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Bart Barnes / Washington Post:
Former Senator Jesse Helms Dies at 86 — Jesse A. Helms, the hard-line conservative North Carolina Republican who served three decades in the U.S. Senate and became one of America's leading crusaders against communism, liberalism, tax increases, abortion, homosexuality …
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Johanna Neuman / Los Angeles Times:
Former Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86 — President Bush calls the uncompromising Republican from North Carolina a ‘great patriot.’ He infuriated liberals with his race-baiting tactics and presidents of both parties with his use of senatorial — WASHINGTON — Jesse Helms …
CNN:
Former Sen. Jesse Helms dies — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms, a North Carolina Republican who became an icon to conservatives, died Friday at the age of 86, a senior congressional source said. — The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank …
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Pam Spaulding / Pam's House Blend:
Bye, Jesse, you left quite a legacy — Jesse Helms has died. As a native and current resident of North Carolina, even today many people I run into outside of this state who know little about it — recognize the name Jesse Helms. He leaves a long, dark trail of professional racial bigotry …
Michael Grynbaum / The Caucus:
Jesse Helms Dies at 86 — Updated | 4:55 p.m. Senator John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, weighed in this afternoon: “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of Senator Jesse Helms. At this time, let us remember a life dedicated to serving this nation.”
Steven A. Holmes / New York Times:
Jesse Helms, Conservative Force in the Senate, Dies at 86 — Jesse Helms, the former North Carolina Senator whose courtly manner and mossy drawl barely masked a hard-edged conservatism that opposed civil rights, gay rights, foreign aid and modern art, died early Friday. He was 86.
Faiz / Think Progress:Former Sen. Jesse Helms passes away.
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Gateway Pundit:
Nice... Loons Disrupt Bush at July 4th Naturalization Ceremony (Video) — Here's another reminder that nothing is sacred to the Left. — Nothing... Code Pink disrupted President Bush at the 46th Annual Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony:
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Associated Press:
Bush heckled at new citizen ceremony — President heckled during event at Thomas Jefferson's former home — CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia - President Bush invoked the memory of Thomas Jefferson Friday in welcoming new U.S. citizens at a naturalization ceremony at Monticello, saying “I'll be proud to call you a fellow American.”
Redstate:
In Praise of Barack Obama — Via the AP comes this news that Barack Obama has changed his mind, and is rejecting at least some of the extremism of NARAL, Emily's List, and other radical abortion organizations. The money graf: … Read on... Of course, Obama's position here is only confined …
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Daily Mail:
Schoolboys punished with detention for refusing to kneel in class and pray to Allah — Two schoolboys were given detention after refusing to kneel down and ‘pray to Allah’ during a religious education lesson. — Parents were outraged that the two boys from year seven (11 to 12-year-olds) …
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Tiptoeing on Bush and Convention — WASHINGTON — What if your family was planning a big end-of-summer bash (a Grand Old Party, you might call it) but preferred that you not be seen — or heard? — That is the question hanging over President Bush, with eight weeks to go until Republicans gather …
White House:
Press Briefing by Dana Perino — MS. PERINO: Hello, everybody. Hello to my mom in the back, my mom and my sister — friends. (Applause.) I don't usually get that reception in here. (Laughter.) — Q Mom gets it. — MS. PERINO: Yes, I know. (Laughter.)
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Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Poll shows warning signs for Obama — WASHINGTON (CNN) — One week after Sen. Hillary Clinton made a public show of unity with Sen. Barack Obama, a new survey suggests supporters of the New York senator are increasingly less likely to follow her lead. — A growing number of Clinton supporters polled …
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Why Europe loves Barack Obama — By Bill Schneider, CNN senior political analyst — (CNN) — When Barack Obama comes to London, I am certain that 50,000 people will turn out to cheer him on," a British executive assured me when I visited the British capital recently. — “Americans?” I asked.
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Condoleezza Rice: ‘I Am Proud Of The Decision’ To Invade Iraq — In an interview last March with Bloomberg's Judy Woodruff, the late conservative scholar William F. Buckley said President Bush's legacy would be judged purely on Iraq. He stressed, “It's important that we acknowledge …
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