(Video) In his book, Cheney still usurping Bush’s authority
Who was the boss? Bush ... or Cheney?
George W. Bush says he authorized the military to shoot down passenger planes on 9/11, and that he was the “decider” on invading Iraq. Dick Cheney begs to differ… Read more
@TheGrio: Rick Perry, Dubyalike
Rick Perry: so much like George W. Bush, it's scary.
If you didn’t know any better, you might conclude that Rick Perry either is George W. Bush, or that he’s doing a pretty good imitation of him (or vice versa.) Read more
Finally it can be said: Rick Perry sounds and acts just like George W. Bush
Rick Perry and George W. Bush in their Texas tag team days. Are they both reading "My Pet Goat"???
I’d been thinking it for quite a while, and then I said it on Twitter, and to my surprise, I wasn’t alone. Now, the truth about Rick Perry is going mainstream: he sounds, gestures and acts just like George W. Bush. Read more
Richard Clarke: capturing bin Laden was not a Bush administration priority
Former Clinton and Bush counterterrrorism adviser Richard Clarke
As George W. Bush’s loyalists (and their friends in the Beltway media) continue to try to shoehorn Bush into the story of how the Obama administration made the calls that finally nabbed Osama bin Laden, reality keeps pushing back. Read more
Presidents Day: Americans like Reagan, scholars prefer FDR… and then there’s Dubya
Happy Presidents Day! If you’re a Republican, the good news is, nearly one in five Americans think Ronald Reagan was our greatest president. The bad news: George W. Bush is still scraping the bottom of the barrel. If you’re a Democrat: FDR, Bill Clinton, JFK and Barack Obama are good news for you (sorry, Jimmy Cater.) So here we go… Read more
Book tours for war criminals? Or, what the London mayor told Dubya
Foreign travel not advised...
Jay Leno and the folks over at Fox “News” may find George W. Bush’s tale of waterboardin’ and fetus-in-a-jar hijinx to be just the greatest of fun, but in most of the world, the first of those two things is a war crime. Read more
Plagiarist in chief? George Bush lifted passages for book
Remember that kid in school who was funny but not too bright, who never did his homework, and always wanted to cheat off yours? Meet your former president, George W. Bush. Turns out whole passages of his book, “Decision Points,” point to passages in books decidedly written by other people. Read more
President honors vets, MObama surprises troops (and Bush promotes his book) **UPDATED**
CORRECTS FROM SOLDIERS TO AIRMEN - The first lady of the United States Michelle Obama, left, serves food to US airmen and their relatives at Ramstein Airbase in Ramstein, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010. Michelle Obama makes a series of stops within the Kaiserslautern Military Community on Veterans Day to thank US servicemen and women for their work. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
… and George W. Bush promotes his book. Happy Veterans Day, America! Read more
Flashback: Rick Scott lobbied George W. Bush to halt expansion of TX kids’ health coverage
The video above, unearthed back in September by Brian Crowley, is of Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott joking with a fake George W. Bush (and recounting a dinner with the real former president and his family.) But back in the day, Rick Scott was CEO of Columbia/HCA, and he wanted then-Texas Gov. Bush to do something for him. Read more
Beck praised ‘Ground Zero’ imam in 2006, Hughes worked with him
The right’s hypocrisy on the Park 51 project, and the imam behind it, got a bit more exposure today, courtesy of Media Matters … and archival video. Read more
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