Archives for the 'Bush' Category
Bush Legacy
Published on 1 Dec 2008 at 10:02 am.
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No, not the Obama administration. Good one, though … it’s turning out to be an early legacy bonus. This is about Bush himself, and how he hopes history will view him. As a liberator of millions who never sold out his principles for politics. AFP:
It’s Clinton-Bush!
Published on 1 Dec 2008 at 9:08 am.
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Filed under Bush, Clintons, Obama.
Wake up and smell the foreign policy! Big day for the incoming Clinton-Bush administration as POTUS-elect Obama Rodham Bush 3 announces the national security team he campaigned against. Roundup, UPDATED:
Weekly Standard Bearers
Published on 22 Nov 2008 at 9:36 am.
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Filed under Bush, GWOT, Guantanamo, Obama.
Thomas Joscelyn on the unpleasant surprise awaiting the Obama admin re Gitmo. Clear and Present Danger:
… the important point for much of the commentariat is that Guantánamo will be shuttered. For Guantánamo’s many critics, the facility long ago became a symbol of all that is wrong with the Bush administration’s conduct of the war on [...]
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So Good
Published on 13 Nov 2008 at 9:54 am.
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Filed under Bush, GWOT, pols.
They want to come back for more. Just because Bush is going to be out of office in two months doesn’t mean the great national Bush bash has to end. Ironic fly in the bitter ointment: NYT, on plans by pols to keep bashing the Bush pinata, notes the precedent set by Harry Truman allowing ex-presidents [...]
Lame Duck Is What?
Published on 12 Nov 2008 at 10:17 pm.
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He was supposed to become one nearly two years ago. But Chimpy never quacked. Here’s the Financial Times on the repudiated, lowest-polling president in history, or whatever they say he is, and his final bits of unfinished business … aside from wrapping up Iraq with a bow for Obama and lining up the guy who fixed that place to take [...]
Barney Bit Here
Published on 10 Nov 2008 at 6:50 am.
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Filed under Bush, dogs.
Sounds like they could start slapping plaques on all the people the First Dog got a piece of. Boston Herald’s Inside Track:
Messianic
Published on 9 Nov 2008 at 8:30 pm.
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Filed under Bush, Obama.
Quick. Guess which pol said this about which pol:
“Suddenly it felt as if somebody in a back room had flipped a switch … The (politician’s) eyes became fixed; his voice took on the agitated, rapid tone of someone neither accustomed to nor welcoming interruption; his easy affability was replaced by an almost messianic certainty. As [...]
Obama Positioned
Published on 9 Nov 2008 at 8:53 am.
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Filed under Bush, Obama.
To start quickly governing from the left. WPost on 200-odd quick Obama fixes:
Bad Dog!
Published on 6 Nov 2008 at 9:19 pm.
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Filed under Bush, dogs, media.
Don’t bite the press! First Dog Barney bites Reuters TV’s Jonathan Decker. Lifting a leg would have sufficed. Story plus vid. Damn, those newshounds are a lot nicer to that dog than they ever were to his master, and he never bit them. Bit some other people, though.
Basking In The Obamaglow
Published on 6 Nov 2008 at 9:53 am.
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Filed under Bush, Obama, pols.
This is probably just another stage of depression or mourning or whatever, but I was already feeling it yesterday when I encountered a friend of mine who voiced it. It felt really good. It was that President Obama feeling …
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What?
Published on 31 Oct 2008 at 9:18 am.
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Filed under Bush, science.
The military is apparently researching amnesia beams as a treatment for PTSD … and probably other useful applications … and scientists have already succeeded in making mice forget things. Danger Room rounds up military and civilian efforts:
Dictator!
Published on 29 Oct 2008 at 9:15 am.
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Filed under Bush, Obama, free speech, hated Crusaders.
Jeff Jacoby, the Boston Globe’s token rightwing warmonger, has fun with the idea of Bush as one …
Reynolds’ Rage
Published on 11 Oct 2008 at 9:51 pm.
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Filed under Bush, McCain, blogs, media.
He doesn’t let it out much, but when he does …
AP Goes Neo-Con
Published on 4 Oct 2008 at 1:15 am.
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Filed under America, Bush, Iran, Iraq, media, middle east, saudi arabia.
OK, al-P and reasonable people might dispute that.
But try as it might to discuss where we are five years on without giving Bush any props, the Associated Press has to admit that we have some leverage, and a substantial national interest, at stake in that nascent democracy won with the blood of many thousands of Iraqis and [...]
Dire Circumstances
Published on 24 Sep 2008 at 9:20 pm.
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Filed under Bush, money, pols.
Bush’s prime-time address to the nation calls for urgent but measured action. Stabilize, protect your jobs, mortgages and credit and leave the regulatory redesign for later. Invites the presidential candidates in for talks with congressional candidates, financial leaders Thursday. Unorthodox, maybe unprecedented, but these are not normal times. Both are senators with a currently enhanced authority as party [...]
Prosecute Him!
Published on 18 Sep 2008 at 11:14 pm.
