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Please, pass on the following to the speech writers of Senator Barack Obama, because they would be needed for his next stump speeches. "To occupy Iraq would instantly shatter our coalition, turning the whole Arab world against us and make a broken tyrant into a latter-day hero ... assigning young soldiers to a fruitless hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning them to fight in what would be an un-winnable urban guerilla war. It could only plunge that part of the world into even greater instability." ~ George Bush Senior "You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it." ~ Malcolm X 'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.' ~ G.K. Chesterton "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty." ~ Penny Bright "Patriotism is supporting...

20 Jan 2008 17:52 Africa/Lagos NEWSWEEK: COVER: 'The Party's Over' "In early 2008, by nearly every measure, the Republican Party is in trouble," says Former Bush Advisor, Michael Gerson. Newsweek on: The Future of The GOP in Bush's Shadow and an Exclusive Excerpt of Jacob Weisberg's 'The Bush Tragedy.' Michelle Obama: 'The Closer' for African-American Votes and Concern for Her Family's Safety. NEW YORK, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- "President Bush has left the GOP in a precarious state. But the party's candidates can learn much from his failures," Editor-at-Large Evan Thomas writes in the opening essay of the January 28 issue of Newsweek. "It is too late to reinvent the party's core beliefs," Thomas writes. "But the GOP candidates can embark on a more humble mission: to show, in effect, some humility. By examining Bush's hubris, his almost willful disregard for annoying counterarguments, the Republi...

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton now leads in Iowa after the last debate among the Democratic presidential candidates, last Thursday, in Johnston, Iowa. The latest Iowa State University poll released Friday, shows: Hillary - 31% Edwards - 24% Obama - 20% Another poll released today also shows Clinton leading Democrats in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. [AP/Pew Research] Nationally, Rudy Giuliani’s lead has slipped from twelve points to only three points higher than Mike Huckabee, while Hillary Clinton still leads Democrats with 37 percent to Obama’s 24. [Rasmussen] Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio and former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel did not participate in the last Iowa debate. Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, Barack Obama of Illinois, Chris Dodd of Connecticut, Joe Biden of Delaware and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards seemed to have allowed the spirit of camaraderie to prevail as they did not attack themselves, but took on the policies of President George W. Bush and ...