George H W Bush

Who's the CML Champ, Cheney or Gonzales?

Norm Stamper | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Elliot Richardson, Council on Foreign Relations, Politically-Motivated Firings, Bobby Kennedy, Senate Judiciary Committee, Janet Reno, Halliburton, Valerie Plame, FBI Report, Dick Cheney, Perjury, John Ashcroft, Liz Cheney, u.s. Attorneys, Fox News, George H. W. Bush, Alberto Gonzales, President Bush, Politics News
Norm Stamper

Nobody listens to Alberto Gonzales in large part because, putting it charitably, he was not merely an unprincipled attorney general but an uninspired one. Of course, we also tune him out because we can't be sure he's telling the truth.

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Gorbachev: George H. W. Bush Called Reagan "Extreme" And GOP Supporters "Blockheads"

The Nation | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: George H. W. Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Gorbachev George H. W. Bush, Mikhail Gorbachev, Bush Reagan Extreme, Ronald Reagan, Gop, Bush Reagan Comment, Bush Gop Supporters Blockheads, President Bush, Republicans, Gop Supporters Blockheads, Politics News

On September 23, Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel and her husband, Stephen F. Cohen, a contributing editor, interviewed former Soviet President Mik...

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George H.W. Bush Questions Iran Election Results

The Washington Times | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Ahmadinejad, Iran Elections, George H. W. Bush, George Bush Senior, Politics News

The 41st president said Monday that the official results of Iran's election claiming a landslide victory for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were fishy....

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Obama: The Environmental President?

Bill Chameides | Posted 02.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Yosemite, Clean Air Act (1990), Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Cap and Trade, Ronald Reagan, Fish & Wildlife Service, George W. Bush, Air Quality, Woodrow Wilson, Endangered Species Act, Barack Obama, Clean Air Act, National Park Service, Clean Water Act, Legislation, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Diane Feinstein, Theodore Roosevelt, Water Pollution, Richard Nixon, Montreal Protocol, Kyoto Protocol, Abraham Lincoln, Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, Oceans, Air Pollution, Environmental Protection Agency, Global Warming, Green News
Bill Chameides

Will Obama be able to advance an environmental agenda? If so, he will have distinguished himself from Democratic administrations that promised a lot but delivered little on the environment.

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New Year, New Administration, More Clemency

Jason Flom | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: George H. W. Bush, George Bush, Drug Sentencing, Grammys, Criminal Justice, Drugs, Music, Ben Taylor, Unfair Sentencing, The Beatles, Whitney Houston, George H.W. Bush, New Jersey, The Fugees, Carly Simon, Jail, Drug Trafficking, Families Against Mandatory Minimums, Crime, John Forte, Exeter, Keith Richards, New York City, Elvis Presley, Presidential Pardons, Criminal Justice System, Prison, Beatles, Lava Records, Bush Pardons, Music Industry, Cocaine, Phillips Exeter, Politics News
Jason Flom

Obama ran on a campaign promise of change. He can begin by using the pardon power generously to correct as many individual cases of injustice as possible.

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Bush "Fox News Sunday" Interview: I Refused To "Bail Out" GOP (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 02.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: George H. W. Bush, Bush Fox News, Bush Fox News Sunday, Bush Iraq, George Bush, Bush GOP, Bush Bailout, Bush McCain, Politics News

President Bush told Brit Hume on "FOX News Sunday" that he refused to "bail out my political party" by withdrawing troops "during the darkest days of ...

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Barack Obama and Ernie Shore

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 02.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Democratic Congress, Mumbai Attacks, Operation Cast Lead, Jim Hightower, Ernie Shore, George W. Bush, Russia, George H. W. Bush, Franklin Roosevelt, Bernie Madoff, Barack Obama, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

Barack Obama is like a relief pitcher who was brought in to pitch with his team down by about ten runs and is somehow expected to lead them to victory.

