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1. Jerry Reed...Revisited by Darrell Toney (reviewed 6/07) (5 Stars) Click title to purchase at CBD.com...click artist name to read Dave's Review. A CD will automatically fall out of the Top Eight after twelve months if no CD surpasses it before then.
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-----------June 6, 2006Bush Branded "Rebel" After Asking GVB To Dinner Fred Barnes (editor of The Weekly Standard and former writer for The New Republic) has written a book titled Rebel in Chief: How George W. Bush Is Redefining the Conservative Movement and Transforming America. The book has been available since January 2006.I'm mentioning this here, because the book mentions an encounter the president had with the Gaither Vocal Band. Here's the excerpt with a preceding paragraph for context: REBEL President Bush operates in Washington like the head of a small occupying army of insurgents, an elected band of brothers (and quite a few sisters) on a mission. He's an alien in the realm of the governing class, given a green card by voters. He's a different kind of president in style and substance. He'd rather invite his first envoy to Iraq, L. Paul Bremer, and his wife, Francie, to a quiet evening at the White House than appear at a Washington gala or social event. The night before the White House Salute to Gospel Music, Bush encountered the Gaither Vocal Band rehearsing in the East Room. He invited them to dinner. Instead of consulting "experts" on Third World development, Bush tapped U2 singer Bono as an adviser and ally on aiding sub-Saharan Africa.  By the way, the word "rebel" is being used in the book as a complimentary term for President Bush. I just found these particular examples amusing. Bush would rather stay at the White House and take his meals with normal people than get all dressed up and wine and dine with the Washington elite. He even asked a famous gospel group to have dinner with him on the spur of the moment. Whoooa...he's a "rebel." posted by David Bruce Murray @ 10:01:00 PM
 
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