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Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words....
73. After initially denouncing Bush's tax breaks for the wealthy, McCain has embraced them and, like Bush, McCain wants to make his tax breaks for fellow millionaires permanent.
What is John McCain's idea of running a "new kind of campaign"? Tap former Bush/Cheney '04 staffers and proteges of Karl Rove to run a negative campaign reliant on fabricated charges, blatant distortions and dishonest attacks. John McCain blew his...
George Bush, March 13, 2006: We have a comprehensive strategy for victory in Iraq -- a strategy I laid out in a series of speeches last year. John McCain, July 15, 2008: And if I'm elected President, I will turn...
This is what a real energy plan looks like:
Dear John McCain, Thanks for giving me a reason to post this photo of you and Mr. 23%. Appreciate it. Best, Matt Ortega...
According to new numbers released by Gallup, one of the most respected polling firms in the country, more than two-thirds of Americans are "concerned" that John McCain will continue the policies of George W. Bush. Nearly half of those polled...
Bush's Third Term
Even John McCain knows he offers a third Bush term. He just won't admit it.
C-SPAN's ratings are about to jump up again real soon. Think Progress: Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) invited former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan to testify before the Committee at a June 20th hearing about reported...
Just days after John McCain said in a nationally televised speech that he would not offer a third Bush term, the New York Times today reveals that he reversed himself to pander to the right wing of his Party by adopting yet another Bush policy.
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Los Angeles, Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, wants the FBI transcripts from the interviews conducted with President Bush and Vice President Cheney about the CIA leak case, and is going to Attorney General Michael Mukasey to get them.
Newsday calls Bush "the invisible fundraiser."
Bush will be joining John McCain on the campaign trail next week, but they don't want anybody but big donors to know about it. The events will be closed to the public, and will not be allowed anywhere inside the fundraisers.
Via ThinkProgress, VoteVets Action Fund is coming out with new ad pressuring McCain sign onto Senator Webb's 21st Century GI Bill.
Speaker Pelosi: "What the President did in that regard is beneath the dignity of the office of the President and unworthy of our representation at that observance in Israel. And I would hope that any serious person would disassociate themselves from the President's remarks who aspires to leadership in our country."
Bush made some outrageous comments that "Democrats are in favor of 'appeasement' of terrorists in the same way U.S. leaders appeased Nazis in the run-up to World War II."
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean today responded to President Bush's outrageous comments about Democrats.
In the latest ABC News/Washington Post opinion poll, 82 percent of Americans say the country is on the wrong track as President Bush hit an all-time low in the poll. The poll findings are bad news for the McCain campaign, which is running on a simple platform of four more years of failed Bush policies.
The Arizona Republic declared that in tight votes, John McCain is "not a 'maverick.'" An examination of the presumptive GOP nominee's voting record in the Senate since 1999 found that "when it matters most, he seldom bucks the party." John McCain: The Bush president Bush Republicans have been waiting for.
Today Bush is planning to announce a "realistic intermediate goal" for limiting emissions from greenhouse gases in the United States. According to the White House, they will "press for incentives for technology."
In an informal survey of 109 historians found 98 percent labeled the George W. Bush presidency a "failure" and only 2 percent said it was a "success." Not only that, more than 61 percent of the historians say the current...
The Associated Press tells us today that President Bush has reached "a new low" in their job approval poll, with only 28-percent of Americans approving of the overall job he's doing.
Adam Blickstein, blogging at Democracy Arsenal for the National Security Network, commented on the President's speech about defense spending this morning. Bush just stated in his speech that spending on defense as a percentage of the U.S. economy was around...
General David Petreaus testified before Congress that he was recommending President Bush "pause" the July reductions of American armed forces in Iraq for 45 days. But Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki "disagrees" with the recommendation from Gen. Petreaus, citing the Iraqi Security Forces' capabilities.
In an appearance on a right-wing radio program, Republican presidential nominee John McCain professed his staunch support for President George W. Bush on Iraq, stating "no one has supported President Bush on Iraq more than I have." John McCain offers four more years of failed Bush policies.
