DIVIDE AND CONQUER

Picture it, 2005, New York, backroom, Roosevelt Hotel, Howard says to Hillary, “This is the way! Undo! Take apart!  Unravel! Lie to make them liars! Strip the legacy! Piece by piece! By 2008 the failure concept will be so deeply implanted in the minds of Americans that Republicans will not recover. We own the press. The Media is ours, use it. Defeat the Republicans!”

SAMPLING OF ACTUAL HEADLINES DURING CAMPAIGN 

WHIP THAT ELEPHANT! WHIP THAT ELEPHANT! WHIP THAT ELEPHANT!

1. The Imperiled Presidency Frustrated Ambition
2. As Democracy Push Falters, Bush Feels Like A 'Dissident'
3. Spurning Criticism, Rove Blames Democrats
4. New York Times - Aug 19, 2007
5. Karl Rove, Right, Who Is Stepping Down As President Bush’s Top Aide, Said He Had No Regrets Over What Some Have Called Missteps.
6. Bush Is Now The Embarrassing Uncle The Republicans Just Can't Hide
7. Rove Delivers Parting Shots U.S. News & World Report
8. With The Departure Of Karl Rove, The Stench Of Failure Hangs Over The President - And His Party Wants To Ignore The Smell
9. Looking For Dirt Under Giuliani's Nails
10. What Was Rudy Thinking?
11. Clift: The Sexual Politics Of The GOP
12. Giuliani's Ground Zero Claims Probed
13. Huckabee Might Be Out Of Element In N.H.

THE ITTY-BITTY RIGHT WING CONSPIRACY

14. Democrats Will Call For A Special Prosecutor To Investigate If Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Perjured Himself During Testimony About The Firings Of U.S. Attorneys
15.  Army To Punish Seven Officers For Mishandling Pat Tillman Case
16. Us Is Dragging Its Feet On Equipping Iraqi Forces, Ambassador Charges
17. Dems Ok Contempt Citations For Bush Aides
18. Obama's Strategy: Emulate Reagan Watch
19. Edwards Releases Tax Plan
20. McCain’s Media Team Quits His Campaign
21. McCain’s Ad Team Quits His Campaign
22. Documents Contradict Gonzales' Testimony
23. McCain Drops Manager, Strategist
24. Memo Refutes Gonzales’ Testimony
25. Contempt Citations For Bush Aides?
26. Disfavor For Bush Hits Rare Heights
27. More Questions About Tillman's Death
28. GOP Govs: No Front-Runner? No Worries
29. Is John Edwards The Next Robert Kennedy?
30. Why Is Dick Cheney So Gloomy?
31. Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency
32. Cheney Exerts Influence Out Of Public View
33. Cheney's Unprecedented Power Is Exerted Quietly

STOP CALLING THE DEMOCRAT PARTY THE “DEMOCRATIC” PARTY

34. Republicans Abandoning Bush
35. The Rats Are Abandoning The Sinking Ship
36. Some New York Firefighters Resent The Way The Former Mayor Treated The Department Before And After Sept. 11.
37. Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney Is Now Facing Questions On Whether He Has Shifted His Stand On Expanded Federal Support For Stem Cell Research.
38. Giuliani Cites Reagan, Not Bush, As Model For Strong Leadership
39. Republican Presidential Candidate Rudolph Giuliani Is Wrestling With How To Seem Loyal To The President, While Making It Clear That He Would Bring Change To Washington.
40. Romney’s Run Has Mormons Wary Of Scrutiny
41. Rudy Giuliani For President? Not If New York Firemen Have Their Say
42. America's Mayor The Strange Career Of Rudy Giuliani An Investigation Of The Ex-Mayor
43. Some People Who Have Seen Mitt Romney At Recent Events Say He Is Impressive But Somewhat Detached.
44. The Rudy Giuliani Temperament
45. Republicans Abandoning Bush
46. What Would Reagan Do For Libby?
47. Justice Department Probing Gonzales 
48. Hamas Takeover Shows Failure Of Bush's Vision
49. How GOP Presidential Candidates Apply Their Christian Moral Ethics
50. In Debates, Topics Like Gays In The Military Or Libby's Guilt Revealed Double Standards.
51. Republicans Abandoning Bush
52. NBC/WSJ Poll: President’s, Congress’ Ratings Drop To Lowest Levels Ever
53. Dems Push For More Answers From Gonzales
54. Iraq War Having Corrosive Effect On Party
55. US Public Rejects Bush's Rationale For Keeping Troops In Iraq
56. Democrats Plan 'Short Leash' For War Funds
57. (Writers Quote) Distressingly, However True, News Morphs Politics Far More Than Politics Morphs News (j.goodrich, depict books)
58. (Not a Headline) Paradoxically Though It May Seem, It Is None The Less True That Life Imitates Art Far More Than Art Imitates Life. (oscar wilde)
59. Approval Of Bush On War, Economy Skids To New Lows - No President Since Nixon Has Rated Worse In California
60. Iraq Debate Will Test GOP Senators' Unity - Siding With Bush Instead of American
61. Public on War Could Damage Party at Polls Bush hits new lows in approval ratings
62. The Elephant In The Room George W. Bush Has The Lowest Presidential Approval Rating In A Generation
63. And The Leading Dems Beat Every Major ’08 Republican. Coincidence?
64. Time Magazine Snubs President Bush
65. Abortion Divisive Issue At Debate (GOP)
66. Administration Officials Gonzales Should Step Down
67. GOP Reid Has Turned His Back On Troops
68. President Bush Passes Up Attempt At Humor In Wake Of Campus Tragedy
69. Vermont Senate Calls For Impeachment Of Bush
70. Why Our Army Is At The Breaking Point

