As prepared for delivery Tuesday night Good evening. Tonight, I’d like to talk to you about the end of our combat mission in Iraq, the ongoing security challenges we face, and the need to rebuild our nation here at home. I know this historic moment comes at a time of great uncertainty for many Americans. […]
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Governor to greet president upon arrival to Maine
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Gov. John Baldacci says he will greet President Barack Obama upon his arrival to Maine. The president and his family plan to arrive Friday at the Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport in Trenton aboard Air Force One. They will stay on Mount Desert Island for a short vacation before departing Sunday. Baldacci […]
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Obama to promote health bill’s business benefits
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is promoting his health care overhaul’s benefits for small businesses as he tries to rally public support behind the new law scorned by Republicans and protesters. A speech Thursday in Portland, Maine, is the second in a series of planned appearances to plug the sweeping changes coming to health […]
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Obama unlikely to solve Middle East conundrum President Obama faces numerous challenges as he heads to Cairo this week for a much-anticipated speech to the Muslim world. At best there are mixed feelings in the region. Mohammed Habib, deputy leader of the radical Muslim Brotherhood, said the president’s trip “will be useless unless it is […]
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It’s a lovely thing when the conventional wisdom proves to be so spectacularly wrong. The entire Democratic Party, not to mention the media establishment, simply took as a given that suave, charming, effulgent, numinous President Barack Obama would mop the floor with grumpy, truculent, sardonic former Vice President Dick Cheney. And yet, on almost every […]
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What counts the most — empathy or impartiality?
Why make this complicated? President Obama prefers Supreme Court justices who will violate their oath of office. And he hopes Sonia Sotomayor is the right Hispanic woman for the job. Here’s the oath Supreme Court justices must take: “I, (name), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and […]
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Obama’s conflicted vision doesn’t address terrorism
Wouldn’t it be nice if things were simple instead of complicated; if hailing our Founding Fathers and the documents they wrote were sufficient to persuade people who do not share their views about life, liberty and religious tolerance to lay down their arms and worship at the altar of our Constitution in the temple of […]
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Elephant’s graveyard
Jonah Goldberg’s column May 2 claims that Barack Obama’s arrogance will be his undoing. Has Goldberg forgotten the cowboy mentality of George W. Bush and his administration? Dick (“So what”) Cheney could be the poster child of arrogance. When you throw in the myopic extremism of Karl Rove, Tom DeLay, Donald Rumsfeld, Rush Limbaugh and […]