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Not a Woman in the Picture

Paul Jenkins | Posted 02.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama's Cabinet, Al Gore, White House, Women's Rights, Sweden, George W. Bush, Sex Trade, Asia, Missouri, Sarah Palin, Same-Sex Marriage, South Africa, Angola, Kay Hagan, Dan Quayle, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Nancy Pelosi, Racism, Nigeria, Elizabeth Dole, Secretary of the Treasury, African-American Issues, Latin America, Speaker of the House, Joe Biden, Amy Klobuchar, Netherlands, Minnesota, Barack Obama, Secretary of Energy, Condolleezza Rice, Secretary of Agriculture, Janet Napolitano, Jimmy Carter, Hillary Clinton, George H. W. Bush, Claire McCaskill, Secretary of State, Women's Issues, Civil Rights, Arizona, Laura Bush, Gay Rights, Vietnam, Slavery, Sexism, Secretary of Defense, Senate Majority Leader, Vice President, Bill Clinton, Islam, John McCain, Africa, Belgium, Secretary of Transportation, Homeland Security, Attorney General, North Carolina, Colombia, Cia Director, Cambodia, Secretary of Interior, Death Penalty, Gay Issues, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

Is it a coincidence that in the world's largest economy, whose military expenditure accounts for half the global total, the most senior posts dealing with money and war are still reserved for men?

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Earth to Bush Sr.: You're As Delusional As Your Son

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, George H. W. Bush, President of the United States, George H.W. Bush, Iraq War, Economic Crisis, George W. Bush, Bush Fox Interview, George Bush Economic Policy, Bush Foreign Policy, Jeb Bush, Bush Legacy, Jeb Bush for President, Politics News
Marlene H. Phillips

George Bush Sr. declared that he would love to see another Bush in the White House, this time another son, former Florida governor Jeb Bush. You've got to be kidding me.

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Elder Bush On Son's Failures: Google It (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 02.04.2009 | Politics

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On "Fox News Sunday," former President George H. W. Bush defended his son's record. "His mother and father" are "very proud of him," Bush said. Host C...

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Along Came Caroline. And Andrew. And Beau.

Paul Jenkins | Posted 02.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Caroline Kennedy, Mark Udall, Al Gore, Jesse Jackson Jr, Delaware, Birch Bayh, Mark Pryor, Thomas Dodd, George W. Bush, Connecticut, Chris Dodd, Colorado, Democratic Party, Lisa Murkowski, Andrew Cuomo, Mo Udall, John Quincy Adams, Ken Salazar, Republican Party, African-American Issues, Illinois, Bill Clinton, Frank Murkowski, Evan Bayh, Florida, Alaska, Net Worth, Mario Cuomo, Ted Kaufman, Jesse Jackson, David Pryor, Ted Kennedy, New York, Barack Obama, Beau Biden, John Salazar, Rudy Giuliani, Tom Udall, Secretary of the Interior, John Adams, Harry Reid, George H. W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, Michael Bennet, Secretary of State, Bill Ritter, Jeb Bush, Senate, Indiana, Crest, Kahlua, Oregon, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

Speculation about Hillary Clinton's successor in the Senate will soon be moot, but the debate about America's political dynasties is hopefully just starting.

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Achieving the Impossible: Expectations for an Obama Presidency

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 01.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Hillary Clinton, Eugene McCarthy, George H. W. Bush, Lyndon Johnson, Barack Obama, New Hampshire, George W. Bush, Obama Energy Policy, Obama Energy, Obama Administration, Obama Economy, Obama Health Care, Obama Foreign Policy, Obama Presidency, Obama Expectations, Obama Iraq, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

The early keys to a successful Obama administration will be managing expectations and setting up an administration that will be proactive and not get sidetracked by the inevitable events and crises.

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Parting Gifts

Nancy L. Cohen | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Karl Rove, Bailout, George W. Bush, Henry Paulson, Obama Transition, George H. W. Bush, Crony Capitalism, 2008 Election, Politics News
Nancy L. Cohen

Different judgments about the intentions of Bush senior in the transition period can be reached. In the sequel, however, it is becoming ever clearer that Bush junior is devoting his last days in power to a final orgy of cronyism.

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McCain Plan: Repeal Arithmetic

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 11.20.2008 | Business

Read More: John McCain, George H. W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Budget, McCain Voodoo Economics, Financial Crisis, Bob Schieffer, John Anderson, Barack Obama, Recession, Business News
Robert S. McElvaine

John McCain's promise to balance the budget is Voodoo Squared. But to understand what that means, someone has to understand enough simple mathematics to know what "squared" means.

