“President Barack Obama plans to publish a weekly video address every Saturday morning of his presidency,” says [...]
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And so, we begin a new chapter in American history today… One that is filled with the promise of change and new beginnings that clearly offer more hope than America has seen in a very long time.
The long collective American nightmare known as the presidency of George W. Bush is over. Bush’s reign has been a [...]
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With just a few more days to go, Bush’s staff is exiting… stage right. Politico has a particularly sentimental look at the final days of a presidency from the views of current and former White House staffers. Let’s get on with the show… It’s time for change in Washington. Out with the old and in [...]
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In contrast to the late President Kennedy:
“I think he’s impatient. I think, my summation: He doesn’t like homework. And homework means reading or getting briefed or having a debate. And part of the presidency, part of governing, particularly in this area, is homework, homework, homework.”
– Bob Woodward, reflecting on President Bush’s governing style.
H/T Political Wire
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A new CNN poll finds that Bush is “the most unpopular president since approval ratings were first sought more than six decades ago,” with disapproval ratings above 70 this year.
Which makes him more unpopular than Nixon… and Truman.
Yes, yes, I know, look what happened to Truman: Vindicated by history, now considered to be one of [...]
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Filed under: George W. Bush, Michael Stickings, Polls
[...] State Senate President Lyda Green said she thought it was a joke when someone called her at 6 a.m. to give her the news.
“She’s not prepared to be governor. How can she be prepared to be vice president or president?” said Green, a Republican from Palin’s hometown of Wasilla. “Look at what she’s done to [...]
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