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Friday, March 24, 2006
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Jimmy Carter: "There is a desperate need in America to block and reverse the radical departures from the moral and ethical principles that have made ours a great nation.
"This is not a conflict between liberals and conservatives or even between Democrats and Republicans. The unprecedented changes in policy are from those of Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon, Dwight Eisenhower, and also, of course, from those of Democratic presidents.
"These changes involve the most basic aspects of America's moral values: peace, human rights, justice, the environment, fiscal responsibility, respects for the civil rights of Americans, the honoring of international commitments, separation of church and state, and the control of nuclear weapons."
Cateogory: 2008 Presidential Election
7:32:57 AM 
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Andrew Sullivan: "Chuck Todd suspects that they have completely different bases of support. Rudy is getting support from the Bush base, Todd argues, but he thinks most Giuliani supporters haven't yet got a clue that Rudy is pro-choice, socially tolerant of gays, and in favor of some gun control. Rudy's a Bush proxy - but a very fragile one. McCain's supporters, on the other hand, know exactly what they think about him, and his current support is solid. That leaves a potential pool of Bush groupies up for grabs. McCain's pandering to Bush makes even more sense now, doesn't it?"
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
7:28:28 AM
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Reggie Rivers (via the Denver Post): "President Bush said this week that the withdrawal of U.S. troops in Iraq would be "decided by future presidents and future governments of Iraq," making it perfectly clear that he has no intention of bringing the troops home before he leaves office in 2008.
"During his weekly radio broadcast, the president repeated the simple mantra that has guided him throughout the war: 'We will finish the mission ... . There is no peace, there's no honor and there's no security in retreat.' When victory is achieved, he said, 'our troops will return home with the honor they have earned.'
"It's easy for the president to insist that things are going well in Iraq, that the country is not embroiled in a civil war, that his strategies will eventually lead to victory, and that there is honor to continuing combat no matter how futile it may appear.
"It's not so easy for the troops.
"They're serving multiple tours in Iraq. Some of them have been away from their families for years. More than 2,300 have died, more than 17,000 have been wounded, and now the soldiers still in the field can't even buoy their spirits with the simple hope that this might be their last tour, because the president has clearly stated that he won't bring them home during his tenure...
"But most Americans can see that his strategies are not working, and that the price the troops are paying is too high. Bush's approval rating and support for the war are in the low 30 percent range. Most of us can see that this war was a mistake, and no more American lives should be spent fighting it."
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
7:24:02 AM
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