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Gerald Ford once said that an impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives says it is.
Sooner or later, every president faces decisions in which the right choice is bad politics, at least in the short term. If the stakes are high, you have to do what you think is right and hope the political tide will turn. It’s the job you promised to do.
People who are smiling, who are content and pleased, if not laughing and joking, don’t look like a threat.
Why do you take such an instant dislike to people? It saves a lot of time.
“They don’t worry about our children,” says Erica Beatty. “So we’re no different?” I ask. “We’re no better? They don’t care about our children, so we don’t care about theirs?”
I may be in hiding, and this is no joyride, but I can’t deny the small thrill of release I feel while moving about in public without being noticed. It has been more than a decade since I’ve set foot in a public place without being on display, without feeling like someone might snap a photo of me at any moment, without seeing dozens of people wanting to approach me for a handshake or a quick hello, a selfie, a favor, or even a substantive policy discussion. As promised, the car is the fourth from the end on the left, a nondescript sedan, an older model, silver, with Virginia plates. I hold out
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I know that most cops, most of the time, do the best they can. I know that there are bad cops, just as there are bad actors in every profession.
understand my limitations and keep doing whatever I can to make things better.
He could be nothing but a courier, delivering information that he may not even understand, impervious to interrogation because he has nothing of value to spill.
The greater the power, the greater the vulnerability.
Under Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, an attack on one NATO nation is an attack on all. An attack on the United States could trigger a world war.
“Keep your friends close and your enemies closer,”
“Keep your head and find a way, Mr.