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Published: 08/12/10

Ben Quayle's 'Worst President Ever' Ad: 4 Sharpest Reactions

By Jordan Carr - AOL News

(Aug. 12) -- Ben Quayle, son of former Vice President Dan Quayle and congressional candidate in Arizona, has released an intentionally controversial ad in which he claims Barack Obama is the "worst president in history." What does the internet think of this? Not much. Quayle owes William Henry Harrison and some other awful presidents an apology. On the Washington Post's "Post Partisan" blog, opinion writer Alexandra Petri opines: But even if you aren't willing to recognize William Henry Harrison's commitment to being the worst president in history, there are others to choose from! ...

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Published: 07/4/10

Calvin Coolidge Has Become Hero to Tea Partiers

By not in system - AOL News

PLYMOUTH, Vt. (July 3) -- In the Vermont hamlet where Calvin Coolidge was born, folks will celebrate his star-spangled birthday the way they always do. A Vermont National Guard contingent and a color guard will gather at noon on the village green and walk down to the Plymouth Notch Cemetery, where Coolidge is buried, trailed by hundreds of people - Coolidge descendants, presidential history buffs and locals. There, Brig. Gen. Matthew McCoy will lay a wreath provided by the White House, a U.S. Army bugler will blow "Taps" and McCoy will lead the procession back up the road to the village, ...

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Published: 06/16/10

Clarence Thomas in 2012: Time for Another 'Silent Cal' in the White House?

By Andrew Cohen - Politics Daily

Two bright law bloggers with evidently way too much time on their hands suggested in The Washington Post recently that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas resign his lifetime seat on the bench to run for president as a Republican in 2012. Although I first thought the piece was a spoof on Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal," I now concede it may not be such a bad idea after all. Maybe the country needs a president who has the strength to relentlessly press his own mute button. Justice Thomas has not asked a single question from the bench during oral arguments in four years. That's nearly ...

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Published: 01/26/10

Obama's Risky Plan: Government Takeover of the Student Loan Business

By Andrew Clark - Politics Daily

All of the noise-making caused by the health-care-reform effort and the political uncertainty now surrounding Obama's liberal agenda has allowed one item on that agenda to pass swiftly and smoothly under the radar -- his plan to nationalize the entire student loan process. Unfortunately, the plan is too risky for the economy. The White House initially thought the plan would face stiff resistance and launch a contentious and hard-fought ideological battle in Congress. "After all," wrote Time Magazine in September, "the Administration's proposal to restructure the student-loan industry is, in ...

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