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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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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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Early Warning …, The Carpetbagger Report, Info Theory, Billmon, This Modern World and The Left Coaster
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 …
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.
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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Pandagon
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Bush Vows New Orleans Will Rise Again In Massive Gulf Coast Reconstruction — President George Bush has called for a massive reconstruction of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, coupled with an enterprise zone, more clearly delineated lines of federal and military authority — plus more local control.
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com: LAURA BUSH told Popular Mechanics today that she supports rebuilding …
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 …
Editor and Publisher:
Reuters Says Bush Photo Not 'Malicious,' Reports Wide Interest — NEW YORK With confirmation today that an accidental photo of President Bush at the United Nations on Wednesday, writing a note to Secretary of State Condeezza Rice about a "bathroom break," was indeed real …
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Shakespeare's Sister, Taegan Goddard's …, Gawker, Wonkette, First Draft and Oliver Willis
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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 …
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 …
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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Michelle Malkin
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Who will push behind the spin? — I caught the latter part of the president's speech and then a few moments of coverage on NBC afterwards. And I quickly realized why I never watch television news anymore. Russert, Gregory and Williams (who's actually been pretty good through this whole thing …
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Poll: Bush Rating at Record Low — NEW YORK — Two weeks after Hurricane Katrina (search) made landfall on Louisiana, a new FOX News poll finds that Americans think hurricane relief should be President George W. Bush's top domestic priority right now — outdistancing several other hot button issues …
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Basie!
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.