Of modern politicians, Streep added: ‘Today it’s all about feelings. You know, “How do I come off?” and, “Does this seem OK?”.You want people who are willing to find a solution. I admire the fact that she was a “love-me-or-hate-me” kind of leader who said: “This is what I stand for.” It’s a hard thing to do and no one’s doing that now.’
--Meryl Streep about Margaret Thatcher.
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I know of no reason why the younger Ms Clinton should not have this or any job. But the increasing sense that this country is run by a hereditary celebrity class is one of the most corrosive and dangerous forces eating away at our common life.
(aside from the fact she is bucktoothed, inexperienced and unqualified, what is the problem?)
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When I resigned from my position and I drove home, I felt my world had caved in, and I was certain that that was the end of the end...
I went to see the president, and he looked me in the eyes after I could barely get an apology out, and he said, “Tim, I forgive you.” I was really shocked, and I tried a second time to apologize for what I had done.He said to me, “I’ve known grace and mercy in my life, and I’m extending it to you. You’re forgiven.” ...
As I prepared to leave the Oval Office, he turned to me, and he said, “And, by the way, I want you to bring your wife and children here, so I can tell them what a great husband and father you’ve been.”
from Geoglein's book The Man in the Middle: An Inside Account of Faith and Politics in the George W. Bush Era:
headsup The Anchoress.
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Clever Kleptomaniac Claude Cooper From Cleveland Copped the Clean Copper Cutlass Kept in the Commander in Chief's Crypt
"Vandals Strike Lincoln's Tomb, Steal Copper Sword"--headline, KMOX-TV website (St. Louis), Nov. 12
James Taranto commenting on a recent crime story.
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