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- Dr. Utopia's "-ism"
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- Category: Humor / Satire
- Created: Aug 13 at 04:51PM
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- John Q. Public Meets Dr. Utopia
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- Category: Humor / Satire
- Created: Aug 13 at 05:12PM
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- "Everything is fine..."
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- Category: Humor / Satire
- Created: Aug 13 at 05:25PM
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- The Merits of American Industry
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- Category: Humor / Satire
- Created: Aug 13 at 05:29PM
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- American Freedoms
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- Category: Humor / Satire
- Created: Aug 13 at 05:40PM
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- "The floodwaters may have b...
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- Category: Community
- Created: Aug 13 at 05:47PM
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- "If a Free Society Cannot..."
- "To those peoples in the huts and villages across the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address January 20 1961
- Created: Aug 13 at 12:45PM
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- "Ask Not What Your Country..."
- "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address January 20 1961
- Created: Aug 13 at 12:56PM
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- "Let Every Nation Know..."
- "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address January 20 1961
- Created: Aug 13 at 01:03PM
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- "Let Us Never..."
- "So let us begin anew—remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address January 20 1961
- Created: Aug 13 at 01:14PM
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- "All This Will Not Be Finished..."
- "All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished in the first 1,000 ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address January 20 1961
- Created: Aug 13 at 01:22PM
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- "Freedom Is Indivisible..."
- "Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free. When all are free, then we can ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: John F. Kennedy Berlin Communisim West Germany Berlin Wall Cold War
- Created: Aug 14 at 02:10PM
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- "The Only Thing We Have to Fear..."
- "This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: Franklin D. Roosevelt first inaugural address March 4 1933
- Created: Aug 14 at 12:03PM
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- "There's a time when the operati...
- "There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you ... more»
- Category: Protest
- Created: Aug 14 at 12:04PM
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- "I Would Dedicate This Nation..."
- "In the field of world policy I would dedicate this Nation to the policy of the good neighbor—the neighbor who ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: Franklin D. Roosevelt first inaugural address March 4 1933
- Created: Aug 14 at 12:22PM
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- "I am not a perfect servant..."
- "I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop ... more»
- Category: The Spirit
- Created: Aug 14 at 12:25PM
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- "Happiness Lies Not..."
- "Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: Franklin D. Roosevelt first inaugural address March 4 1933
- Created: Aug 14 at 12:27PM
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- "A lot of these decisions a...
- "A lot of these decisions about building a more interdependent, integrated world where you have share benefits, and responsibilities and ... more»
- Category: Community
- Created: Aug 14 at 12:38PM
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- "Recognition of the Falsity..."
- "Recognition of the falsity of material wealth as the standard of success goes hand in hand with the abandonment of ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: Franklin D. Roosevelt first inaugural address March 4 1933
- Created: Aug 14 at 12:46PM
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- "Duty, Honor, Country..."
- "Duty, Honor, Country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you ... more»
- Category: Patriotism
- Tags: General Douglas MacArthur Thayer Award West Point Farewell
- Created: Aug 14 at 01:34PM
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- "They Teach You..."
- "They teach you to be proud and unbending in honest failure, but humble and gentle in success; not to substitute ... more»
- Category: Patriotism
- Tags: General Douglas MacArthur Thayer Award West Point Farewell
- Created: Aug 14 at 01:42PM
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- "Two Thousand Years Ago..."
- "Two thousand years ago the proudest boast was 'civis Romanus sum.' Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: John F. Kennedy Berlin Communisim West Germany Berlin Wall Cold War
- Created: Aug 14 at 02:06PM
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- "Freedom Has Many Difficulties..."
- "Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put a wall up to ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: John F. Kennedy Berlin Communisim West Germany Berlin Wall Cold War
- Created: Aug 14 at 02:22PM
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- "I deeply believe in equal justi...
- "I deeply believe in equal justice for all Americans, whatever their station or former station. The law, whether human or ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: Gerald Ford Richard Nixon pardon equality law Watergate September 8 1974
- Created: Aug 18 at 11:41AM
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- "As we are a nation under God..."
- "As we are a nation under God, so I am sworn to uphold our laws with the help of God. ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: Gerald Ford Richard Nixon pardon equality law Watergate September 8 1974
- Created: Aug 18 at 11:48AM
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- "My conscience tells me clearly..."