 "THERE ARE THREE KINDS OF LIES: LIES, DAMNED LIES AND STATISTICS."(BenjaminDisraeli)

71. President Bush And The Big Three Are Pushing Cars That Run On Ethanol. But The Policy May Be Doing More Harm Than Good
72. Defying Bush, Nancy Pelosi Makes Her Point In Syria
73. Firing Of US Attorneys Puts New Focus On Voter Fraud
74. Why Bush Seems Unable To Regain His Footing
75. Is US Army Bent To The Breaking Point?
76. Bush Skirts Congress, Names Ambassador
77. Pelosi's Office Calls GOP Demand For Action On Iraq Bill 'Political Stunt'
78. Appeals Court Rejects Bush Salmon Plan As "Sleight Of Hand"
79. McCain’s Meltdown
80. Huge Protest In Iraq Demands U.S. Withdraw
81. Bush Is ‘President… Not King’
82. White House Accused Of Skirting Records Rules
83. Iraq Rally Peaceful, But New Danger Seen
84. How White House Tripped Badly Over Giuliani's Pal
85. Giuliani's Abortion Problems
86. Poll: Lawmakers Approval Ratings Rise
87. Approval Of Congress Highest In Year
88. Congress Gets Higher Approval Rating
89. Bush's Approval Rating: 38 Percent
90. Approval Of Congress At 40 Percent
91. Bush's Approval Ratings In N.H. On The Decline
92. Congress' Approval Rating His A High
93. Congress Approval Hits A High For The Year
94. Poll: Congress' Approval Ratings Up
95. Bush's Approval Rating Sits Below 40%
96. President Bush Is Reaching Levels Of Consistency That No White House Would Want.
97. Congress' Approval Hits High Point In A Year - 40 Percent - As Democrats Challenge Bush
98. Bush Approval Below 40 Percent Again

PRESS PUFFS PELOSI WALKS ON WATER

99. Bush Sharply Criticized Pelosi, A Californian Democrat, ...
100. Carter Backs Pelosi's Trip, Despite Bush's Rebuke
101. Cheney Accuses Pelosi Of Bad Behavior In Syria
102. Cheney Harshly Criticized Pelosi's Visit To Syria
103. Cheney Hits Out At Pelosi Visit
104. Cheney: Pelosi Shows 'Bad Behavior' In Syria
105. Former President Jimmy Carter Expressed His Support For House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Trip To Syria, Rejecting White House Criticism Of The Visit.
106. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Has The Right Idea.
107. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Held Talks With Syria's President Wednesday Despite White House Objections, Saying She Pressed Bashar Al-Assad Over Syrian Support For Militant Groups And Passed Him A Peace Message From Israel's Prime Minister.
108. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Said Thursday That She Raised The Issue Of Saudi Arabia's Lack Of Female Politicians With Saudi Government Officials
109. Pelosi Asks Saudis About Lack Of Women In Politics
110. Pelosi Meets Syria's Assad
111. Pelosi Nudges Saudi Arabia To Give Women A Role In Politics
112. Pelosi Pushes Syria On Hamas, Hezbollah Links
113. Pelosi Takes Chair In Empty All - Male Saudi Council
114. Pelosi Visits Saudi Arabia's Council
115. Pelosi Visits Saudi King
116. US Democrat Nancy Pelosi Says After Talks In Damascus Syria Is Ready To Resume Peace Talks With Israel
117. The Middle East Press Hails The Visit Of US Speaker Nancy Pelosi To Syria.
118. U.S. Congressman Meets Syrian President
119. US Democrat Pelosi In Syria Talks

