George W Bush

Matt Drudge Oiled Up for Halloween!

Martin Lewis | Posted 11.01.2007 | Media

Read More: Oil Barrels, Limp, Crude Oil Prices, George W. Bush, Oil Prices, Matt Drudge, Crude Inventories, Dick Cheney, Ed, Media News
Martin Lewis

Perhaps Drudge is finally losing his Jones for the two slick oilmen who -- by his relentless character assassination in 2000 and 2004 -- he helped to get into the White House?

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Note to Democrats: We're Pissed

Tom D'Antoni | Posted 10.30.2007 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Failure, Democrats, Allen Ginsberg, George W. Bush, Politics News
Tom D'Antoni

We helped turn the Congress into a Democratic majority. We heard the new committee chairs talk about how they were going to re-establish oversight. We got fooled.

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The Stealth Rationale It Takes To Dupe A Nation

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 10.29.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Politics, Christopher Hill, Oil, Condoleezza Rice, Foreign Policy, George W. Bush, Politics News
Kathleen Reardon

Duping an entire country is quite a feat. It requires a stealth strategy -- one most critics fail to notice or blame because they simply don't think anyone would use it.

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Dear President Bush

John Seery | Posted 10.29.2007 | Politics

Read More: George W. Bush, Politics News
John Seery

Has any previous U.S. president insisted so adamantly, with such ferocity and apparent relish, with such relentless and skillful manipulation, upon such domestic invidiousness?

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Bateman on Hanson, Round 1: Cannae, 2 August 216 B.C.

Eric Alterman | Posted 10.29.2007 | Politics

Read More: Torture, Morocco, George W. Bush, Politics News
Eric Alterman

Twenty-five years or so ago, I was traveling with a backpack somewhere in Morocco, and I spent a couple of nights in some tiny town that didn't have ...

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When is Enough, Enough?

Byron Williams | Posted 10.28.2007 | Politics

Read More: Cost of the War in Iraq, Iraq, War in Iraq, Bush Administration, Cost of the War, George W. Bush, Fiscal Constraints, Politics News
Byron Williams

How much are we willing to pay to prolong the madness known as our preemptive invasion and occupation of Iraq? Must we bankrupt the nation before we can openly admit we were wrong?

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No Blood for No Oil

Marty Kaplan | Posted 10.28.2007 | Politics

Read More: War With Iran, Oil, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Media, Price of Oil, Politics News
Marty Kaplan

None of the mainstream press coverage of record-high crude oil prices that I saw last week turned $92.22-a-barrel into a teachable moment. Instead of exhuming archival footage of gas station lines from the '70s, producers might have re-aired the more recent tape of former Harken Energy director George W. Bush strolling hand-in-hand through the Crawford bluebonnets with Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah.

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Fmr FBI Director: Giuliani and George "Joined At The Hip" Over War On Terror

AP | LIBBY QUAID | Posted 10.28.2007 | Politics

Read More: Rudy Giuliani, War on Terror, George W. Bush, Politics News

Rudy Giuliani, to quote a Democratic rival, would be like President Bush on steroids in the way he would go about protecting the U.S. from terrorists....

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Interpreting The Presidential Hug

Washington Post | Paul Farhi | Posted 10.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: George W. Bush, Politics News

The wildfires in Southern California this week have served to remind the world once more about one of the singular and underappreciated skills of Geor...

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Veto This: House Passes Child Health Bill Bush Opposes

NY Times | ROBERT PEAR | Posted 10.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: S-Chip, Child Healthcare, Nancy Pelosi, George W. Bush, Politics News

Once again defying a veto threat from President Bush, the House on Thursday passed a bill to provide health insurance for 10 million children. But sup...

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Bush Prepares Aid, Mass Jailing for Cubans

Roberto Lovato | Posted 10.25.2007 | Politics

Read More: United States Foreign Policy, Cuba, Fidel Castro, George W. Bush, The Future of Cuba, Politics News
Roberto Lovato

Bush's announcement of the "freedom fund" and the continuation of the U.S. embargo against the island is designed, in part, to court Cuban-Americans.

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Sit Down for the Constitution

Naomi Wolf | Posted 10.25.2007 | Politics

Read More: Sit Down for the Constitution, National Strike, Constitution Days, Constitution, George W. Bush, Taking Back the Country, Constitution Day, What I Can Do, Politics News
Naomi Wolf

It is time to take to the streets. Many of you have asked about a national strike. This is the next step in a democracy movement.

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Helping America: Post-Bush

Joan Z. Shore | Posted 10.25.2007 | Politics

Read More: Cuba, Fidel Castro, Foreign Policy, America, Nicolas Sarkozy, George W. Bush, Lego, Politics News
Joan Z. Shore

The nerve, the gall, the sheer chutzpah of George W. Bush announcing his plans for a post-Castro Cuba! Imagine a similar scenario with French president Nicolas Sarkozy!

