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George H. W. Bush was "deeply offended" by Republican congressman Joe Wilson's shout of "You lie!" to President Barack Obama during Obama's address to Congress in September, and the former one-term president is calling on US politicians to rise to "a certain decorum and civility." During an interview with Parade magazine , Bush expressed ...

Earlier this week, a Gallup poll indicated that the American people hold Congress and our nationa s elected officials in such low esteem that only Wall Street scammers and HMO paper pushers rate lower a and not by much.

Rep. Joe Wilson, using his increased national profile from his "you lie!" yell at President Barack Obama, introduced a bill Tuesday requiring that a special board be set up to track the number of jobs created by the $787 billion economic stimulus plan.

New Visions/New Mexico 2009 November 30, 2009 Contact: 476-5611 SANTA FE - NM Film Office Director Lisa Strout and NM Filmmakers Program Director Trish Lopez today announced the eleven winners of the 2009 New Visions/New Mexico Contract Awards.

It's a clear-cut example of all that is wrong with our government. You probably read the story in our Friday edition regarding Summitville Tiles.

As many will recall, Joe Wilson is the Republican Congressman from South Carolina who shouted out "You lie" last September during President Obama's address to Congress about health care.

Rhodes scholars have a long history of heading into politics upon returning from their two years at Oxford University.

Representative Joe Wilson no longer has a monopoly on inappropriate outbursts in public.

Albuquerque Mayor-elect Richard Berry has appointed a former cabinet official under ex-Gov. Gary Johnson to head the city's economic development department.

Weeks after she announced she wouldn't be seeking the Republican nomination for governor next year, the National Research Council has appointed former Congresswoman Heather Wilson of Albuquerque to a committee conducting a year-long science study.

I've noted before in response to some comments that I don't believe that Lt. Governor Diane Denish is corrupt.

First of all, as you probably know, DeDe Scozzafava was chased out of the race and, one assumes, out of the party altogether.

Wingnuts of the world unite. You have nothing to lose but election ... after election ... after election.

Congressman Joe Wilson had an epiphany about health care legislation while he attended a "luncheon" at "Enchilada's Mexican restaurant" with some senior citizens on Hilton Head island.

Former Congresswoman Heather Wilson announced in an e-mail Thursday that she will not run for governor or any other office in 2010.

Some people might be shocked about the carnage in the NY-23 , where moderate Republican Dede Scozzafava was just forced out of the way to make room for uber-conservative Doug Hoffman, puppet of the anti-tax group Club for Growth.

The U.S. Air Force has whittled down the list of potential locations for the its next-generation F-35 fighter-bomber to three bases: Mountain Home, Idaho; Hill Air Force Base in Utah; and Shaw, S.C. Deseret News; Oct.

South Carolina Republican Congressman Joe Wilson is making stops around the Second Congressional District, talking about the new health care proposal on the table, making an afternoon stop in Beaufort.

Former Rep. Heather Wilson said Thursday she won't run for governor of New Mexico in 2010, preferring to continue her work as a private consultant.