NYT Stunner! Olmert Claims He Made US Change UN Gaza Ceasefire Vote (Update x2)

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Tuesday January 13, 2009 · 11:57 AM PST

2009/01/13 · 11:57

In a stunning display of arrogance and stupidity, disgraced Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert boasted in a speech, given on Monday, in Ashkelon, Israel, that he demanded to speak with President Bush last Thursday and ordered him not to vote for UN Security Council Resolution 1860, calling for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in their ongoing fighting. Immediately thereafter, Bush called Secretary Rice just minutes before she was to vote in favor of the resolution and instructed her not to vote for it--even though she was central in formulating and negotiating the resolution and had promised the Europeans and Arabs that the US would support it.

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Friday December 19, 2008 · 9:02 AM PST

2008/12/19 · 09:02

Obama wants to be inclusive? Host a party for the KKK, Karl Rove, the guys who brought us Iraq war and torture, or Matthew Sheppard's killers.
Green Scar

As I try to describe below, Obama's call for "inclusiveness" has often been misinterpreted or mischaracterized, as illustrated by Green Scar's comment above. This is not necessarily done out of any animus, but may happen because of the extent to which Obama deeply embraces a unique philosophy of inclusiveness given the great partisan and ideological divides currently affecting American politics. This inclusive embrace can lead people to view Obama as naive, disloyal, or foolish. Or lead some to resort to hyperbolic speculation about Obama's motives since they have not really seen this unique change take place in recent political history.

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Sunday November 02, 2008 · 1:33 AM PDT

2008/11/02 · 01:33

As this incredibly fascinating election season draws to a close, I've been thinking about what my dream come true scenarios would be for November 4. So in order of importance, what follows is a list describing what I'd like to see come to fruition on the night of the election.

I know that many people may not really want to envision dream scenarios, for fear that they may somehow "jinx" the outcome. I'm not one of those people. I once read that "rarely are our greatest hopes or worst fears ever realized." So in this case, I expect to be disappointed in a couple of these outcomes--but only a couple. Indeed, the outcomes I've listed are not entirely out of my control, since like many of you, I've given money, time and in a couple of cases, votes, to seeing that some of these predictions come true.

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Who (or what) do you most want to see defeated?

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Who (or what) do you most want to see defeated?

Rep. Mark Kirk (R-6th IL)

3 votes

Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)

20 votes

Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)

29 votes

Proposition 8 (CA gay marriage ballot initiative)

91 votes

Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-6th MN)

62 votes

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