[Ginga-argentina] Cute Doesn't Win Games

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 Thursday, April 25, on the Southern Methodist University campus in Dallas, 
Texas, four living presidents  Jimmy Carter, No. 39; George H.W. Bush, 
No. 41; Bill Clinton, No. 42, and Barack Obama, No. 44  
will honor one of their colleagues, George W. Bush, the 43rd president 
of the United States, at the dedication of his presidential library.So I 
take this occasion to remind my fellow liberal Democrats, many of whom 
continue to attack Bush in harsh and personal terms, of three things 
about him that I dont think they understand or appreciate.First, while there 
were many polices under Bush with which liberal Democrats (myself included) 
disagreed  such as tax cuts, the Iraq War and not paying 
for either (as well as the Afghan war) with current revenues rather 
than borrowed money  there must be a distinction between disagreement and 
personal attack.For example, many Democrats still use the lie word in describing 
Bushs rationale for the Iraq War  that Saddam Hussein had weapons 
of mass destruction. This turned out to be wrong.But Democrats in the 
Clinton administration also believed Saddam had WMDs, as did most experts 
in the U.S. intelligence community.Our politics have become so poisoned 
and our government so dysfunctional precisely because too many people  on 
both sides  cant make a distinction between lies and being sincerely 
wrong.Second, Bush is known for his brilliant slogan when he first ran 
in 2000, describing himself as a compassionat
 WASHINGTON  In a rare move, House Republicans pulled their own health 
care bill from the floor Wednesday after failing to secure enough votes 
to ensure its passage.The bill offered a lifeline to a main feature 
of President Obamas health care overhaul - affordable coverage for people 
with pre-existing medical conditions -- after it ran into strong opposition 
from both conservatives and Democrats.The legislation is a departure from 
past GOP efforts to kill the Affordable Health Care Act outright, and 
faced a White House veto threat.Democrats are against it because it would 
bail out the struggling program to help those with pre-existing conditions 
get insurance by raiding a disease prevention provision the administration 
says is essential.Conservative groups also urged Republicans to vote against 
it, saying it perpetuated the federal role in health care. Some said 
they felt the bill embraced Obamacare.The measure was a pet project of 
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia whose office pledged to keep 
working on the bill.We had positive conversations today and made good progress, 
Cantor spokesman Doug Heye told Fox News later in the day. We 
remain focused on stopping the biggest entitlement expansion in a generation.House 
Majority Whip Kevin McCarthys office said they had made a lot of 
solid progress.There's still work to do and with Members leaving town for 
the Bush Library dedication in Texas, we'll continue the conversations after 

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