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Brent Baker / NewsBusters.org:
To ABC's Surprise, Katrina Victims Praise Bush and Blame Nagin — ABC News producers probably didn't hear what they expected when they sent Dean Reynolds to the Houston Astrodome's parking lot to get reaction to President Bush's speech from black evacuees from New Orleans.
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Lorie Byrd / PoliPundit.com:
Hell, Yes! — ***UPDATE (2:15): I found the video! (Thanks Technorati). If you have not seen it, go watch it now. If you saw it I am sure you are already clicking on the link to watch it again. A transcript is also provided. — I will comment on the actual speech later …
White House:
President Discusses Hurricane Relief in Address to the Nation — Fact Sheet: President Bush Addresses the Nation on Recovery From Katrina — THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. I'm speaking to you from the city of New Orleans — nearly empty, still partly under water, and waiting for life and hope to return.
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Warkin / Early Warning by William M. Arkin:A broader role for the armed forces?
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Washington Post:
Bush Pledges Historic Effort To Help Gulf Coast Recover — President Says U.S. Will Learn From Mistakes — NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 15 — President Bush, summoning the American spirit and "a faith in God no storm can take away," vowed from the heart of the Hurricane Katrina disaster zone Thursday night …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
A Bid to Repair a Presidency — The main text of President Bush's nationally televised address last night was the rebuilding of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, but the clear subtext was the rebuilding of a presidency that is now at its lowest point ever, confronted by huge and simultaneous challenges …
La Shawn / La Shawn Barber's Corner:
Bush the Sugar Daddy — I didn't listen to George Bush's speech last night, but I'm told he plans to do what he does best: spend, spend, spend other people's money. True? — And he didn't sufficiently address the rampant Hurricane Katrina race-baiting. If he didn't, that's his fault.
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Bill / PunditGuy:
President Sugar Daddy — Hmm... Did George W. Bush give a speech tonight? It sure looked like him. That guy's voice in the video I downloaded and watched sure sounded like him. — Who stole my president? — Since 9/11, I've become rather confident in my support of George W. Bush.
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Representative John Conyers Jr / commondreams.org:
Conyers Statement on Valerie Plame Resolution — Committee on the Judiciary — H. Res. 420, Resolution of Inquiry to Attorney General Regarding CIA Leak — We are here because the Bush administration refuses to police itself in the midst of criminal and ethical misconduct.
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Murray Waas / whatever already!:House Intelligence committee votes down Plame "resolution of inquiry"
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Dean / Dean's World:
Clearing the Record — Several people seem to think my earlier piece today indicates that I am angry with LaShawn Barber. I certainly am not. I think she's wrong about the ancient Romans, and about America in the past. Prior to the advent of the Roman Empire, the Roman Republic was a savage …
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Dean / Dean's World:Why I'm Not A Conservative: The "America Sucks" Right
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Washington Post:
Some of the Uprooted Won't Go Home Again — HOUSTON, Sept. 15 — Fewer than half of all New Orleans evacuees living in emergency shelters here said they will move back home, while two-thirds of those who want to relocate planned to settle permanently in the Houston area …
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Roe v. Roberts — In our lifetime has there been a more politically poisonous Supreme Court decision than Roe v. Wade ? Set aside for a moment your thoughts on the substance of the ruling. (I happen to be a supporter of legalized abortion.) I'm talking about the continuing damage to the republic …
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Washington Post:
Study: Half of All Teens Have Had Oral Sex — Slightly more than half of American teenagers ages 15 to 19 have engaged in oral sex, with females and males reporting similar levels of experience, according to the most comprehensive national survey of sexual behaviors ever released by the federal government.
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David Goldenberg / gelfmagazine.com:
Bush's Bathroom Break: The Photographer Speaks — Rick Wilking on capturing the infamous Bush note, and on his experiences documenting the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. — Rick Wilking left New Orleans a few days ago, after spending almost a week documenting the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Let's see. What was the problem with Michael Brown exactly? Let's see. No expertise or experience for the job. Got the gig because he was pals with Bush's political fixer. Also a political loyalist. — So to learn the lesson and get back on track, to run the recovery, President Bush picks Karl Rove.
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Peter Savodnik / The Hill:
Casey widens gap over Santorum to 14 points — Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) is losing ground to his Democratic challenger, state Treasurer Bob Casey, a GOP poll to be released today shows. — The Strategic Vision survey, conducted Saturday through Monday, gives Casey a 14-point lead …
Donna De La Cruz / Associated Press:
Weldon: Atta Papers Destroyed on Orders — WASHINGTON - A Pentagon employee was ordered to destroy documents that identified Mohamed Atta as a terrorist two years before the 2001 attacks, a congressman said Thursday. — The employee is prepared to testify next week before the Senate Judiciary Committee …
Washington Post:
'It Was as if All of Us Were Already Pronounced Dead' — Convention Center Left a Five-Day Legacy of Chaos and Violence — NEW ORLEANS For five eternal-seeming days, as many as 20,000 people, most of them black, waited to be rescued, not just from the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina …
Sue Anne Pressley / Washington Post:
The Other Side of Charity's Coin — Crisis Prompts Aid for Evacuees, but Area's Homeless Feel Left Behind — Freddie Walker — late of New Orleans, now an evacuee living at the D.C. Armory — cannot describe his gratitude for all the things Washington area residents have done for him.
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