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Filed under Bush, moronocy, pols.
Vermont wackjob … I’m sorry, I mean Progressive Party candidate for Attorney General Charlotte Dennett announces her plan to prosecute George Bush for murder if elected. She’s reading from Vincent Bugliosi’s playbook, in fact had the former Manson prosecutor/fellow wackjob with her when she announced. I’ll let some other progressive wackjobs explain what a great idea it is:
BSTD
Published on 29 May 2008 at 11:08 am.
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Filed under Bush, pols.
White House advisors “bewildered and puzzled” by McClellan’s whacks. CNN:
Using His Words
Published on 27 May 2008 at 9:09 am.
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Filed under Bush, Iraq.
Feith at WSJ dickers over rhetoric, says Bush should have stuck with the script on removing Saddam as a security threat, terrorism backer, not shifted to pegging it all on establishing a stable democracy in Iraq. One problem. It never was an either/or.
Bully Pulpit
Published on 15 May 2008 at 12:59 pm.
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Filed under Bush, GWOT, pols.
Bush observes out loud that Obama and other dems are pro-appeasement. CNN:
No Play Cheap Shots
Published on 14 May 2008 at 12:15 am.
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Filed under Bush, Iraq, moronocy.
Bush says that out of respect for the war dead and their families, he decided to stop playing golf during wartime. AFP:
Ambassadorable
Published on 8 May 2008 at 12:02 pm.
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Filed under Bush, pols.
Jenna’s tying the knot. Boston Herald’s Jill Radsken reviews the rambunctious party girl’s career to date:
Laura Bush Derangement Syndrome
Published on 30 Apr 2008 at 10:50 pm.
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Filed under Bush, feminism, fishwrap, women.
Looks like a lot like bulimia as sexist SF Chron lefty Mark Morford brings up a lukewarm puddle of half-digested feminist junkfood cliches in this slam on Laura Bush: “Docile doormat … prim, sexless, nearly useless.”
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Making History
Published on 14 Apr 2008 at 11:28 pm.
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Filed under Bush, history.
Making it up. Making a mockery of it. Ninety-eight percent of historians polled consider Bush a failure. US News and World Report:
Justice, Ground Slow
Published on 5 Mar 2008 at 9:27 am.
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Filed under Bush, Cheney, moronocy.
Brattleboro votes to arrest Bush. Cheney, too. If they ever show up. But why wait? Impeach now! Or maybe in six weeks. If the Dems manage to choose a nominee by then, they’ll need another ridiculous spectacle to demonstrate leadership, priorities.
Here’s The Deal
Published on 13 Feb 2008 at 6:56 am.
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Filed under Bush, Iraq, military, pols.
Rice and Gates, Washington Post, on the U.S.-Iraq strategic deal. They note that the UN authorization will run out at the end of the year, and its time for normalized relations between two sovereign nations with closely tied interests. Here’s what it will be and what it won’t be:
Water Over Dam
Published on 6 Feb 2008 at 9:06 pm.
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Filed under Bush, GWOT.
Backs up. Bush offered to discuss waterboarding. Congress responded with a call for a criminal investigation. Better make sure they look at all the Dems who got briefed and didn’t say boo. That doesn’t get a mention in this article.
Truthers Gain Traction
Published on 4 Feb 2008 at 11:32 am.
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Filed under Bush, moronocy, pols.
Where else? Patriot-Ledger of Massachusetts:
Arrest Him!
Published on 31 Jan 2008 at 9:26 am.
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Filed under Bush, moronocy.
After impeaching him! Now!
Brattleboro’s Bush warrant irks wingnuts. What’s the matter with these wingnuts? Jimmie at the Sundries Shack shares my enthusiasm for a Vermont war crimes tribunal, impeachment, etc.
More Brattleboro news here: Downtown nudity, long walks down the East Coast.
Eponymously Speaking
Published on 30 Jan 2008 at 9:49 pm.
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Filed under Bush.
I find it hard to argue with any of the points Bill Kristol is making here.
SOTU
Published on 29 Jan 2008 at 12:25 am.
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Crittenden, with another shameless Chimpy plug, here.
It’s a Bushbashapalooza as Newsbusters rounds up, cocks an eye at the SOTU reax: MSNBC, Fibber McGee!; WaPo chief, bored, doesn’t trust failed prez; CBS, CNN, Bush Redux, No Humanity.
Surber: Iraq … fourth? Tigerhawk: Yeah, but …
Powerline: A speech divided against itself.
Gateway with the Dem response: “Workers Unite! Socialism Now!”
Rich Lowry, NY [...]
Good Exercise
Published on 27 Jan 2008 at 9:09 pm.
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Filed under Bush, moronocy.
Vermont prof walking 400 miles for Bush impeachment. Earth Times:
Multi-Million $$$ Bush Bash
Published on 24 Jan 2008 at 11:13 pm.