The failed economic policies of George W. Bush in action: New U.S. factory orders declined for the second straight month in February, and fell more than twice as much as economists expected, the Commerce Department reported today. New factory orders...
Late Tuesday, the Pentagon released a 2003 memo from the Department of Justice on the treatment of detainees. The Justice Department memo, dated March 14, 2003, outlines legal justification for military interrogators to use harsh tactics against al-Qaida and Taliban...
Says McCain: "I'm not running on the Bush presidency..."
A recent CNN/Opinion Research poll finds that more than seven in ten Americans believe spending on the Iraq War is, at least partly, responsible for the current economic situation. Also, the poll finds that less than one in three Americans support the war, with opposition at 66 percent.
A recent USA Today/Gallup poll found that three in four Americans believe the economy has tipped into a recession. As the Federal Reserve expanded credit to securities dealers and President Bush said his administration had taken "strong and decisive action,"...
The EPA won't provide documents about the decision to reject California's attempt to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gasses. So Chairman Waxman has now issued a subpoena for "unredacted copies of documents that have been improperly withheld from the Committee," given that a "desire to conceal embarrassing facts" is not a valid legal basis.
The Bush administration is
reportedly trying to make sure a Pentagon report finding "no direct connection between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda" never sees the light of day.
Days after President Bush endorsed John McCain and promised that McCain offers "no change," some of President Bush's top campaign strategists are jumping aboard the McCain double talk express. According to the Politico, Bush-Cheney campaign manager Ken Mehlman "is now serving as an unpaid, outside adviser to" McCain, and Karl Rove gave McCain political advice in a recent "private conversation." Other leading Bush staffers, including former Bush communications expert Dan Bartlett and former White House political director Sara Taylor, "are eager to provide any assistance and advice possible to McCain." [Politico, 3/8/08]
Today's McCain Myth: John McCain will put an end to the reckless Bush budgeting and deficit spending.
"It is shameful that George Bush and John McCain lack the courage to ban torture," said Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean. "And it is reprehensible that McCain changed his position on torture just to win an election. That's not the kind of leadership Americans want, and it's exactly the reason why voters will reject John McCain in November. The last thing we need is another president who will put politics over principle."
It's just one day after Bush and McCain shared glowing praise for one another. That's one day since McCain promised that he wouldn't try to put as much distance between himself and Bush as he could -- and one day since Bush noted that McCain wouldn't change his policies.
This image just about says it all.
Oil hits $105 a barrel.
A great roundup of photos by ThinkProgress:
It's getting more and more difficult to tell the two apart. And today, Bush will be at the White House, reportedly in the Rose Garden, officially endorsing McCain for president.
Today's McCain Myth: John McCain offers new ideas instead of more of the same on the issues voters care most about: the economy, Iraq, and health care.
The Moderate Voice's Shaun Mullen breaks down a recent national Zogby poll that shows President Bush with higher negatives than former President Richard Nixon. Some 52 percent of those surveyed place Bush at the bottom end of the scale as...
Senate Guru senses a trend emerging on the amazing powers of Bushtradamus: George W. Bush on June 14, 2006: I feel confident we will hold the House and the Senate. George W. Bush on February 25, 2008: I'm confident we'll...
John McCain has worked hard on the campaign trail to portray himself as a "maverick" in Washington, but a Bloomberg story today shows that on issue after issue, McCain offers just a third Bush term. The article notes that "[o]n three major issues -- Iraq, the economy and health care -- he has embraced Bush's unpopular policies," something that will hurt him with voters in November. With President Bush's popularity among Americans at rock-bottom, McCain's support of Bush and his failed leadership is a major hurdle for McCain as voters look for change, not more of the same.
Enjoy this video the Democratic Party put together. Imagine somebody's ethics problems being so troubling that he can be lectured about it by Bush, of all people.
For once, George Bush got something right. From the campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 2000: Texas Gov. George W. Bush, abandoning all pretense of running a nice-guy front-runner campaign, lashed out at John McCain's reform credentials today, charging...
Pure coincidence, I'm sure. From Think Progress: In October 2006, President Bush authorized the construction of a 700-mile border fence between the United States and Mexico. Now, however, the Department of Homeland Security’s construction plans are facing opposition from Texans...
