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Bush suggests Obama wants ‘appeasement’ of terrorists — JERUSALEM (CNN) - In a particularly sharp blast from halfway around the world, President Bush suggested Thursday that Sen. Barack Obama and other Democrats are in favor of “appeasement” of terrorists in the same way U.S. leaders appeased Nazis in the run-up to World War II.
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Daniel W. Reilly / The Crypt's Blogs:
Biden: Bush's comments were ‘bulls**t’ — Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.), piling on to Democratic complaints about President Bush's speech in Israel today: — “This is bulls**t, this is malarkey. This is outrageous, for the president of the United States to go to a foreign country …
Will Bunch / Philly.com:
President Bush committed political treason today — I've seen a lot of sad things in American politics in my lifetime — the resignation of a president who became a national disgrace after he oversaw a campaign of break-ins and cover-ups, another who circumvented the Constitution to trade arms for hostages …
Elisabeth Bumiller / The Caucus:
McCain Agrees With Bush's Remarks on Appeasement — Senator John McCain, who has been critical of President Bush on the environment and other policies this week, on Thursday morning wholeheartedly endorsed Mr. Bush's veiled rebuke in the Israeli Knesset of Senator Barack Obama that talking to …
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Ed OKeefe / Political Radar:
Obama Takes Issue With Bush Foreign Policy Speech — ABC News' Ed O'Keefe Reports: The Obama campaign is taking issue with a comment President Bush made while speaking to the Knesset on the 60th anniversary of Israel's statehood. — “Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals …
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
McCain Blasts Obama As Unfit To Defend America — On a conference call with conservative bloggers this afternoon, John McCain launched what may be his most direct attack yet on Barack Obama's national security credentials, saying flat out that Obama is incapable of protecting America and lacks …
Think Progress:
Lieberman On Bush Comparing Democrats To Nazi-Appeasers: ‘The President Got It Exactly Right’ — Delivering an address before the Israeli Knesset today, President Bush said that Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and Democrats favor a policy of appeasement toward terrorists.
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Wall Street Journal:
Prepared Text of Bush's Knesset Speech — As Prepared for Delivery: Remarks by the President to Members of the Knesset — Shalom. Laura and I are thrilled to be back in Israel. We have been deeply moved by the celebrations of the past two days. And this afternoon …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Clinton defends Obama from Bush — Hillary, today in Rapid City, South Dakota, defended Obama from President Bush's apparent comparison of him to Neville Chamberlain, Ken Vogel reports. — She told reporters: … “There is a very clear difference between Democrats and Republicans …
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Daniel W. Reilly / The Crypt's Blogs:
Pelosi: Bush comments ‘beneath the dignity of the office’ — Democratic House leaders are calling out President Bush for a speech in Israel in which he seemed to suggest that Sen. Barack Obama wants the United States to “negotiate with terrorists.” — In his speech, Bush said …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:Rahm's defense — An interesting pattern I've noticed lately …
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Maura Dolan / Los Angeles Times:
California Supreme Court overturns gay marriage ban — In a 4-3 ruling, the justices rule that state marriage laws are unconstitutional. — SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court ruled today that same-sex couples should be permitted to marry, rejecting state marriage laws as discriminatory.
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Bob Egelko / San Francisco Chronicle:
State Supreme Court says same-sex couples have right to marry — (05-15) 10:24 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — Gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry in California, the state Supreme Court said today in a historic ruling that could be repudiated by the voters in November.
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:McCain and Obama weigh in on Cali marriage decision
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Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT HOLDS THAT CALIFORNIA MUST RECOGNIZE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE:
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:The Key Points — Two early passages in the California decision stand out.
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Ryan Grim / The Crypt's Blogs:
Conyers: 'We're closing in on Rove' — Just off the House floor today, the Crypt overheard House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers tell two other people: “We're closing in on Rove. Someone's got to kick his ass.” — Asked a few minutes later for a more official explanation …
Daniel W. Reilly / The Crypt's Blogs:
House fails to pass war funding measure — The House failed to pass a measure funding the war in Iraq on Thursday afternoon by a vote of 141 to 149, with 132 Republicans voting “present” to protest what they see as unfair treatment by the Democratic majority.
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Guardian:
How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power — Rumours of a link between the US first family and the Nazi war machine have circulated for decades. Now the Guardian can reveal how repercussions of events that culminated in action under the Trading with the Enemy Act are still being felt by today's president
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Democratic Media Group Ditches Ad Effort — Progressive Media USA, the group organized to be the main soft-money advertising vehicle for Democrats in the fall, will dramatically scale back its efforts in deference to the wishes of the party's presumptive nominee.
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Bob Beckel / Real Clear Politics:
If Clinton Wants VP, Obama Can't Stop Her — Does Hillary Clinton want to be the Democrats vice presidential candidate? Probably. Could she get on the ticket by dropping out before the last states vote on June 3rd? Definitely not. Does Barack Obama want her on the ticket? Absolutely not.
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