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Devoter.com Archives: April 2009
Thu Apr 30, 2009
Wed Apr 29, 2009
100 Days of "Fair & Balanced" (Video)
President Obama's administration has reversed a controversial last-minute rule made by the Bush administration that critics said would have undermined protections for endangered species.
Tue Apr 28, 2009
Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter will switch his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat and announced today that he will run in 2010 as a Democrat.
Fox News' Wendell Goler cropped a comment by President Obama and took it out of context to falsely suggest that he supports creating a health care system "like the European countries." In fact, Obama was paraphrasing the town hall question he had been asked before explaining why he opposed such a system.
Mon Apr 27, 2009
Sun Apr 26, 2009
100 Days, 100 Mistakes for Barack Obama -- Sarah Palin, Gleen Beck and others on Obama's short, error-prone time in office
Sat Apr 25, 2009
The GOP: divorced from reality
The Republican base is behaving like a guy who just got dumped by his wife.
Fri Apr 24, 2009
Miss California may have lost her shot at becoming Miss USA after expressing her opposition to same-sex marriage, but she's nevertheless emerged as a star.
After getting booed by the beauty pageant crowd and berated by one of the contest judges on Sunday, Carrie Prejean is suddenly a conservative sensation, a poster girl for the right who has bloggers, talk show hosts and Republican pols singing her praises.
Thu Apr 23, 2009
For the first time in years, more Americans than not say the country is headed in the right direction, a sign that Barack Obama has used the first 100 days of his presidency to lift the public's mood and inspire hopes for a brighter future.
Tue Apr 21, 2009
On the day the new Congress convened this year, Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation to route $25 billion in taxpayer money to a government agency that had just awarded her husband's real estate firm a lucrative contract to sell foreclosed properties at compensation rates higher than the industry norms.
Mon Apr 20, 2009
Rep. Jane Harman , the California Democrat with a longtime involvement in intelligence issues, was overheard on an NSA wiretap telling a suspected Israeli agent that she would lobby the Justice Department to reduce espionage-related charges against two officials of the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee, the most powerful pro-Israel organization in Washington.
Sun Apr 19, 2009
Sat Apr 18, 2009
Fri Apr 17, 2009
Wed Apr 15, 2009
Shuster: Teabagging a Dick Armey (Video)
Tue Apr 14, 2009
Spanish prosecutors will seek criminal charges against Alberto Gonzales and five high-ranking Bush administration officials for sanctioning torture at Guantanamo.
Mon Apr 13, 2009
Sun Apr 12, 2009
The First Puppy Makes a Big Splash
Bo, the Portuguese Water Dog, Is All Over the Web Before His Official Debut
Fri Apr 10, 2009
Conservatives are looking for some 2M4M tea bagging action.
Politics of the "bow"
The reason Obama's alleged, denied bow to King Abdullah -- it was, however one describes it, a warm gesture -- has been the source of controversy is the general American enmity to Saudi Arabia, one that has survived friendly relations between a generation of presidents of both parties and the Saudi rulers.
Karl Rove called Joe Biden a "blowhard" and a "liar" in response to some of the vice president’s comments about the Bush administration.
"He's a serial exaggerator. If I was being unkind I would say he's a liar, but it's a habit he ought to drop."
Thu Apr 09, 2009
A North Texas legislator during House testimony on voter identification legislation said Asian-descent voters should adopt names that are "easier for Americans to deal with."
Wed Apr 08, 2009
Tue Apr 07, 2009
Our Country Is Broken Is there any honesty left in the financial sector?
Mon Apr 06, 2009
Sat Apr 04, 2009
President Obama reportedly gave an iPod, loaded with 40 show tunes, to England's Queen Elizabeth II as a gift. Did he violate the law when he did so?
Fri Apr 03, 2009
Thu Apr 02, 2009
The rules are set in stone, and so the eagerly watching British media sputtered when the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, briefly put her hand on the back of Queen Elizabeth II as the two chatted at a reception. Etiquette is quite stern about this ("Whatever you do, don't touch the Queen!").
"Don't think we're not keeping score, brother." -- President Obama
Wed Apr 01, 2009
The Justice Department said it would drop corruption charges against former Sen. Ted Stevens because it withheld evidence from the senator's defense team.