So which is it, Senator?
Some folks at the Democratic Party put together a special video celebrating the "Sweetheart Deal" McCain has made with the far right-wing.
Today the Democratic National Committee released a new video -- "Sweetheart Deal," which shows the sweetheart deal John McCain has made with the right wing of his party in order to win the election. The so-called maverick who once ran away from Bush now parrots his rhetoric and embraces his failed policies.
Following eighteen months of research on post-war Iraq, the RAND Corporation produced a detailed report in 2005 that was critical of "nearly every organization that had a role in planning the war." The Army, however, buried the study -- RAND...
In a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, Bush offered an implicit endorsement of McCain's bona fides as a true conservative in the face of deep skepticism on the right. Although he did not mention McCain by name, the president said whoever ends up being the Republican nominee will represent conservative values.
MSNBC's Dan Abrams takes a look at what passes in President Bush's 'Justice' Department with Georgetown Law School professor, Jonathan Turley....
"That definitional period is so significant, and the president is such a big gun to associate yourself with. So I wouldn't expect a big bear hug."
(Photo credit: Jonah)...
President Bush unveiled a $3.1 trillion budget for 2009 that includes significant cuts into water funding projects. Senator Tim Johnson (D-South Dakota) issued a statement on these critical cuts to water projects in his state: The President's request is 37%...
Today the Department of Labor issued a report stating that 17,000 non-farm jobs were lost in the month of January -- yet another indication that the economy has suffered under the leadership of Bush Republicans.
Shortly after signing the defense authorization, President Bush issued signing statements on four provisions, including measures on oversight of private contractors and permanent bases in Iraq.
In an interview with National Journal, former Director of National Intelligence, John Negroponte, confirmed the use of waterboarding as an interrogation tactic by the Bush administration.
"After eight years of failed Republican leadership, Americans are ready for change, not the third Bush term we'd get with any of the Republican presidential candidates," said Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean. "President Bush's final State of the Union must be just that. America literally cannot afford another State of the Union address by a Republican who may have a new name, but most certainly will support the same policies that have kept us in a never ending war in Iraq and gave us an economy that's not working for all Americans."
It's the lowest approval rating that Bush has received to date in this particular poll: 32 percent. And an incredible 66 percent disapprove, leaving few undecided.
When Bush finally got around to reading the National Intelligence Estimate that determined that Iran had disbanded its nuclear ambitions in 2003, he didn't say he disagreed with it.
President Bush reappointed Richard Stickler, the former industry executive-turned-Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) head that mishandled the response to the Crandall Canyon mine collapse last August. Meanwhile, the MSHA missed the deadline for finalizing new safety standards.
"People want change in Washington, not in the White House," says Mitt Romney, ignoring the polling that shows that people want change in the White House by huge margins. Only 26 percent of Americans approve of Bush's handling of foreign policy and his handling of the economy.
Here's what he had to say to those tiny percentage of voters -- and shrinking -- who still approve of President Bush: "We also love a president who has kept us safe these last six years."
He's not going to let Bush get away with making any objectionable recess appointments while Congress is out for the holidays. Like he did for Thanksgiving, he's using some clever maneuvering to make sure that Bush can't get around recognizing the proper role of the Senate.
"It is the height of hypocrisy for President Bush to talk about wasteful spending while continuing to lead one of the most fiscally irresponsible Administrations in our nation's history. The American people are rejecting the failed leadership of President Bush and his Congressional enablers because they have consistently ignored the needs of our country while spending billions of borrowed dollars in Iraq and misleading the public about the lack of political progress there. While Democrats are working to move America forward with an aggressive agenda that puts America's working families first, all President Bush did today is remind the American people why we need to put a Democrat in the White House next year, and end this period of failed Republican leadership for good."
"...more extensive than Bush administration officials have acknowledged."
Iraq didn't have nuclear weapons! Despite talks of a "mushroom cloud!" Yep, Bush just thinks it's a riot that he couldn't help joking about it once again.
"In a country as wealthy as ours, it is immoral to deny health care to our children. President Bush cares more about politics than our nation's kids, and all of the Republican presidential candidates offer more of the same. The fact is, Republicans' priorities are not America's priorities.
