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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 11:15 AM
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Iowa Caucuses-STUNNING BLOW To Bush/Clinton DUOPOLY - By Robert Parry
Bush-Clinton Duopoly Loses in Iowa

By Robert Parry
January 4, 2008


The vaunted Clinton machine is sure to rev up its operations to salvage Hillary Clinton’s political future – and the Bush Family’s Republican Establishment likely will settle on an acceptable GOP representative to protect the status quo, possibly John McCain.

But the Iowa caucuses on Jan. 3 dealt a stunning blow to the Bush-Clinton duopoly, with Sen. Barack Obama thrashing Sen. Clinton on the Democratic side and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee trouncing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who had the backing of some elements of the Bush Family.

Though the presidential selection process has a long way to go, the inevitability of another election between representatives of the Democratic/Republican establishments was thrown into severe doubt by the victories of Obama and Huckabee.

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Barack Obama’s upset victory in Iowa, with Hillary Clinton stumbling into a third-place finish behind John Edwards, suggests that Bill Clinton’s vision of a future run by longtime Washington insiders is exactly what much of the U.S. electorate doesn’t want.

more at:
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/010408.html
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 11:17 AM
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1. Is this where the dynasty meme originated? Or is he just a parrot?
"Duopoly," my ass.
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paulk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 11:39 AM
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7. Robert Parry continues to demean his once fine record as a
journalist...

This piece of crap is so loaded with weasel words, it makes me question who Parry even works for anymore.
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 12:40 PM
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11. This making up crap words for an article - "duopoly" - is embarrasing
I can't believe anybody could discuss this garbage with a straight face. I agree with you.
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yardwork Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 11:17 AM
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2. This is a surprise only to the moran talking heads in Washington.
They're always wrong about everything and surprised by the way things turn out. "Who could have imagined that America might reject the status quo?" Duh.
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seemslikeadream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 11:20 AM
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3. gangsta rap made me do it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzeZhCt5PVA
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MethuenProgressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 11:20 AM
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4. It's really Barack Obama's "vision of a future run by longtime Washington insiders," BO says.
Edited on Fri Jan-04-08 11:22 AM by MethuenProgressive
Obama: Bill Clinton Advisers Prefer Me
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8TM7OIG1&show_article=1
"Why is the national security adviser of Bill Clinton, the secretary of the Navy of Bill Clinton, the assistant secretary of state for Bill Clinton, why are all these people endorsing me?" he said. "And it's not just because I give a good speech. They apparently believe that my vision of foreign policy is better suited for the 21st century and is not caught up in the politics of fear that we've been seeing out of George Bush for the last seven years."

Burton provided a list of 47 nonmilitary advisers who served in the Clinton administration and have endorsed Obama—part of a broader list of 73 foreign policy experts the campaign announced Wednesday. Burton said more than 150 foreign policy experts are advising the campaign, but some don't want to announce it publicly.

Burton compared that with a list of 32 former U.S. ambassadors and diplomats who served in the Clinton administration


Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.
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davidwparker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 11:24 AM
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5. Iowa voters said (thankfully) we are tired of both the Clintons and the *'s.
Leave both families in the 20th century, please.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 12:27 PM
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8. This is exactly like Gore invented the internet.
After watching the Republicans do their damnedest to destroy Clinton for having the effrontery to beat a Bush, interested parties have now successfully wedded the Clintons to the Bushes as allies, partners, and identical twins.

Repeat a lie often enough, Hitler said, and the truth disappears.
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 11:29 AM
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6. Just more hysterical media bullshit.
Let's see what happens in the next few primaries.
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Didereaux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 12:36 PM
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9. Okay kiddies! Our new word for the day is 'Hyperbole'!
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 12:42 PM
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12. Don't let that deter those who are looking for any opportunity to jump on the pig-pile
How embarrasing! :hide:
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HamdenRice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 12:38 PM
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10. bush/clinton/bush/clinton/bush has been dealt a blow! krnt!
Edited on Fri Jan-04-08 12:38 PM by HamdenRice
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