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W.: Fool Me Once, Fool Me Twice...What Price, Thrice?

Alexandra Zacharios-Haight | Posted 11.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: George Bush, John McCain, George H. W. Bush, Oliver Stone, Movies, Race for the White House 2008, George W. Bush, Entertainment News
Alexandra Zacharios-Haight

Arriving early to catch a screening of Oliver Stone's new film W. gave me the opportunity to overhear one very wise reaction from a woman who had just...

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The Welfare Queens of Wall Street

Kelley Bell-Wenzlaff | Posted 11.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Gop, George H. W. Bush, Wall Street Crisis, Ronald Reagan, Wall Street, Bailout, Nancy Pelosi, Economy, Business News
Kelley Bell-Wenzlaff

We have welfare queens on Wall St begging for a bailout and spending our money at the spa. The plight of these poor little rich men started when the wicked witch of Deregulation came to town.

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"That one!" Condescension and Contempt Redux

Jerry Weissman | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al Gore, Daniel Goleman, John McCain, Economis Crisis, George H. W. Bush, Presidential Debates, Emotional Intelligence, Social Intelligence, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jerry Weissman

In the heat of the 1992 presidential campaign, during a town hall style debate, President George H. W. Bush looked at his wristwatch while he was bein...

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Goodbye Good Times, Hello Waltons?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 11.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Depression, George W. Bush, The Waltons, Conservation, Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, Recession, Green News
Kerry Trueman

How will you dress for the Bush Depression this winter? Me, I'm counting on my slightly tattered but super-toasty flannel-lined OshKosh overalls -- so old they were actually made in OshKosh.

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She's Not Quayle; She's Thomas

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 09.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Phyllis Schlafly, Clarence Thomas, Pete Townshend, Margaret Thatcher, George H. W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Ray Charles, Jesus Thieves, Mccain-Palin, Sarah Palin Reaction, Sr, Politics News
Robert S. McElvaine

A second X-chromosome is no more a sufficient qualification for being women's choice for the vice presidency than dark pigmentation was for being African-Americans' choice for a seat on the Supreme Court.

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McCain's Problem with White Voters

Paul Jenkins | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Polls, African-American Voters, North Dakota, Ronald Reagan, Affirmative Action, George W. Bush, Colorado, Immigration, Michael Dukakis, Arizona, West Virgnia, South Dakota, Mark Penn, Democratic Party, Missouri, Echo Boom, Nevada, Virginia, Montana, Cuban-Americans, New Mexico, Latino Voters, John Kerry, New Hampshire, Ohio, Plains, Racism, Mississippi, Republican Party, Northeast, North Carolina, African-American Issues, Bill Clinton, Latino Issues, Alaska, Florida, John McCain, Karl Rove, Appalachia, Presidential Election, Texas, Baby Boom, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Young Voters, Midwest, Wisconsin, Advertising, Michigan, Iowa, Georgia, South Carolina, Hispanic Voters, George H. W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, Southern Issues, Dnc, Libertarian Party, Indiana, White Voters, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

It is McCain who needs to score exceptionally well among white voters, better in fact than any other Republican presidential candidate in the past 20 years, including George H. W. Bush.

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The Iraq Crusade Is a Recruiting Sergeant for Bin Laden

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Senator McCain, Muslims, Robert Gates, Tony Blair, Senator Obama, George W. Bush, Iraq War, George H. W. Bush, Knesset, Ivor Roberts, President Bush, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News
John Tepper Marlin

Soon after President Bush swore his support of Israel before the Knesset, Senator McCain questioned whether Senator Obama fully appreciates the threa...

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Thomas B. Edsall

The Huckabee Revolution: Evangelicals At The GOP Gate

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ronald Reagan, Mike Huckabee, Condoleezza Rice, George Will, Evangelical Christians, Bob Dole, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Iowa, Mitt Romney, George H. W. Bush, Pat Robertson, Politics News

Mike Huckabee's insurrectionist presidential campaign is defying the determination of the Republican establishment to restrict the selection of the pa...

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