For years the Bush administration refused to discuss their actions surrounding the outing of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame, claiming that an "ongoing investigation" prevented it. When Libby was found guilty on counts of perjury and obstructing justice, they said...
Since the release of the latest National Intelligence Estimate on Iran, the American people are asking themselves what did the Bush White House know and when did they know it?
"President Bush has lost all credibility with the American people. We were misled on Iraq, now it's Iran. We need to get to the truth so our foreign policy is not only tough but smart. By electing a Democratic president, we can not only begin to renew the American people's trust in its government but also restore America's moral authority in the world."
An odd moment from Bush's press conference came when he claimed that he learned of the new intelligence assessment last week that Iran stopped its nuclear weapons program back in 2003.
That's double the original estimate of 5 million missing emails from the Executive Office of the President between March 2003 and October 2005. These emails are unrelated to the RNC emails that also disappeared from their server, which were used by members of the Bush administration.
TPM Muckraker has been on the story all day: "After years of obfuscation and denial on the length of the U.S.'s stay in Iraq, the White House and the Maliki government have released a joint declaration of 'principles' for 'friendship and cooperation.'"
With rumors that President Bush might try to make a recess appointment while Congress is out on a Thanksgiving break, Sen. Reid is taking action to make sure that doesn't happen.
TPM Muckraker has the story:
Earlier I wrote about how your family owes $16,500.00 for the war in Iraq through 2008. Amazing, then, that President Bush decided that he wants to veto a health and education bill because he claims to be concerned about spending.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement after President Bush spoke about the budget today:
Heading into the Veterans Day holiday weekend, President Bush is in Texas today to visit an Army medical center in San Antonio.
Giuliani says he has "confidence" in Bush Foreign Policy:
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement after President Bush spoke on his failed war of choice in Iraq:
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement after President Bush spoke about the war on terror and his misguided war in Iraq:
John McCain takes a bag full of tricks but no treats to the Kaiser Family Foundation's Presidential Candidate Forums today as he presents a health care reform plan that would bring the Bush Administration's failed health care policies back from the dead.
From ThinkProgress:
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement after President Bush announced his nomination of retired Lt. General James Peake to head the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued a statement after President Bush threatened to veto funding important to the American people.
Tomorrow, the Democratic Leadership of the House Judiciary Committee will hold an oversight hearing on the Voting Section of the Department of Justice, an office politicized by the Bush Administration to promote their own divisive brand of politics. Testifying at the hearing will be John Tanner, chief of the Voting Section.
Back in April, CREW discovered that the "Executive Office of the President (EOP) has lost over five million emails generated between March 2003 and October 2005." In addition, CREW stated in April, they took no actions to recover the missing emails.
El Presidente del Comité Nacional Demócrata Howard Dean emitió la siguiente declaración hoy en respuesta a que la Casa Blanca se declaró en contra de la ley Sueño (DREAM Act) y que los Republicanos en el Senado bloquearon el proyecto de ley.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued a statement today after the White House issued a Statement of Administration Policy opposing the DREAM Act and Bush Republicans blocked consideration of the bill in the Senate.
President Bush delivered a speech today on Cuba policy after almost eight years of offering Cuban Americans empty promises, having repatriated some 8,000 Cuban refugees fleeing the Castro regime during his tenure.
White House says that a Bush visit to Southern California would be 'premature.'
Bush will request another $196.4 billion to be thrown into Iraq (mostly), according to the Associated Press. Given that the war has already cost the American people $455 billion -- and more importantly, thousands of lives -- I'm sure we can expect to see Rep. Boehner telling us what a "small price" it is.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement in response to President Bush sending Congress a request for an additional $46 billion in war spending, for a total of $196 billion, while he vetoed a bill to give health care coverage to 10 million of America's low income children:
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued a statement after Republican members of the House of Representatives voted to uphold President Bush's veto of the State Children's Health Insurance Program, denying health care to ten million children.
From the archives comes this footage of George W Bush at the Republican convention dismissing allegations that Dan Quayle had received help getting into the National Guard during Vietnam.
