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They pursue Paulson-like projects to butress their egos and career aspirations instead of being the "public servants" they signed up to be.

Why Sam can't pay his mortgage (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

Oh, hang on, I meant to say that KY, WV, and OK represent the real victories to butress her argument that she can put together a stronger electoral map strategy against McCain.

Poll: Obama Has Big Lead In Montana Primary 2009

TPMEC may trust republican sources that butress their pathetic Billary Bias.

Dems Favored To Pick Up Louisiana House Seat -- GOP Pessimistic 2009

He's increasingly writing things that seem more determined to butress his ego than find the truth.

Krugman: "Most Of The Venom" In This Race Comes From Obama Supporters 2009

But I think he'll go 50 state still, because, to rule, he needs strong minorities to butress his mandate.

A Mark Penn Memo From 2007 About Those Big States 2009

This time - as opposed to 2001 - the damage is far, far greater with the enormous cost of Iraq and Afghanistan (and then of course there is the “small” matter of continuing to butress Israel and the resulting ME arms race) ..

Canada's foreign policy manipulation - and yes, IT can happen here 2008

A rapist is trying to butress a lie at the core of their personality other the tortured bodies of his victims.

Women and the Invisible Fist 2008

So Hinderaker appears to be using a hair-splitting argument with an unsupported assumption to butress his assertion of “you cannot convict, she was not covert.”

Think Progress » Powerline’s Indictment Analysis: Up = Down 2005

Faith as in trust very easily equivocates into faith as in belief in the existence of, and these two different meanings often butress each other: if you don't believe in God's existence, then you aren't trusting in him or, as a recent commenter claimed, you must hate him!

Repost of a Christian-Atheist Dialogue James F. McGrath 2007

Any more qualifiers you want to butress that statement with? significant minority is one of my fav weasel words, thanks for giving it play.

"Oh gee, I can't figure out what I think. Don't pick on me by asking that question! That's a gotcha question!" Ann Althouse 2007