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Posted inPolitical Animal, Politics

Ho Ho Ho

by Kevin Drum December 22, 2004January 9, 2022

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HO HO HO….Let’s see. George Bush has reduced Pell grants for low-income college students, cut food aid for global charities, and virtually halted the presidential pardon process.

This is called “compassionate conservatism.” Merry Christmas.

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