Defenses of George W. Bush's incompetence and lawbreaking have frequently relied on specious arguments about the "continuity" between his administration and those of his predecessors. According to this formula, Bush's misconceptions about Iraqi WMD, for instance, are supposed to have been acceptable given similar assumptions...
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Bush's approval rating has sunk to 19% in the latest ARG poll. That's lower than Nixon's the week he resigned. Probably the most telling stat in the breakdown is that.
The Bush administration signs on to the idea that it's an act of High Principle to get paid when you're not willing to do your job, and it's desirable for.
I think this is right:But unlike most liberal journalists and bloggers, I think McClellan deserves quite a bit of credit for going public with this, even at this late date. Writing this kind of book could not have been easy for him. He has undoubtedly...
Like the President, I gave up golf in order to honor the sacrifice of our soldiers in Iraq. Last year, I gave up non-diet pop to honor our soldiers in.
Jowei Chen, via Monkey Cage:In the aftermath of the summer 2004 Florida hurricane season, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) distributed $1.2 billion in disaster aid to Florida residents. This.
Chris Bowers, in the context of discussing whether or not Obama is a progressive:Campaigning is often a sign of how someone will govern. In 2000, the Bush campaign ended up "winning," basically by preventing many people from voting in Florida, and then stopping the recount...
I'll probably have more to say tomorrow about this WSJ article by historian Edward Larson, but one passage strikes me mildly amusing for various reasons:[A] historian at Yale, the president's.
On this date in 2001, George Walker Bush formally ascended to the office of President of the United States. In that day's inaugural address, speechwriter Michael Gerson -- addressing the.