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VIDEOS: Karl Rove (and Protesters) in Iowa City

By Adam Burke 3/10/08

Videos from Karl Rove’s appearance at the University of Iowa are below the fold, including part of Rove’s talk.

Braley: ‘You Can Lead a Horse to Water, But You Can’t Make It Drink’

By Lynda Waddington 9/10/07

Rep. Bruce Braley, representing Iowa’s 1st District, made the following statement following the testimony of Gen. David Petraeus:
“President Bush justified his ’surge’ of 30,000 additional U.S. troops into Iraq by saying it would give the Iraqi government a chance to achieve political reconciliation. Now, eight months later, our troops on the ground have done everything [...]

Study Proves The Ugliness: Bash Gays in Farm Country, Win the White House

By Douglas Burns 7/25/07

Two East Carolina University professors who have exhaustively examined county-level data are concluding that only gay marriage played a more significant role in voting patterns in rural counties than urban ones in 2004 when it came to support for George W. Bush.

One influential rural journalist who has reviewed the study, Bill Bishop, editor of the [...]

Biden: Bush squandered 9/11 national unity

By Douglas Burns 5/29/07

U.S. Sen. Joe Biden says the hours of the George W. Bush presidency widely viewed as the Texan’s most commanding actually were jammed with missed opportunities.
As Bush rallied the nation after 9/11, the president prepared Americans to take an Army to war. But he never asked for sacrifice from the American people, said Biden. Bush [...]

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