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Former NYC mayor has installed his tombstone

Former New York City mayor Ed Koch isn't ready to die but he's already made his arrangements for that day.

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Falling Out of Love with Barack Obama
Source: RealClearPolitics

I continue to be a supporter of President Barack Obama. He has had several outstanding successes.

Outrage, America's secret gay politicians and sheer hypocrisy!
Source: The Times

The title of Kirby Dick's incendiary documentary Outrage is apposite. By the end, you are left shaking in your seat with precisely that. This is a stirring, withering polemic about breathtaking hypocrisy.

Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch On Palin & Endorsement For President

Ok, now this is really getting intresting, especially in what Koch stated about Sarah Palin's record(or lack thereof). Another Opinion from Ed Koch: A Presidential Endorsement By The Editorial Board

Famous Former NYC Mayor With Long-Standing Ties to The Bush Administration Endorses Obama/Biden
Source: Politico

Former New York Mayor Ed Koch, who endorsed and worked for George W. Bush in 2004, is endorsing Obama today, NY1 first reported. I asked Koch just now what prompted the move. "The designation of Palin to be vice president," he said. "She's scary."

Running Film Festival in Eugene, Oregon Sure to Be Unforgettable
Source: TheFinalSprint.com

Without a doubt, the biggest off-track happening during the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials will be the upcoming Running Film Festival (RFF) – where a percentage of proceeds will benefit the Ryan Shay Memorial Fund & their will be guest appearances by running celebrities.

Ed Koch: Obama Is A Sure Loser, Clinton Should Fight On
Source: The Huffington Post

As Democrats coalesce around Sen. Barack Obama, one of Hillary Clinton's must outspoken supporters is not mincing words: the party is walking needlessly and unaware into a general election buzzsaw.

Koch on Koch on Antisemitism
Source: The Jewish Daily Forward

"A liberal," Robert Frost once quipped, "is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel." Ed Koch is not that kind of liberal.

"Looking Back at Life" (83 y/o Ed Koch)
Source: RealClearPolitics

"In my career as a public servant, I held the offices of City Councilman, Congressman and Mayor of New York City. In the course of the 23 years of my public career, I met seven United States presidents.

In Matters Big and Small, Crossing Giuliani Had Price
Source: The New York Times

Rudolph W. Giuliani likens himself to a boxer who never takes a punch without swinging back. As mayor, he made the vengeful roundhouse an instrument of government, clipping anyone who crossed him.

Does Gore Know What He's Talking About?
Source: RealClearPolitics

From the article: Should Al Gore be out there creating the impression that the U.S.

Guess who's afraid of Iran?
Source:

The Israel-Palestine peace meeting in Annapolis, Maryland was a success in at least one respect. It brought together every Arab state involved, including Saudi Arabia and Syria.

Outlaw Tobacco? Ed Koch Speaks Out
Source: nypress.com

What would happen if Congress held hearings to determine whether or not to ban the sale of cigarettes in the United States? You can be sure that cigarette companies would spend billions to prevent the passage of such legislation. Yet, I believe something must be done.

It's Only Fair To Commute Libby : by Ed Koch
Source: RealClearPolitics

Let me now -- and not for the first time -- rush in where angels fear to tread. I support President Bush's commutation of Scooter Libby's prison sentence.

Ed Koch, Why We Should Stay in Iraq
Source: nypress.com

To those who believe that when America leaves Iraq, Islamic terrorists will be satisfied and stop fighting, I say this: Wake up. The hard truth is that if we leave Iraq, the terrorists will continue their attacks on Americans everywhere, including our homeland.

Ed Koch : Gonzales At A Crime Scene
Source: nypress.com

US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales may not realize it, but he's a dead man walking. That's the term used to describe a prisoner on death row, and Gonzales now fits the description, having lost the support of the US Congress—including that of many Republican senators.

My conversion to a liberal with sanity
Source: nypress.com

I believe that one of the secrets of success of this great country is that the vast majority of Americans think of themselves as moderate liberals and moderate conservatives. Moderates, liberals and conservatives apply the rule of common sense to their political decisions.

We Shouldn't Be Alone in Fighting Terrorists
Source: RealClearPolitics

I urge the President to issue an ultimatum to our allies, both regional -- Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Jordan, Kuwait, the Gulf States -- and our 25 NATO allies, that unless a significant number reply affirmatively in 30 days to our ultimatum, we will begin immediately the process of w …

What It Means to Protect the Nation
Source: RealClearPolitics

Why do so many Americans refuse to face the fact that our country is at war with international terrorism?The leading terrorist group, al-Qaeda, is fighting us on the ground in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Both Iran and North Korea are threatening nuclear war.

Ed Koch: I'm Backing Independent Lieberman
Source: NewsMax

New York's "mayor for life," and one of the country's most prominent Democrats, says he's backing Joe Lieberman's independent run for U.S. Senate."There's no blood oath binding him not to run as an independent," Edward Koch told NewsMax.

Negotiations Alone Never Brought Peace
Source: RealClearPolitics

From the article: Israel's response to Hezbollah has demonstrated to the enemies of the Jewish state that Israel will stand up and fight.

Ed Koch on the Real Problems in Iraq and Afghanistan
Source: RealClearPolitics

From the article: Let me suggest what went wrong and continues to go wrong in both Iraq and Afghanistan. It is the rest of the world shirking its duty and leaving the fighting, dying and casualties to be borne overwhelmingly by the U.S.

Is It Xenophobic to Regulate Entry into the US?
Source: RealClearPolitics

From the article: I am for immigration. How could I not be? I am the son of immigrants and became Mayor of the greatest city in the world -- New York City -- as a first generation American.

Prepare For Iran, Get Out of Iraq
Source: RealClearPolitics

Democrat and supporter of President Bush's actions in Iraq, Ed Koch, now claims that it is time to get out if Iraq. Why? Iran is now far more of a threat.

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