George W

More Say they Like Bush than Obama Grates to No End

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The CNN poll in October that found that almost as many people said they liked George W. Bush as President Obama seemed like it was either a case of so...

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Crazy Talk Radio Fueling Another "Big Lie"

Fernando Espuelas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fernando Espuelas

Depending on the radio program, we're either about to become a communist or fascist nation (okay, sometimes both), all because of the suspiciously foreign-looking guy in the White House.

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John Boehner Is Holding Us Hostage

Rep. Jay Inslee | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Jay Inslee

John Boehner and the Tea Party wing of the Republican Party are threatening to stop tax relief for the middle class so that the wealthiest 2% of Americans can get their tax cut bonus.

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Jason Linkins

Helen Thomas, In Vice Magazine Interview, Complains Press Corps 'Rolled Over And Played Dead' On Iraq War Reporting

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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By happenstance, the folks over at Vice Magazine had an interview with Helen Thomas in the can since March that they had been holding for a forthcomin...

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Jason Linkins

Laura Bush Having Greater Success Than George Shopping Memoir

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Bush's plans to pen a memoir of his time in office may have been curtailed, but he's not going to be able to take comfort in the fact that a...

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Bush's Memoir: Publishers Say No Thanks

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — In less than three months, President-elect Barack Obama will take office and the Bush administration will belong to history. With the...

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Godspeed, President Meal Ticket

August J. Pollak | Posted 05.25.2011

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August J. Pollak

A long-time friend of political humorists fades into the sunset. To see more of August J. Pollak's cartoon "Some Guy With a Website," check out ...

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Bush Rejected Ashcroft's DOJ Picks In Favor Of Torture-Legalizing Loyalist

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Then-Attorney General John D. Ashcroft offered the White House a list of five candidates to lead the Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel in ear...

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