- "My conscience tells me clearly and certainly that I cannot prolong the bad dreams that continue to reopen a chapter ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: Gerald Ford Richard Nixon pardon equality law Watergate September 8 1974
- Created: Aug 18 at 11:54AM
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- "But there is something differen...
- But there is something different about tonight. There is something special about tonight. What is different? What is special? I, ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: Barbara Jordan Texas Senator Congresswoman DNC Keynote speaker 1976 first African American
- Created: Aug 18 at 12:09PM
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- "I feel that notwithstanding the...
- "I feel that notwithstanding the past that my presence here is one additional bit of evidence that the American Dream ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: Barbara Jordan Texas Senator Congresswoman DNC Keynote speaker 1976 first African American
- Created: Aug 18 at 12:13PM
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- "I have spent most of my life as...
- "I have spent most of my life as a Democrat. I recently have seen fit to follow another course. I ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: Ronald Reagan Barry Goldwater The Speech October 27 1964 CAMPAIGN
- Created: Aug 18 at 12:23PM
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- "If we lose freedom here..."
- "If we lose freedom here, there's no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth. And this ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: Ronald Reagan Barry Goldwater The Speech October 27 1964 CAMPAIGN
- Created: Aug 18 at 12:27PM
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- "There can be no real peace..."
- "There can be no real peace while one American is dying some place in the world for the rest of ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: Ronald Reagan Barry Goldwater The Speech October 27 1964 war Vietnam CAMPAIGN iraq
- Created: Aug 18 at 12:36PM
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- "You and I are told increasingly...
- "You and I are told increasingly we have to choose between a left or right. Well I'd like to suggest ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: Ronald Reagan Barry Goldwater The Speech October 27 1964 CAMPAIGN
- Created: Aug 18 at 12:39PM
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- "My brother need not be idealize...
- "My brother need not be idealized, or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life; to be remembered simply ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: Edward Kennedy eulogy Ted Bobby June 8 1968 robert kennedy
- Created: Aug 18 at 12:49PM
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- "I have never been a quitte...
- "I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: Richard Nixon President Resignation Watergate Scandal August 8 1974
- Created: Aug 18 at 01:30PM
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- "In the Middle East, 100 million...
- "In the Middle East, 100 million people in the Arab countries, many of whom have considered us their enemy for ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: Richard Nixon President Resignation Watergate Scandal August 8 1974 war Iran peace 9/11 iraq
- Created: Aug 18 at 01:37PM
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- "As we look to the future..."
- "As we look to the future, the first essential is to begin healing the wounds of this nation. To put ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: Richard Nixon President Resignation Watergate Scandal August 8 1974
- Created: Aug 18 at 01:39PM
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- "When I first took the oath of o...
- "When I first took the oath of office as President five and a half years ago, I made this sacred ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: Richard Nixon President Resignation Watergate Scandal August 8 1974 war peace
- Created: Aug 18 at 01:46PM
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- "I am very proud of our party to...
- "I am very proud of our party tonight. This convention has shown to all America a party united, with positive ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: Ronald Reagan President July 17 1980 Republican National Convention Presidential Nomination
- Created: Aug 18 at 02:00PM
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- "You haven't got a revolution th...
- "You haven't got a revolution that doesn't involve bloodshed. And you're afraid to bleed. I said, you're afraid to bleed. ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: Malcom X Civil Rights Movement revolution race November 1963
- Created: Aug 18 at 02:13PM
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- "If violence is wrong in America...
- "If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it's wrong to be violent defending black women and ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: Malcom X Civil Rights Movement revolution race November 1963
- Created: Aug 18 at 02:16PM
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- "It is possible that when the ba...
- "It is possible that when the banks resume a very few people who have not recovered from their fear may ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: Franklin D. Roosevelt Fireside chat banking crisis March 12 1933
- Created: Aug 18 at 02:53PM
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- "It needs no prophet to tell you...
- "It needs no prophet to tell you that when the people find that they can get their money -- that ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: Franklin D. Roosevelt Fireside chat banking crisis March 12 1933
- Created: Aug 18 at 02:56PM
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- "Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate..."
- "General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: Ronald Reagan Gorbachev Germany West Berlin Brandenburg Gate June 12 1987 Tear Down This Wall
- Created: Aug 19 at 12:49PM
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- "The first is freedom of sp...
