May 27

May 25, 2008—“I don’t lose sleep over it, because the realities are that, you know, Barack can get shot going to the gas station.” –Michelle Obama NYT WK 10

--this month, in case you missed it, [GWBush] told an interviewer that he had made the ultimate sacrifice of giving up golf for the war’s duration because “I don’t want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf.” WK 11

5-24/25/2008—Higher income tax payers held on to billions of dollars more in 2006 than in 2005, thanks to a tax law change. WSJ A1, B2

--May 24, 2008—After the poor reception of [deGaulle’s] speech, Right-wing leaders and representatives of the Anciens de la division Leclerc, with the trump card of the army in their hands, tell deGaulle on what grounds they will support him. DeGaulle communicates with General Massu in Germany to work out terms for army support. [96]