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Rescuing the Child Health Insurance Bill (and Our National Humanity)

Dan Brown | Posted 10.25.2007 | Politics

Read More: Richard Durbin, Child Health Insurance, DREAM Act, George W. Bush, Nancy Pelosi, Schip, Health Insurance, Orrin Hatch, Liheap, Veto Override, Politics News
Dan Brown

It's an ugly season in Washington when the keepers of power are actively working to deny heat and medical care to those in need.

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White House Pretends Probable Cause of California Wildfires Simply Doesn't Exist

Bob Harris | Posted 10.24.2007 | Politics

Read More: Southern California Fires, California Fires, California, Cdc, George W. Bush, Science, Wildfires, Climate Change, Weather, CDC Climate Report, Global Warming, Global Warming Wildfires, Politics News
Bob Harris

Unseasonable heat and changing weather patterns have turned southern California into a tinderbox, precisely the way forecast by people warning us about global warming for years.

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Things We Lost In the Fire: 'Anti-Katrina' Efforts A Day Late and a Dollar Short

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.24.2007 | Politics

Read More: Hurricane Katrina, California Fires, San Diego Katrina, George W. Bush, Politics News

While he's yet to offer his amply-demonstrated brush-clearing skills to Californians in need, President Bush is bound and determined to make the California Wildfires the 'anti-Katrina.' At least that's what the wee-bit-late-to-the-story New York Times will have you believe.

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Bush Seeks to Ban Marriage Between Fictitious Gay Characters

Andy Borowitz | Posted 10.24.2007 | Politics

Read More: J.K. Rowling, Halloween, Arianna Huffington, Harry Potter, Mo Rocca, Alec Baldwin, George W. Bush, Harry Potter Gay, Politics News
Andy Borowitz

"In order to protect the sanctity of marriage in the real world, we must first protect the sanctity of marriage in fiction," Mr. Bush said.

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Bush Working To Make California Disaster The "Anti-Katrina"

New York Times | SHERYL GAY STOLBERG | Posted 10.23.2007 | Politics

Read More: Wildfires, Hurricane Katrina, San Diego Wildfires, George W. Bush, Politics News

It was not quite 2:30 a.m. in Washington on Tuesday when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California asked President Bush to declare an emergency because...

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Getting Real About Iran

John Brady Kiesling | Posted 10.23.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, War With Iran, Bush Administration, Fidel Castro, George W. Bush, Adolf Hitler, Michelle Malkin, War in Iraq, Dick Cheney, Politics News
John Brady Kiesling

Delegitimizing Ahmadinejad is not really in our best interest, even if we knew how. We are asking Iran to renounce a sovereign right to a full nuclear fuel cycle.

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OffTheBus Exclusive Interiew: Ambassador Peter Galbraith

Christian Avard | Posted 10.23.2007 | Home

Read More: Iran, Iraq, 2008 Election, George W. Bush, Offthebus, Home News
Christian Avard

The following piece was produced as part of the Huffington Post's OffTheBus project. OffTheBus caught up with Ambassador Peter Galbraith in Vermont a...

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Bin Laden and the Neocons Do a Mirror Dance (While Most Muslims Stay Invisible)

RJ Eskow | Posted 10.22.2007 | Politics

Read More: Islam, Bin Laden, Terrorism, Islamo-Fascism, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Politics News
RJ Eskow

Bin Laden and the neocons are both kicking off the week with a renewed dedication to their shared cause: a worldwide war between the Western powers and all of Islam.

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Former Ambassador Galbraith: Iraq Partition Inevitable

Christian Avard | Posted 10.22.2007 | Home

Read More: War in Iraq, War With Iran, 2008 Election, George W. Bush, Offthebus, Home News
Christian Avard

A former ambassador said the Bush Administration has severely hampered our reputation abroad and if the Democrats win the White House, it'll be their job to regain the world's trust and respect.

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"Bomb 'Em and Bail" - Attacking Iran And The Collateral Damage To Our Democracy

Nathaniel Bach | Posted 10.22.2007 | Home

Read More: Politics, Iran, Iraq, 2008 Election, Offthebus, Bush, Foreign Policy, Iraq War, Rudy Giuliani, War With Iran, Breaking Political News, George W. Bush, Neoconservatives, Hillary Clinton, Home News
Nathaniel Bach

As hawks ratchet up the war whoop, what's missing is an examination of the domestic side-effects that would accompany a war in Iran.

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Time for Congress to Put its House Back in Order

Byron Williams | Posted 10.21.2007 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Executive Power, Bush Administration, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Byron Williams

It is dangerous to the republic if Congress fails to roll back the power the president amassed following 9/11. And this must be done before the next president takes the oath of office in 2009.

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The Prince

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 10.20.2007 | Politics

Read More: Erik Prince, Blackwater, George W. Bush, Politics News
Jeffrey Feldman

When seen through the Blackwater incident, all of Bush's talk about his right to sole commanding authority over the army starts to make sense -- Medieval sense.

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