- "In the future days which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: Franklin D. Roosevelt January 6 1941 State of the Union Address four freedoms
- Created: Aug 19 at 12:57PM
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- "All this talk about qualificati...
- "All this talk about qualifications...'What do blacks know about foreign policy?' It's an insult. I was three years old, I ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: Jesse Jackson foreign policy Presidential candidate January 16 1984 barack obama
- Created: Aug 19 at 01:34PM
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- "Little David, little David, lit...
- "Little David, little David, little David. Took off his unnecessary garments, Little David. Didn't want to get weighted down with ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Tags: Jesse Jackson David and Goliath Ronald Reagan Presidential candidate January 16 1984 barack obama
- Created: Aug 19 at 01:40PM
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- Quayle: "I have a very strong re...
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- Category: Politics
- Created: May 18 at 11:47PM
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- Nixon: "I Am Not a Crook."
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- Category: Politics
- Created: May 18 at 10:47PM
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- Bentsen: "Senator, you're no Jac...
- In one of the most memorable debate moments in American History, Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Lloyd Bentsen deals Dan Quayle ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Created: May 18 at 11:29PM
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- Quayle: "The question is whether...
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- Category: Politics
- Created: May 18 at 11:34PM
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- Howard Dean's Scream
- The scream that will live in infamy... more»
- Category: Politics
- Created: May 19 at 01:27AM
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- Goldwater 1964 Presidential TV S...
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- Created: Jun 05 at 12:02PM
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- Campaign Bloopers Vol. 1
- Here's a blooper reel of some of the year's funniest political gaffes courtesy of the good people over at Barely ... more»
- Category: Humor / Satire
- Created: Jul 01 at 12:03PM
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- Hillary: "Yes We Can"
- In solidarity with her former rival, Hillary Clinton utters the trademark Obama slogan. more»
- Category: Politics
- Created: Jun 09 at 05:34PM
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- Bush: "Fool me once..."
- Fool me once, shame on you! Fool me twice, shame on me! more»
- Category: Humor / Satire
- Created: May 19 at 02:36AM
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- Hillary: "In my White House, we'...
- Making a guest appearance on David Letterman, Hillary exchanges pleasantries with the king of late night. more»
- Category: Politics
- Created: May 19 at 02:18AM
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- George H.W. Bush: "Read my lips:...
- George H.W. Bush ran his reelection campaign on the platform of no new taxes. Forced to renege on this promise ... more»
- Category: Economy
- Created: May 19 at 03:51AM
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- Happy Birthday Mr. President
- Before Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, we had Jack Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe. Amid rumors of an affair, Monroe sang ... more»
- Category: Love
- Tags: happy birthday Mr. President Marilyn Monroe Love Jack Kennedy JFK May 19 1962
- Created: Apr 25 at 03:03PM
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- Quayle: "Hawaii has always been ...
- Quayle has uttered many quotable lines in his life, but this one ranks pretty high up on the list. more»
- Category: Politics
- Created: May 18 at 11:50PM
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- Johnson Campaign Ad: Goldwater a...
- In this inflammatory campaign ad, Lyndon B. Johnson showcases the Ku Klux Klan's endorsement of his opponent, Barry Goldwater. more»
- Category: Politics
- Created: Jun 05 at 12:08PM
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- Jackie Gleason Endorses Richard ...
- Jackie Gleason filmed this endorsement as the kick-off for one of Nixon's fundraising telethons. more»
- Created: Jun 05 at 11:59AM
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- Humphrey Campaign Ad: Anti-Nixon
- What has Richard Nixon ever done for me? Nixon, Nixon, Nixon... more»
- Category: Politics
- Created: Jun 05 at 11:54AM
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- Robert F. Kennedy Campaign Ad: N...
- This 1968 campaign ad, brought to you by Manchurian Candidate director John Frankenheimer, underscores Bobby Kennedy's youthful vision for the ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Created: Jun 05 at 11:49AM
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- Michael J. Fox Endorses Claire M...
- Michael J. Fox endorses Senator Claire McCaskill for her favorable stance on stem cell research. more»
- Category: Politics
- Created: Jun 05 at 11:45AM
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- Kennedy: "High Hopes" Jingle
- Frank Sinatra sings his signature "High Hopes," reworked with lyrics for John F. Kennedy's campaign. more»
- Category: Politics
- Created: Jun 05 at 11:36AM
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- McCain Delivers Hot Water to Babies
- WHAT does John McCain mean by "deliver Hot Water to dehydrated Babies?" more»
- Category: Humor / Satire
- Tags: quip john mccain
- Created: Jun 05 at 05:21AM
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- Nixon Now!