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Apparently the Iraq war, Gitmo, trampling of constitutional rights, failure to catch bin Laden, Katrina, bipartisanly despised immigration bill, Plamegate … heck, I can’t remember all of it, but seven years of Bush bumbling and Bush lies and Bush looking like a chimp just didn’t do it. Lefty group will have to spend $8.5 million [...]
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Eminence L’oser
Published on 6 Jan 2008 at 8:25 am.
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Filed under Bush, moronocy, pols.
Wants to help the Democrats do today what he did in ‘72. “Why I believe George Bush Must Go,” George McGovern op-ed, Washington Post:
Leadership Unfollowed, Mission Unaccomplished
Published on 21 Dec 2007 at 2:22 pm.
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Filed under Bush, Iraq, pols.
It might be time to try something new, like a) leading and b) winning. Politico re Dem Cong’s scratchy record and a new tune being sung by the membership:
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Everything’s Coming Up Bush’s
Published on 12 Dec 2007 at 7:26 am.
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From Iraq to taxes, a bedraggled Bush is blooming. Not that anyone would notice. Almost anyone. Former Bush-Cheney minion Ron Christie at The Hill:
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Bush for Hill
Published on 22 Nov 2007 at 8:11 am.
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Filed under Bush, Clintons, pols.
Prez comes down on Hill side of experience debate. Marriage to Bill trumps Who Wants to Date a Despot. Newsday:
Rush to Plame
Published on 22 Nov 2007 at 8:10 am.
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Publisher finds fault with reports that Chimpy McRoveCheney admin made McClellan lie:
Sleepwalking Through History
Published on 18 Nov 2007 at 10:46 am.
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Filed under Bush, GWOT, pols.
Michael Goodwin at NYDN:
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Revolution Vs. Totalitarian Nightmare Please
Published on 11 Nov 2007 at 10:58 am.
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Filed under Bush, media, pols.
Celebrate the confirmation of Torturer General Mukasey with Frank Rich at NYT, as he laments the Coup at Home!
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BDS
Published on 10 Nov 2007 at 9:10 am.
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Filed under Bush, media.
Now, here’s an interesting example of what Lieberman was talking about, when he talked about people whose Bush rage blinds them to the threat posed by those who are murdering American soldiers. But this isn’t a Democratic member of Congress. One of their water carriers.
Good News = Bad News
Published on 8 Nov 2007 at 6:09 am.
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Filed under Bush, Iraq.
Iraqpundit:
Before you start calling me names, let me say something. Nobody’s saying everything’s back to normal.
That’s Entertainment
Published on 7 Nov 2007 at 10:15 am.
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Filed under Bush.
Bush-bashing with the stars!
World War III
Published on 21 Oct 2007 at 12:29 am.
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Filed under Bush, Iran, Israel, Russia.
As viewed from New York, Tel Aviv, Tehran, Moscow and Washington. It’s a reality check:
NYT History 101
Published on 7 Oct 2007 at 9:12 am.
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Filed under Bush, history, media.
NYT ed board needs a Chomsky session. The doctor is Zinn. Because NYT ed board this morning looks a little rusty on NYT ed board’s lefty history:
Inform Please
Published on 27 Sep 2007 at 11:17 pm.
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Filed under Bush, Iraq, pols.
Juan Cole of Informed Comment makes the uninformed remark that the Bush-Aznar exchange about the possibility of Saddam going into exile in Saudi with “$1 billion and all the information he wants about weapons of mass destruction” is an impeachable statement, because it indicates war could have been avoided:
Cutting Room Floor
Published on 27 Sep 2007 at 9:39 am.
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Filed under Bush, Hollywood.
Tigerhawk informs us Robert Redford is planning a blockbuster on Richard Clarke’s “Against All Enemies,” and wonders what manner of Gore won’t be included in this tragic epic of Bush lied people died.*
Speaking of the Gore that was and the Gore that is, Driscoll proposes a compromise.
* Help Bob! Alternate titles encouraged in comments.
Active Astonishment
Published on 26 Sep 2007 at 8:10 am.
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Filed under Bush.
Lest anyone lose sight of the true threat to world peace, who’s trampling all over human rights amid all this attention on Ahmadinejad, McClatchy Newspapers’ Washington Bureau goes sniffing around for some Bush-bash. Astonishingly, McClatchy finds activists astounded:
Mission of Burma*
Published on 25 Sep 2007 at 9:16 pm.
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Filed under Bush, UN, asia.
Burma news from Buddhist to Belmont Bangkok to Beijing on Bush. Monks defy military junta. Junta imposes a curfew and bans gatherings of more than five people. I don’t think the monks intend to back down. The old geezer in the orange robes looks PO’d.
Belmont Club’s Richard Fernandez at Pajamas on Burma’s “Saffron Revolution” cites Bangkok Pundit and [...]
Bush Talk
Published on 14 Sep 2007 at 9:46 am.
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Filed under Bush, Iraq.
Bush speech here. Blah blah blah here:
Hail to the Chimp
Published on 11 Sep 2007 at 11:49 pm.
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Filed under Bush, Iraq, pols.
Thursday night, our president will address the nation, and show us the way forward.
