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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
New presidents as a rule want to move forward rather than battling the previous administration. Eight years ago, the Republicans were saying they were going to keep pursuing Bill Clinton once he was out of office. As right-wing-from-the-get-go as the Bush administration has been, that simply didn't happen. Of course, the Bush administration's crimes are far greater, but I suspect Obama suspects, correctly, that going after Bush et al would consume far too much attention from the media, overshadowing everything else. So, much as I'd love to see President Obama with a solid 60 Democratic seats in the Senate ("solid" meaning Lieberman doesn't count) sending Bush, Cheney and the rest of that criminal gang to spend the rest of their lives in prison as they deserve, it ain't gonna happen.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
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