That is a quote given on Face the Nation by conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks. He was discussing Sarah Palin’s qualifications to be president of the United States.
Find the Think Progress story here.
Could it be that W’s perennial best-seller translates poorly into Urdu?
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Pakistani troops fire on intruding U.S. choppers
By Augustine Anthony Mon Sep 22, 5:07 AM ET
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani troops fired on two U.S. helicopters that intruded into Pakistani airspace on Sunday night, forcing them to turn back to Afghanistan, a senior Pakistani security official said […]
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Conflict Over Spying Led White House to Brink
By Barton Gellman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, September 14, 2008; Page A01
This is the first of two stories adapted from “Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency,” to be published Tuesday by Penguin Press. Original source notes are denoted in [brackets] throughout.
A burst of ferocity stunned the room into silence. No […]
August 13, 2008
Book on Obama Hopes to Repeat Anti-Kerry Feat
THE NEW YORK TIMES
By JIM RUTENBERG and JULIE BOSMAN
In the summer of 2004 the conservative gadfly Jerome R. Corsi shot to the top of the best-seller lists as co-author of “Unfit for Command,” the book attacking Senator John Kerry’s record on a Vietnam War Swift boat […]
By MIKE ALLEN
Politico
8/5/08 11:51 AM EST Updated: 8/5/08 11:51 AM EST
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A new book by the author Ron Suskind claims that the White House ordered the CIA to forge a back-dated, handwritten letter from the head of Iraqi intelligence to Saddam Hussein.
Suskind writes in “The Way of the World,” to be published Tuesday, that the alleged […]
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A must-read interview with David Iglesias
1:47 AM Sun, Jul 13, 2008
Tod Robberson
December 6, 2006, the Bush administration’s Justice Department carried out an unprecedented decision to fire seven U.S. attorneys - all Republicans - in a single day. It was originally portrayed as a performance-related issue in which the attorney general, Alberto Gonzales, was exercising the […]
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via Barnes & Noble
The Outlaw Presidency
By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Monday, July 14, 2008; 12:47 PM
Another major book chronicling the descent into lawlessness of the Bush presidency is out this week. This one is by Jane Mayer of the New Yorker, and it’s called “The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror […]
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Ayn Rand (Phyllis Cerf)
Commentary
Washington Independent
Ayn Rand 101
A Glance at the Free Market Coursework Sponsored by BB&T
By Bruce McCall 05/07/2008 | 16 Comments
John Allison, CEO of the banking giant BB&T, calls Ayn Rand’s novel “Atlas Shrugged,” “the best defense of capitalism ever written.” He says that Rand changed his life, and he’s working to ensure that […]
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June 1, 2008
Op-Ed Columnist
Cult of Deception
By MAUREEN DOWD
WASHINGTON
They say that every president gets the psychoanalyst he deserves. And every Hamlet gets his Rosencrantz.
So now comes Scott McClellan, once the most loyal of the Texas Bushies, to reveal “What Happened,” as the title of his book promises, to turn W. from a genial, humble, bipartisan good […]
May 30, 2008
The Plitico
Jonathan Martin
Bob Dole unloads on McClellan
Bob Dole yesterday sent a scalding e-mail to Scott McClellan, excoriating the former White House spokesman as a “miserable creature” who greedily betrayed his former patron for a fast buck.
In an extraordinary message obtained and authenticated by Politico, Dole uses his trademark biting wit to portray McClellan […]
Feith Blames Public For Feeling Misled About Iraq: ‘I Think They Misremember A Lot’»
Last night, Iraq war architect Douglas Feith (video)appeared on The Daily Show to discuss his war apologia, War and Decision. When Stewart said that many Americans feel the Bush administration misled them into war, Feith replied, “Errors are not lies. I think […]