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Review of “Saving Freedom:Truman, the Cold War, and the Fight for Western Civilization”

Saving Freedom: Truman, the Cold War, and the Fight for the Future of Europe by Joe Scarborough My rating: 4 of 5 stars Joe Scarborough has put out a pretty good book on Harry Truman and the immediate challenges Truman … Continue reading

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Health Care, Deficits, Krugman and Scarborough

A big scrum has broken out on the subject of the deficit, with Paul Krugman’s appearance on “Morning Joe” setting off a pretty good back and forth on the issue, with Krugman taking a deficit position that Scarborough has chosen … Continue reading

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Leaving Iraq

The President announced that U.S. troops would be leaving Iraq by the end of the year, and immediately after the announcement we had neo-con hand wringing and expressions of indignation. The ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. … Continue reading

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Republicans Split on Foreign Adventurism

A pretty public split has occurred in the Republican Party over the proper role for the United States in the world, with the neo-con wing seeming to have some real issues with much of the comments from the Republican Presidential … Continue reading

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Republican Establishment Elites Pick on Sarah

The Republican establishment elites continue their assault on Sarah Palin, with rocket fire coming from Joe Scarborough, Peggy Noonan, and Charles Krauthammer. And Palin’s response, that she is as gifted as Ronald Reagan, who after all was only an actor, … Continue reading

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Some Nasty Poll Results and Morning Joe

The new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released this week has some pretty ugly numbers for both Republicans and Democrats, as well as the President. I have attached the full file below. Which bad news to go over first. Is … Continue reading

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