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EXCERPT "They would be a danger for our country. To ban all Muslims coming into the country, it's - it would make it harder to destroy ISIS, which has got to be the first priority," Bush explained. "Insulting the third largest trading partner of the United States, Mexico, not going to work. It's not serious. It's not. ... It turns off a lot of people that are ultimately going to make the decision who the president's going to be." Bush is particularly dismayed by Trump's expressions of support for Putin. On this issue, Bush again attempted to contrast himself with...

<p>April 10, 2004 -- John Kerry nurses a tot in Chicago yesterday.</p>

<p>This country is in the grip of the right wing of the Republican Party. George W. Bush is not only planning the war in Iraq but is now plotting to break the federal unions with his plot to privatize up to 850,000 federal jobs. Among other things.</p> <p>More than 200 miles north of the White House, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Thursday declared his intent to slash services to his fellow New Yorkers and hike taxes to resolve the city’s horrid fiscal crisis. Maine school districts will soon lose $10 million in funds because of the state’s budget gap. Not to mention many other cities and states in severe financial straits.</p>