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Barack Obama . . . . . oct 10 2004 — act18.dat

"Everybody here knows somebody who's stubborn and wrong all the time. Why would you elect somebody like that president?" Obama called out. "I mean, it's one thing that somebody's wrong and they know they're wrong. Or it's one thing if they're arrogant but they're right all the time. But when they're arrogant and wrong all the time, that's a problem."

Great quote from Barack Obama. Here's the article in the Washington Post

Commander In Chief . . . . . oct 1 2004 — act17.dat

One of my classmates directed my attention to Thomas Powers' review of The Report on the US Intelligence Community's Prewar Intelligence Assessments on Iraq (by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence). Why is it that we never blame our presidents for things?

It's relatively long, but you'll end up reading all of "How George W. Bush Got It Wrong"