“I shouldn’t take it personally. Because what (the Bush) administration was attempting to do was turn back the progress of the entire 20th century. They were not just after Bill Clinton – they wanted to undo Jimmy Carter, Lyndon Johnson, John Kennedy, Harry Truman, Franklin Roosevelt. They were on their way to Teddy Roosevelt. It was a bipartisan right-wing extreme agenda.” – Senator Hillary Clinton, earlier this week. More Sid, alas.
GALLOWAY AWARD NOMINEE: “With no weapons, no ties, and no truth, the capture of Saddam was merely the most massive and irresponsible police raid in modern times. We broke in without a search warrant.” – Derrick Z. Jackson, making a strong, late entry, in the Boston Globe.
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