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Hullabaloo — ... Don't read this puff piece on Bush if you've just eaten lunch. Apparently, despite all evidence to the contrary, he's a sensitive, intelligent leader with a heart of gold. He's been very misunderstood. (No mention of the massive, overwhelming failure of his policies and decisions.) ...
AP "analysis": Bush's personality shapes his legacy
Daily Kos —
AP's Ben Feller offers more Halperin-bait: WASHINGTON – President George W. Bush will be judged on what he did. He will also be remembered for what he's like: a fast-moving, phrase-mangling Texan who stays upbeat even though his country is not. For eight years, the nation has been led by a guy who relaxes by clearing brush in scorching heat and taking breakneck bike rides through the woods. He dishes out nicknames to world leaders, and even gave the German chancellor an impromptu, perhaps unwelcome, neck rub. He's annoyed when kept waiting ...
BREAKING: George W. Bush Is, In Fact, A Cretin
Firedoglake —
... But that doesn't mean nobody will try to make believe that George W. Bush is "cool" and to be admired. Mere objective reality has never been much of a consideration for many of the people tempted to advance such a thesis before, after all. Here for instance is Ben Feller of the AP, pretending that Bush is Cool on the grounds that he gives people idiotic nicknames and once "even gave the German chancellor an impromptu, perhaps unwelcome ...
Not All Bush Cronies And Associates Are As Enthusiastic About Him As Karl Rove
DownWithTyranny! —
... It won't be the whitewash by hacks like Karl Rove and Ben Feller that determine how history looks at George Bush. This morning Reuters carried a report of an interview with former Iraqi Prime Minister, Iyad Allawi-- it wasn't an elected prime minister, not even in a rigged election like Nuri al-Maliki; Allawi was just declared prime minister by the occupation forces. Apparently, apart from having given him the opportunity to enjoy the P.M. job, ...
AP Nails It--Itself, That Is
Open Left - Front Page —
A 1400-word fairwell puff piece by Ben Feller, White House correspondent for The Associated Press, is quick to lay its cards on the table: judge Bush by his image, not his actions: ...
A portrait of Bush, a portrait of a worthless press corps
Crooks and Liars —
... directs us to a perfectly dreadful portrait of George W. Bush by the AP's Ben Feller. As Digby sez, it actually mostly confirms some very basic suspicions about Bush -- namely, that he's an spoiled, authoritarian frat-boy jerk. And this was supposed to be a flattering piece. ...
Wack Job
N/A —
Of all the cultivated worshipful images of George Bush, is there one crazier than the 100 degree loving wack job who likes nothing better than going out and wacking cedar brush in Crawford at his faux chateau ranch that recently got replaced by a mansion in Dallas?
The most recently hagiography is for the birds.
“I’m a nester,” Bush said.
Nowhere is that more true than at his beloved, secluded ranch in Crawford, ...
"Dinners With Dubya" Reveals Weird and Fuzzy Feelings For Our 43rd President
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash —
A BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS by Meg White After a few months of Bush media blackout, to the point where comedians started joking about forgetting who our current president actually was, I've been hearing a lot about President George W. Bush lately. Even some who abhor the policies and outcomes stemming from his administration remember the man as " good ," " efficient ," " funny ," and " kind ."Something about those characterizations struck me as fuzzy and hollow at the same time, but I haven't been able to articulate it exactly until a reading an essay titled, ...
