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...Bush family's Christmas-card list who should have known better than to imagine that the son would essentially serve out the father's second term. They knew W. was charming and stubborn and sour-mouthed, much more like his mom than his dad. They knew he was more partisan by far than his father, that he loved to shock people--an amiable guy who still liked to pick a fight. But Republicans of all stripes wanted a restoration so badly, the moderates persuaded themselves they could trust the Bush brand, trust that 43 would turn out like 41: diplomatic...
...society only if we form our political opinions based on the facts and not on the views of pop-culture icons. Tiffany Ann Fletcher Newton, Massachusetts, U.S. The Center Cannot Hold? In his column "America divided? It's Only the Blabocrats" [Aug. 16], Joe Klein suggested that the great partisan divide in the U.S. is a "media-induced mirage" and that the populace in general is "far less vehement" than the "media yakkers" would have people believe. Klein was right on! The airwaves are full of venom from the far right and hatred from the far left - what Klein calls...
...schools has been raging since the late 1980s: the government says the display of religious symbols undermines the mission of public schools to educate without regard to race, religion or gender; Islamic officials counter that the law is really intended to target Muslims. The debate had become so partisan that much of French society was convinced that Muslims put their religious beliefs ahead of allegiance to their country. But the events of last week changed many minds. Thousands of Muslims and non-Muslims demonstrated against the abductions. Many of the protests included women in head scarves who oppose the secularity...
...added: “You would be a fool to have this job and operate in a partisan fashion...
Goss's chances of being confirmed in the job are much greater than they were when the White House first floated his name six weeks ago. Then Democrats publicly complained that the Republican Congressman was too partisan for the position, left open by the July resignation of George Tenet. But the Bush Administration was moved to fill the post after recent polls showed Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry narrowing the gap with Bush on the question of whom voters trust more to fight terrorism. That and warnings of a possible new alQaeda attack in the U.S. made it politically dicey...