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31.03.06 | 

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Picking Political Sides

Democrats unite in pandering to Hispanic voters.
Republicans split: cultural conservatives vs. business.
Americans losing jobs to cheap labor or communities
to folks who won’t assimilate depend on Lou Dobbs.

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30.03.06 | 

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Wallowing in Ethics Reform

Senators cracked down on lobbying
at enormous personal sacrifice.
No more free meals or sports events –
unless, of course, they’re fund raisers,
or the lobbyist’s client comes along to pay.
They also have to own up to earmarks
right away, not just when they’re spent.
If they can reconcile these rules with
the House, a long shot at best, you can bet
they’ll […]

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29.03.06 | 

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Bush Cuts Card, Gets Bolton

Some say the shake-up at the White House is
just a shuffle. Bush promoted his budget director,
(and developer of deficits), to chief of staff.
Joshua probably won’t have much time for riding
motorcycles or playing guitar in his week end
rock band, but no other changes are expected.

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28.03.06 | 

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Let’s Put Incompetence To Work

Bush can have a guest worker program
without amnesty – let the designers
of Medicare Part D create, and FEMA
administer. Illegal immigrants will
return home voluntarily, in dismay.

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27.03.06 | 

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He’s at It Again

Illegal immigration is an issue
that Bush tries to finesse the way
he did his reasons for war in Iraq.
He claims alien workers fill jobs
Americans refuse to do – ignoring
the issue of what wage is offered.
He promotes a demand for amnesty
at a naturalization ceremony for
legal immigrants becoming citizens.
The sneaky part of his plan is a word,
“comprehensiveâ€? […]

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26.03.06 | 

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Lessons in Losing

We whined about DeWine
frowned at Sherrod Brown.
We should have laughed at
this election with Hackett,
but Ohio has no clout. The
Democrat party sold us out.

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25.03.06 | 

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Let’s Find a Better Issue

Surely Democrats can think
of something to talk about
besides unproductive censure
or impossible impeachment.
We are dragged down by debt,
wallowing in unwinnable war,
battling broken borders,
crushed by a crippled economy.
Pick a topic to discuss that
you might have a chance to fix.
None will be easy, but relax,
you can’t do worse than Bush.

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24.03.06 | 

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With Filibusters and Vetoes at the Ready

Everyone is concerned with border security
and illegal immigrants, but each group
focuses on different problems and solutions.
There are commonalities: each side will fight
for it’s preferred laws; and they agree the crisis
was caused by not enforcing the ones that exist.

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23.03.06 | 

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The President’s Final Foray

Bush hopes for victory vaporized.
He may not know it, but the war’s
over, all that’s left is a calamity.
Some believe Rummy is seeking
a safe way out for the troops. If so
he will have done one thing right.
The President beats the bushes for
support, without much luck – his
problem, one bush is a dead horse.

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22.03.06 | 

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Cleveland Colloquy

Ernie Ernest leans forward,
hands gripping the podium,
and explains intently that
if he didn’t expect to win he
wouldn’t keep troops in Iraq.
He would be more convincing
if he hadn’t just employed
identical theatrics to deny
ever suggesting that Saddam
Hussein was involved in 9/11.

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21.03.06 | 

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A Matter of Timing

The Republican candidate for Senator
in New Jersey, racing to a fund raiser
featuring the Vice President, chose not
to take the Interstate and arrived late.
He missed a photo-op, but the V.P. is as
unpopular in the state as the candidate’s
father, former governor Tom Kean, Sr.,
is popular, and he still made $400,000.
Everyone seemed pleased with the event
except Democrats who […]

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20.03.06 | 

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March Madness

Bush assures us his strategy “will
lead to victory.� He’s encouraged
by Iraq’s continuing steps toward
democracy and urges them to “get
this government up and running.�
Cheney says his forecasts that
troops would be welcomed with
flowers and the insurgency was
in its “last throes,” were “basically
accurate and reflect reality.”
General Casey, dismissed talk of
civil war. “I personally don’t believe
one, that we’re […]

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19.03.06 | 

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Political Possibilities

The only thing sillier than Feingold
asking the Republican Senate
to censure the President, is Durbin
wanting an investigation to be
completed so he will know whether
to vote for censure or impeachment.
With leaders like these the donkey
might defect to the other party.

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18.03.06 | 

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The News Is Depressing

Democrats are expected to offer a solution
to the problem in Iraq, but there is none.
We cleaned up the Reagan/Bush mess,
now the flaky son has made a bigger one.
I’m almost ready to pass the next election
and let some Republican hold the gun.

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17.03.06 | 

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Proposed Platform

Since the Democrats can’t decide,
I suggest the only way out of Iraq
is to issue an ultimatum: Form a
government in a month and we will
stay six more to finish training your
police force, then leave completely.
If you don’t, we will withdraw to
permanent bases forever to protect
the oil during the civil war – choose.

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16.03.06 | 

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It’s Probably Just As Well

Bush becomes boring as bungles backfire.
His new national security strategy, issued
three years later than the law requires,
threatens a preemptive strike against Iran.
That would be worthy of comment if he hadn’t
used up the military. There’s no reason to parse
language used with North Korea versus Iran,
he can no longer do anything about either one.

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15.03.06 | 

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Tongue in Cheekiness

Jon Stewart captured the problem with the
Democratic party last night, explaining why
Paul Hackett should not run for Ohio Senator:
Forget feelings, dump dogma, lie low.
Aleve your aggravation with alliteration.
Republicans relish your reliance on rubbish.

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14.03.06 | 

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Who Knows?

Is gross incompetence really contagious?
Bush appointments have been suspected
of suppressing career professionals, now
a TSA attorney seemingly turned the tables.
Is she stupid or a rebel? Jeopardizing the
government’s attempt to get the death penalty,
rather than life in prison, her message was,
the Justice Department did a terrible job.
Carla Martin may have been frustrated by
being ignored, objecting to being […]

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13.03.06 | 

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There Is Always Hope

The Washington Post says
the senior White House staff
is tired. Perhaps they will
lose momentum before doing
any more serious damage.

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12.03.06 | 

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There Must Be a Better Way

Since they have nothing else to do
Democrats are rearranging caucuses
like they were deck chairs on the
Good Ship Lollypop. At the rate they’re
going an intramural fight will distract
all attention from a Republican rumble.
Someday maybe they’ll learn, it’s not
where or when we vote that matters –
it’s the candidates we choose between.
Our erstwhile leaders should be scouring
the crop […]

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