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Reagan and Obama

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  less than a day ago

USA Today's interactive graph of presidential approval ratings over the decades is great fun. What you see is that the president whose early ratings most closely match Obama's is Reagan.
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Palin vs Reagan

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  less than a day ago

Steve Chapman notices the stark difference: Who needs policy? In her world -- and the world of legions of conservatives who revere her -- the persona is the policy.
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Hiatt's Neocon Post

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  Nov 07 09

A lees convincing version of Fox News? Greenwald continues the scrutiny: The Post today has two former Bush officials, one former Reagan official, two right-wing politicians, a Fox News neocon, the CEO of America's largest oil and gas producer, a.
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Goldwater Or Reagan?

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  Nov 03 09

Ezra Klein ruminates on NY-23 and David Axelrod's argument that the "Limbaughs and Becks of the world are basically hanging a 'Moderates need not apply' sign outside the Republican National Committee headquarters" by running Dede out of the race: It's.
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Obama administration again defends DOMA in court, says gays have no "fundamental right" to marriage benefits

America Blog  Oct 30 09

Hope the champagne party at the White House was fun the other night. And now back to our regularly scheduled program.
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Lieberman to hold hearings on Obama's czars

America Blog  Oct 19 09

Here's the thing. It's not entirely clear if this is a bad thing. If Lieberman is doing this in order to debunk the attacks on Obama's czars, and the hearing is geared towards doing just that, then this could be a good way to finally put that issue to rest.
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The gay ambassador

Google Gay News / Politico  Oct 09 09

Bay Area Reporter The gay ambassadorPoliticoand Michael Goldfarb suggesting the same thing about the administration's nomination of a gay Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa: Reagan's appointment of .
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Gay Vintage Porn: Joey Stefano in 'Plunge'

Gay Porn Blog  Oct 08 09

We've been researching the history of Falcon Studios (now Falcon Entertainment) for a documentary on founder Chuck Holmes, and I have become fairly obsessed with the Falcon movies that I grew up with, before the internet.
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Question For The Day

Men of Color  Oct 06 09

Reagan had bowls full of jelly beans; Obama, M&M's. If you were elected President, what would you choose as the official White House candy? See my answer below:
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Liberal Reagan Watch

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  Sep 25 09

The parallels on the economy are getting eerier. Will Obama ride forward on an unexpectedly strong recovery? Even AEI is beginning to wonder.
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The Czar Canard

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  Sep 21 09

David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey, who served in the Justice Department under Reagan and H.W. Bush, correct Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and other Republicans for claiming that Obama's "czars" are an unchecked, unconstitutional abuse of executive power:.
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Obama’s Health Care Speech:An Unnecessary Exercise Intended to Save an Unpopular Program

Gay Patriot  Sep 09 09

When most Presidents speak to a joint session of Congress, it is in response to a personal tragedy (as was Reagan’s speech in 1981 after he recovered from being shot), a national crisis (as was George W.
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Differing Attitudes Toward Victory

Gay Patriot  Aug 11 09

“There is no substitute for victory” Ronald Reagan, quoting Douglas MacArthur And to the Gipper’s successor, at least in terms of U.
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80's Flashback

Joe My God  Aug 10 09

Will Powers, Adventures In Success, 1983. Photographer Lynn Goldsmith teamed up with Sting to create this parody of the self-help/get rich quick gurus that plagued the nation during the Reagan era.
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“Up in Smoke”: Gov. Schwarzenegger and the CA budget (from Courage Campaign)

The Gaytheist Agenda  Jul 16 09

I can’t help but wonder how anybody could have been stupid enough to elect Schwarzenegger. Then again people elected Reagan and GWB–twice–so… ….
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Barney Frank throws us under the bus. Lauds incest brief. Says language was appropriate.

America Blog  Jun 17 09

Well, it seems a trip to the Oval Office is all openly gay congressman Barney Frank needs to stab his community in the back.
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Reagan vs The Neoconservatives

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  Jun 17 09

A reader writes: In their desire for Ahmadinejad to succeed, today's neocons are in complete opposition to Reagan's attitude towards the Soviet Union.
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The Obama Administration responds to DOMA uproar - Lez Get Real

Topix Gay News  Jun 13 09

Thursday, The U.S. Justice Department moved to dismiss the first gay marriage case filed in a federal court, arguing that the specific legal questions raised by the couple do not belong in federal court.
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Obama defends DOMA in federal court. Says banning gay marriage is good for the federal budget. Invokes incest and marrying children.

America Blog  Jun 12 09

NOTE: Joe and I are still reading the 50 page brief, and are updating this post with new quotes every few minutes.
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Krugman: Reagan did it

America Blog  Jun 01 09

Or at least, Reagan started the process that others - Democrats and Republicans - continued and extended.
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