| Week of September 6, 2010 | * | Vol. 16, No. 52 |
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From the album All I Want For Christmas is a Tax Increase (1993).
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BILL CLINTON
has been
stumping
for Democrats,
hoping to head off
a
Republican win
this fall.
If the GOP wins big,
Democrats stand to lose control of
the Senate
or maybe
the House.
Or both.
And if they keep it up, a Republican sweep in 2012 means Hillary
comes home
four years early.
So here's his advice for President Obama on managing the opposition.
Week of August 30
THIS WEEK
as the final
"combat troops" withdraw from Iraq,
the 50,000 soldiers remaining
will stay there to
"advise and assist"
instead of to
"shock and awe."
President Bush
won't call it a
Week of August 23
BRISTOL PALIN
and
Levi Johnston
have been having a busy summer.
One day they're
getting married,
then the next day,
they're not.
It's enough to turn any
mother of the bride
from a
Week of August 16 DEMOCRATS facing scandals take a moment to remember one of their own. During his 18 terms in the House, former Illinois Rep. Dan Rostenkowski put his stamp on the Ways and Means Committee, and in 1986 he worked with Republican President Ronald Reagan and Senator Bob Packwood to pass the major overhaul of the tax code that made filing your return the simple process it is today.
Week of August 9
THANKS TO
the
legal team
that gave us
Bush v. Gore,
same-sex marriage
is
legal again
in
California.
Unless you want to get
married now.
Judge Walker
Week of August 2
SARAH PALIN
goes for the
anti-immigrant
and
post-feminist
vote by questioning President Obama's
manhood.
The
best-selling
Week of July 26 CLOSING ARGUMENTS begin in the corruption trial of Rod Blagojevich. He'd have had better luck avoiding jail if he had appointed himself to Obama's seat instead of trying to sell it. Just think of what that would have done for Democrats in the Senate — and for comedians everywhere. The former governor passed up a golden opportunity to testify since he has so much to say about the case.
Week of July 19
REPUBLICANS
eager to
Week of July 12 ARIZONA'S crackdown on illegal immigration isn't just worrying illegals. It's worrying Democrats, too. The new law requires police to check the papers and status of anyone when there is a "reasonable suspicion" they might be in the country illegally.
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