JUST COME OUT SWINGING

120. No Sign Of Compromise On Iraq By Bush, Democrats
121. Guantanamo Ex-Detainee: 'Nightmare' Over
122. Saddam’s Pre-War Ties To Al-Qaeda Discounted
123. Report Came On Day Vice President Cheney, Appeared On Rush Limbaugh's Program, Stating Al-Qaeda Was Operating Inside Iraq "Before We Ever Launched
124. Saddam's Ties To Al-Qaida Discounted
125. GOP Lawmaker Urges Gonzales To Resign
126. Abramoff Probe Targets GOP Advocate
127. Thorny First Year For Bush’s Chief Of Staff
128. Bush Insiders Fill Prosecutor Posts
129. Romney Used His Wealth To Enlist Richest Donors
130. Is Romney A Hunter? Depends On What Hunt Is
131. Romney Hunts For Votes
132. Mccain In Iraq Hits Negative Press Coverage
133. Past Associations Could Haunt Giuliani
134. Giuliani Defends His Pro-Choice Beliefs
135. Giuliani Says If Elected, Wife Would Attend Cabinet Meetings
136. Giuliani's Wife Worked For Company That Killed Dogs
137. Edwards' Wife: No Interest In Cabinet Meetings

LIBERAL PRESS AIMS TO BEAT ELEPHANT TO DEATH

138. General Tried To Warn Bush On Tillman
139. Gonzales Admits "Confusion" In Firings 
140. Obama: Bush Not Respecting Constitution
141. G.O.P. Senators Lug Weight Of War Toward ’08
142. Detainee Alleges Abuse By Cia Interrogators
143. Rudy's Bernie Problem
144. Swift Boat Connection Sinks Bush Nominee
145. Gonzales Feels Heat From GOP Senators
146. Advocates For Gay And Abortion Rights And The Environment Say The GOP Candidate Misled Them On His Positions.
147. Under Bush, The Department Has Been Tainted By Politics, Many Say.
148. Republican Hopefuls Stay Mum On Bush
149. Republican Presidential Candidates Are Giving President Bush The Silent Treatment.
150. Gop Says Clinton First Politicized The Justice Department. But Numbers Show An Older Pattern.
151. On Iraq, A Showdown Is All But Inevitable The Senate Is To Vote Today On President Bush's Ability To Conduct The War

LIBERAL PRESS GIVES GOP 100 LASHES

152. Disorder In King George's Court
153. Poll: Confidence In Iraq War Down Sharply
154. House Panel To Vote On Subpoenas; Bush Defiant
155. E-Mail Shows Power Struggle Behind Us Attorneys' Firings
156. White House Sought The Upper Hand Over Us Prosecutors And Congress.
157. Polls Show Iraqis Live Surrounded By Violence, Distrust Us Forces
158. 'No Child Left Behind' Losing Steam
159. Ohio's 2006 Vote Count Now Includes Higher Percentage Of Uncounted
160. Ballots Than 2004, Statistically Impossible Swing To The Republicans
161. Justice Dept. Made Memos To Pacify Democrats' Probe
162. Officials Listed Specific Reasons Why They Fired Eight U.S. Attorneys,
     Intending To Convince Investigators That Terminations Were Justified.
163. Rep. Lantos Sees 'Decline' Of U.S. Image
164. Barbarians At The Gate Republicans
165. Time.Com: Bush vs. Congress In Attorneygate
166. NBC's David Gregory Reports On The Fourth Anniversary Of The Iraq War 

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167. Cover: "How The Right Went Wrong"
168. Cover: The Verdict On Cheney
169. Cover: Back To Reality

ELEPHANT IS NOT DEAD, DEMOCRAT WHIPPING INTENSIFIES

170. First GOP Senator Calls For Gonzales Firing
171. Va. Schools Criticize No Child Left Behind Rule For English Learners
172. NY Times:  Republican Urges Bush To Fire Gonzales
173. Congressional Democrats Suggested That Halliburton’s Relocation Was
     Possibly Part Of  An Effort To Dodge U.S. Taxes And Investigations.
174. John McCain: A Candidate Tied To An Increasingly Unpopular War
175. Government By Law, Not Faith
176. Global Warming Gap Among Evangelicals Widens
177. Bush's Legacy vs. The 2008 Election
178. House Democrats Take Aim At FCC Practices
179. Democrats Steer The War In Iraq In Fits And Starts
180. Clinton Vows Middle Class Will Not Be ‘Invisible’ To Her “We No Longer Have A President  Who Puts People First;
181. We Don’t Even Have A President Who Puts The Future First.”
182. Top Democrats Propose Expanding Health Insurance For Children Basis For House Efforts To Reshape The Children’s Health Insurance Program