Lloyd Millard Bentsen (born 1921), senior United States senator from Texas, was Democratic vice-presidential candidate in 1988, sharing the unsuccessful ticket with Massachusetts Governor Michael Duka...
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Karl Rove, with his latest Wall Street Journal op-ed, becomes one of the countless political observers to bemoan the excessively lengthy presidential campaign process. He (and everyone else before ...
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Today is Wednesday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2007. There are 222 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On May 23, 1934, bank robbers Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were shot to death i...
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Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison said Tuesday she will not seek re-election after her current Senate term and is weighing other options, which could include a bid for Texas governor."I was honest in...
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Mitt Romney is a former one-term governor of Massachusetts who is running for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination. If Romney is to capture the nomination, he must defeat several better know...
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A friend passed along a link to an interesting New York Times Select column from literary theorist Stanley Fish which handicaps the poll of potential running-mates for Hillary Clinton.
This prompte...
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Today is Friday, Oct. 5, the 278th day of 2007. There are 87 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Oct. 5, 1947, President Truman delivered the first televised White House address. ...
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What did Lloyd Bentsen say to Dan Quayle at the 1988 vice presidential debate? "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy."Amen, Mitt Romney, who hoped to come across as Kennedy-esque in Texas.Big Love is no...
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With "The Feminine Mystique," Betty Friedan gave rise to the modern women's movement, striking a chord that continues to ring four decades later.Friedan and Coretta Scott King gained fame as crusad...
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With "The Feminine Mystique," Betty Friedan gave rise to the modern women's movement, striking a chord that continues to ring four decades later.Friedan and Coretta Scott King gained fame as crusad...
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Lloyd Millard Bentsen
Bush's Brain Forgets History
