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Related My long-held fear is that Mr. Obama is hiding something about his education. During the endless 2008... ANDREW BREITBART Mr. Obama is particularly well positioned to challenge Hollywood because of his special relationship... CAMPBELL BROWN Gene has been a valuable member of our team and McAfee would like to thank him for his leadership as... GEORGE SAMENUK Only fools wait, and only tools bait. CRE There are approximately two trillion cells in the human body. You are never alone, there are always ... DWIGHT W. HAYES His ability to relate to victims, witnesses and defendants was incredible. Everyone felt comfortable... DENNIS LYNCH President Obama is a big supporter of keeping the Internet open. During his presidential campaign, h... MARVIN AMMORI Unfortunately, President Obama's failed policies of new regulations, higher taxes, and Obamacare... MARCO RUBIO This could be a defining moment for his presidency, or it could be empty rhetoric. KAREN WAYLAND When I look at President Obama, I see a leader with a cool head, a caring heart and an open mind, a ... CHARLIE CRIST In Cloud computing the difference between a dark cloud and a cloud with a silver lining, is the part... RAJAT MOHAN A lot of teenagers write to me and say "I want to write a book. I want to get published." And those ... MAUREEN JOHNSON Raising the minimum wage, as President Obama proposed in his State of the Union address, tends to be... CHRISTINA ROMER In 2001, President George W. Bush was condemned for politicizing science with his decision to limit ... NANCY GIBBS For all of his bravado, obnoxiousness, hatred, and vitriol, the scariest thing about Trump, to me, i... LAWRENCE M. KRAUSS Obama had reached out to the business community, they just haven't liked all of his decisions an... DAVID RUBENSTEIN Some of the reasons John McCain lost in 2008 were his lackluster campaign, his refusal to showcase O... DAVID LIMBAUGH It would have been as though he [President Andrew Johnson] were
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GLENN GREENWALD Obama's stern demeanor punctuated by intermittent flashes of his wide, relaxing smile is his gre... TINA BROWN I think Mr. Obama is a disaster for business and a disaster for the United States. Not that Mr. Romn... MARC FABER Christ would be a national advertiser today, I am sure, as He was a great advertiser in His own day.... BRUCE BARTON Like Lyndon Johnson, President Obama understands that timidity in a time of troubles is a prescripti... ROBERT DALLEK No one is more than a sum total of his life experiences. Mr. Wilson is the son of a strict disciplin... CHRIS HARPER I have always regarded Mr. Bean as a timeless, ageless character, and I would rather he be remembere... ROWAN ATKINSON A concrete agenda and landslide victory might not even guarantee a president his mandate in a capita... RON FOURNIER Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well a... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath no man manages his affairs as well as... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW If Michael Steele doesn't make you sad, well, then there's radio host Rush Limbaugh, no long... DAVID SHUSTER Obama supporters pretended that his 2008 campaign was some sort of populist uprising even as Wall St... GLENN GREENWALD His familiarity with Australian business and government protocols, as well as the American business ... PHIL CONDIT Instead of a State of the Union address, the president kicked off his re-election campaign. His spee... RAHM EMANUEL President Obama has made a minimum wage increase a focal point of his economic agenda. THOMAS PEREZ As a teacher, as a propagandist, Mr. Shaw is no good at all, even in his own generation. But as a pe... MAX BEERBOHM As President Obama is inaugurated for a second time, the biggest political surprise is that gun cont... JUAN WILLIAMS Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach. JOSEPH STALIN You just have to go as far as you can go. Everyone works his way up. DAVID ORTIZ The campaign is trying to erase the president's history and to show us a new president, when it come... DIAA RASHWAN Ken Blackwell refuses to debate, once again demonstrating his reliance on negative attacks and empty... BOB PADUCHIK Mr Blair made the decision before the election that it would be his last as leader, NEIL KINNOCK Mr. Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape, and begs him to keep his abnormally large nos... J.K. ROWLING According to the people who dearly would love to throw him out of office, Barack Obama was elected t... CHARLIE PIERCE The beginning as well as the end of all his thoughts was hatred of human law, that hatred which, if ... VICTOR HUGO With the NDAA, his failure to close Guantanamo Bay and the ramping use of drones, President Obama lo... JUSTIN SANE This is a grim prognosis based on business as usual, KLAUS TOEPFER the throwback feel of a mission during the Cold War, when American officials saw their main job as b... DAVID GOULD the throwback feel of a mission during the Cold War, when American officials saw their main job as b... DAVID GOULD There was a feeling during the years of George W. Bush's presidency that his gracelessness as we... TEJU COLE With a smile of grim satisfaction, he bellowed his call. And the rebels surged forward in an act tha... BRIAN HERBERT This is too much reality for a Friday. AS GOOD AS IT GETS If President Obama has his way, you won't recognize the government, the free market system, or, ... BOB EHRLICH The president has been more than willing to challenge the National Rifle Association, but that is li... CAMPBELL BROWN I was pleased with his demeanor. TERRY FRANCONA While parts of his proposal merit serious consideration, to convince a skeptical public that his eff... JOHN MCCAIN Lyndon Johnson, his 44-state landslide in 1964 and Great Society notwithstanding, was by 1968 a fail... PAT BUCHANAN President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a t... KAREN MILLS Paul brings an extensive background and proven track record in hospitality management to the Hilton ... DAVE DURBIN President Obama is casting his lot in the middle of a debate as old as America itself: Are we rugged... RON FOURNIER Born John Paul in Arbigland, Scotland on July 6, 1747, he started his seagoing career as an apprenti... HANK BRACKER There will be fighting as long as Mr. Deby persists in his intransigence. ALBISSATY ALLAZAM There will be fighting as long as Mr. Deby persists in his intransigence. ALBISSATY SALEH ALLAZAM By the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes--a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes. E.M. FORSTER While President Obama may not have ordered any surveillance of Trump or his advisors, the real quest... PAT BUCHANAN William Jordan was a retired professor in the college of education who became well known during his ... DORSEY SERGENT Several of the actors I've had the good fortune of working with stand out in my mind as 'ultimate'. ... BARRY PEPPER [But longtime friend and competitor Robert Johnson, who founded BET, says,] To me, his achievements ... JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER Pinochet and Barack Obama both have the same primary goal, and that's to be president and stay p... VIGGO MORTENSEN A lot of people thought he was going to be the next Paul Coffey, rushing the puck to the net, but th... DENIS POTVIN The President is also captured in a well-worn TV news clip, making a boilerplate response to a quest... CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS I am enormously grateful to Mr Fawcett for all he has done over many years and I wish him well with ... PRINCE CHARLES I have, as you know, the utmost respect for President Obama as a person. MOHAMED ELBARADEI Was there anything about his appearance or demeanor that evening that struck you as unusual? GERALD SCHWARTZBACH I am impressed with his demeanor, his intelligence, his sense of humor, his modesty, ... Absent some... KENT CONRAD The violation of press freedoms has been egregious under this administration, even as the press fete... BEN SHAPIRO It should come as no surprise that a President who let the oil and gas industry write the country's ... DAMIEN LAVERA Mr. Obama said that he personally told Mr. Putin to knock it off and vows to retaliate. But the Obam... JOHN DICKERSON My reading of this president is he seems to go with his judgment and the judgment of his team and th... CHARLES JONES He can shoot the ball just as well as anyone. He's got a lot of offensive talents. His brilliance co... TYRONE JOHNSON President Obama has a strong record of doing what is best for America and Florida, and he built it b... CHARLIE CRIST Although we are disappointed in this course of events, we wish Paul the best and appreciate his cont... JOHN MCNULTY I am a big fan of Chad Johnson. I think that I would compare myself to him as well. JACOBY JONES Obama's endorsement of gay marriage is hardly as consequential as Johnson's legislative succ... ROBERT DALLEK Jim Bakker spells his name with 2 k's because 3 would be too obvious BILL MAHER Jim Bakker spells his name with two k's because three would be too obvious. BILL MAHER In person, he holds his cards very close, even with his closest advisers. He doesn't speak up at mee... CESAR CONDA President Obama's record on national security is a tribute to his strength, and judgment, and to... WILLIAM J. CLINTON Lyndon Johnson is not a comfortable model for President Obama to imitate. He is an all-but-forgotten... ROBERT DALLEK There will be trying times during Obama's presidency, and liberty will need staunch defenders. C... BILL KRISTOL As to his Wife, John minds St. Paul, He's one/ That hath a Wife, and is as if he'd none. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN He absolutely denies receiving anything of value, and as he has stated repeatedly, all of his action... MARK NEJAME Obama has built his public image around his ability to bridge divisions - racial, ideological or gen... MARA LIASSON As the flow of subliterary "news items" and anecdotes increases, the writer's work withers and stale... BRIAN MOORE PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalen... AMBROSE BIERCE
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