- A very seventies Nixon campaign ad from 1972 featuring the addicting tune "Nixon Now." more»
- Category: Politics
- Created: Today at 04:31PM
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- Gary Hart for President
- "Make your vote a Declaration of Independence." more»
- Category: Politics
- Created: Today at 04:34PM
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- Wallace Campaign Ad
- Famous for his bigotry and his pro-segregation stance, Governor George C. Wallace ran for president four times during the 1960's ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Created: Today at 04:38PM
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- Carter Campaign Ad: Walls Around...
- Jimmy Carter: "A Leader for Change" more»
- Category: Politics
- Created: Today at 04:46PM
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- Kennedy calls Nixon a "Circus El...
- Even the smear campaigns of yesteryear seem quaint and tame compared to the antics of the political forum today. more»
- Category: Politics
- Created: May 18 at 10:57PM
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- Kennedy: "We are a great country...
- Kennedy enumerates what he sees as the many great achievements of the liberal party. more»
- Category: Politics
- Created: May 18 at 11:14PM
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- Heston: "From my cold dead hands!"
- Charlton Heston, former spokesman for the National Rifle Association, makes this forceful comment at a rally. more»
- Category: Community
- Created: May 19 at 03:55AM
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- Hoffman: "Yippie!"
- Abbie Hoffman, one of the infamous Chicago Ten, made this ominous statement at a rally in the late 1960's. more»
- Category: Protest
- Created: May 19 at 03:53AM
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- Bush: "One of the hardest parts ...
- In an interview with Katie Couric, Bush meditates on the difficulty of selling the war to the American people. more»
- Category: War
- Created: May 19 at 03:35AM
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- Bush: "Brownie, you're doing a h...
- President Bush praises FEMA director Michael Brown for his handling of the Katrina disaster. more»
- Category: Politics
- Created: May 19 at 03:33AM
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- Bush on Dictatorship
- Would a dictatorship really be "a heck of a lot easier?" more»
- Category: Politics
- Created: May 19 at 03:30AM
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- Bush: "Some people call you the ...
- Addressing diners at a white-tie fundraising event in 2000, George Bush claims the elite for his constituency. ... more»
- Category: Politics
- Created: May 19 at 03:26AM
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- Bush: "I'm the Decider."
- Is there anything more to say? more»
- Category: Politics
- Created: May 19 at 03:18AM
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- Biden: "You cannot go to a 7-11 ...
- Joe Biden addresses an Indian-American supporter. more»
- Category: Civil Rights
- Created: May 19 at 03:13AM
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- Kerry: if "you make an effort to...
- The media unleashed a fury of media criticism on John Kerry after this remark, calling into question the Vietnam war ... more»
- Category: War
- Created: May 19 at 03:11AM
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- Allen: "Let's give a welcome to ...
- Intentional or not, this racial slur not only cost George Allen his senate seat, it also stripped him of his ... more»
- Category: Civil Rights
- Created: May 19 at 03:08AM
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- Coulter: "I have never seen peop...
- Ann Coulter criticizes the wives of the 9/11 victims for capitalizing on the deaths of their loved ones. more»
- Category: Politics
- Created: May 19 at 03:04AM
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- Rock: "George Bush hates midgets."
- Following Kanye West's example, Chris Rock threw this little tidbit into his prepared monologue for the Katrina telethon, "Shelter from ... more»
- Category: Humor / Satire
- Created: May 19 at 02:55AM
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- O'Reilly on Combat
- O'Reilly puts forth his two cents (more like a quarter) on how he would act in a combat situation. more»
- Category: War
- Created: May 19 at 02:53AM
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- West: "George Bush doesn't care ...
- Kanye West unleashes a torrent of unscripted criticism during a live concert fundraiser benefitting victims of Hurricane Katrina. more»
- Category: Civil Rights
- Created: May 19 at 02:47AM
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- Bush: "Our enemies are innovativ...
- Another funny bungle by George W. Bush. more»
- Category: War
- Created: May 19 at 02:45AM
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- McCain: "Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran"
- McCain jokes around with his supporters, singing the words "Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran" to the tune of the Beach Boys ... more»
- Category: War
- Created: May 19 at 02:15AM
