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Democrats … Start Doing it for Yourselves
Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) House Minority Leader Dear Congresswoman Pelosi: I recently received a mailer from you that included the following text: >> Dear Friend … why don’t you take the enclosed George W. Bush Disapproval Poll and use it … Continue reading
Posted in Statements
Tagged activism, change, correspondence, democracy, Democrats, George W Bush, liberalism, Nancy Pelosi, partisanship, politicians, politics
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Bonzo’s Bedtime
I don’t want to say anything about Ronald Reagan. I have kept my mouth shut for two days now on the subject. But amidst the feeding frenzy on both the left and right that still is going on (the left … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations
Tagged advertising, commercialism, hype, mass media, movies, partisanship, politicians, politics, Ronald Reagan
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Primary Colors
You can’t trust the politicians, but they’re really not to blame ’cause we give them what they work with, handing over without shame all the best of our intentions and worst of our desires, all the evils we won’t mention … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged daily poems, democracy, partisanship, politicians, politics, representation, trust
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