LBJ

23. May 2009 | 06:11

GOP Attacks Obama on Gitmo With LBJ’s “Daisy”

Remember that insane “Daisy” ad from LBJ’s campaign against Goldwater in 1964? Well the GOP has exhumed this hilarious piece of political nostalgia and re-purposed it to attack President Obama for his… (News Source: NBC Philadelphia - 20:44:37)

Daisy Dukes

The RNC revives an LBJ commercial pulled as too incendiary to argue against closing Guantanamo. (News Source: Salon.com - 13:23:37)

The Moral Minority: Democrats in Falwell Land

The news that Liberty University shut down the school’s College Democrats club probably isn’t as surprising as the news that Liberty University had a College Democrats club in the first place. (News Source: Time Magazine - 22:50:00)

DART, The T want to partner with private companies to fund Cotton Belt Rail Line

DART and Fort Worth’s The T want to partner with private companies to build a 68-mile passenger rail line that would stretch from Fort Worth to the airport to Addison to Plano and onto Richardson, with service beginning as soon as 2013. (News Source: Dallas Morning News - 21:35:56)

$43.7 million resort in Jonestown, Lago Vista facing foreclosure

Lenders have posted a $43.7 million resort home development on the north shore of Lake Travis for foreclosure, according to RexReport.com, a San Antonio company that tracks foreclosures. (News Source: Austin American-Statesman - 01:26:40)

The Hundred Years’ War

So: Chrysler has formally notified 789 dealers that their dealerships will be closed. And General Motors has committed to closing 42 percent of its U.S. dealerships; a week ago Friday, the first 1,200 or so GM dealers received letters telling them that their services will not be needed in the future. Welcome to the world of the American Automobile Business. These events have shocked many … (News Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram - 22:08:56)

Low lake levels worry boaters, swimmers

Despite the drought, lakeside attractions are hoping they can avoid a dry spell this Memorial Day weekend. For the best recreation levels, Lake Buchanan has a lot more water. But it’s experiencing its lowest level in two years. (News Source: KXAN 36 Austin - 23:05:27)

Kenneth C. Davis: Three Uneasy Questions About Torture

What happened? Why did it happen? What can be done to prevent it from happening again and again? (News Source: The Huffington Post - 22:10:34)

Commentary: What would LBJ say? The right thing

Among the many gifts that make The Chosen One The Chosen One - The King, as it were - is the gift of knowing what to say, when to say it, how to say it, and when to say nothing at all. (News Source: The News-Herald - 07:51:33)

Netanyahu wins, Obama loses

On September 20, 2002, as the War Party was beating the drum for preventive war on Iraq, lest we wake up to “a mushroom cloud over an American city,” The Wall Street Journal introduced an eminent voice to confirm that, yes, Saddam was driving straight for an atomic bomb. (News Source: The Daily Star Lebanon - 20:30:52)

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