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President Bush at the White House on May 6th celebrated military spouses.
Guests sit on the South Lawn of the White House Tuesday, May 6, 2008, as President George W. Bush delivers remarks in celebration of Military Spouse Day, recognizing the impact spouses have on service members and honoring their volunteer service in educational, social [...]

Mike has this:

According to the National Priorities Project, the Iraq War has cost the State of Tennessee over $8 billion ($1 billion = $1000 million). President Bush's new funding request for 08-09 will cost the Volunteer State over $2 billion, which according to NPP would buy Tennessee 21,714 afforable housing units, 41,906 elementary school teachers, or health care coverage for 435,808 adults.

From Beantown’s paper:

Isn't it amazing just how far, and how quickly, we've all spiraled down since the start of the 21st century?

Makes you really wonder who got us into this nightmare, but more importantly, it really makes you wonder who'll be able to get us out of it.....

President Bush, at yesterday’s press conference in Missouri:

I've been -- since I've been your President, I want to remind you we have been through a recession, we have been through a terrorist attack, we have been at war, we have had corporate scandals, we have had major natural disasters ....

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Sen. Hillary Clinton is ratcheting up her panderfest on the gas tax issue, this time urging members of congress to come out of the closet on the issue:

Everyday , people ask the proverbial question - Why does the price of gas , food , and just plain living , keep going up ? The simple answer to these same questions , has not changed. Can you say , President Bush ?