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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-28-07 06:35 AM
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The Brookings Institute
Can you all tell me just how liberal is this think tank? Did they really say "the surge" is working?
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EST Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-28-07 06:37 AM
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1. They are about as anti-liberal as it gets.
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-28-07 06:53 AM
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2. That's what I figured
About like saying the "liberal" New York Times.
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Tesha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-28-07 07:17 AM
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3. Centrist. (NT)
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-28-07 07:30 AM
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4. No. They didn't. Two of their members
did. And Brookings is pretty centrist. They have some liberal members,some centrist members and some conservative ones.
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-28-07 07:59 AM
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5. Right after they pub. their Op-ed both cheney and Bush cited them-as its working.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-28-07 08:22 AM
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6. That bushco seized upon
the report is hardly a blanket indictment of Brookings.
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