In the World According to ...

In the world according to …

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  Perez Hilton, beauty pageant judge and self-proclaimed “gossip queen”: Only contestants who agree with me deserve the crown. All others need not enter. (http://omg.yahoo.com/news/perez-hilton-the-way-miss-california-answered-her-question-lost-her-the-crown/21528?nc)
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  Meghan McCain, daughter of Sen. John McCain and new social media darling: Only the beautiful people should follow my tweets on Twitter. “Creepy people” like Karl Rove should stay off line. (http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/04/megan-mccain-karl-rove-is-a-tw.html)
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  Hillary Clinton, secretary of state and wannabe president: “Let’s put ideology aside; that is so yesterday” especially when it comes to embracing Hugo Chavez. (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/18/world/americas/18diplo.html)
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  Barack Obama, president and celebrity-in-chief: “We showed that while we have our differences, we can -- and must -- work together in areas where we have mutual interests, and where we disagree we can disagree respectfully.” He said this in a news conference at the end of the Americas summit – you know, the one where he mugged with Hugo Chavez for the cameras, graciously accepted a book denouncing our country and sat, uncomplainingly, through a 50-minute tirade against the U.S. (http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Press-Conference-By-The-President-In-Trinidad-And-Tobago-4/19/2009/) A few days after saying he would “disagree respectfully” with the likes of Chavez (who, incidentally, came close to having some of our troops killed in international waters a few years ago), Obama opened the door to trying to criminally prosecute Bush administration officials with whom he disagreed.