It’s the rare politician who can make effective use of irony, given that as a rhetorical device it often sails right over the heads of many listeners. So we doubt that Sen. Rand Paul was going for ironic effect when, at...
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Sen. Rand Paul addresses the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on March 14, 2013 in National Harbor, Maryland.
Paul, Citing Lincoln, Ignores Abe’s Own Power Grab
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Byron Jennings, Joseph Cross, Hal Holbrook, Daniel Day-Lewis as President Abraham Lincoln, David Strathairn, Jeremy Strong, and David Costabile in 'Lincoln.'
Spielberg’s `Lincoln’: Cinematic Treat Best Served with Lame-Duck
Lame-duck sessions of Congress can be larger than life. That’s the way the lame-duck session of the winter of 1864 was portrayed in the film, “Lincoln,” the tale about President Abraham Lincoln’s winning of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution...
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Mitt Romney is introduced by his wife Ann at a fundraiser at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on Sept. 22, 2012.
Romneys at White House: Lincoln Bedroom, George Bush’s Massage
Mitt and Ann Romney tell different stories about their visit to the White House when President George W. Bush lived there. The candidate’s wife has spoken of walking in on a massage that Bush was getting. Ann Romney remembers the...
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