thinkprogress.org - 12/18/2008
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In 2000, when then-Texas Governor George W. Bush officially became the President-elect, he said that he was “optimistic that we can change the tone in Washington, DC. ” But now, after eight contentious years in the White House, Bush is admitting that he failed. During a discussion ...
google.com - 12/16/2008
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google.com —
2 hours ago WASHINGTON (AFP) US President George
W. Bush said in an interview Tuesday he was
forced to sacrifice free market principles to save the economy from "collapse." "I've abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market system," Bush ...
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AFP: Bush says sacrificed free-market principles to save ...
whitehouse.gov - 12/18/2008
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whitehouse.gov —
President Bush on Thursday said, "I have found
that in order to have good decision-making and a
White House that functions well, that the President needs to articulate a set of principles from which he will not defer. In other words, a set of ...
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President Bush Addresses the American Enterprise ...
huffingtonpost.com - 12/18/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush knows he's
unpopular. But here's what matters, he says: "I didn't
compromise my soul to be a popular guy." In a wide-ranging interview with Fox News Channel, Bush also praised the national security team ...
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Bush: I Didn't Compromise My Soul To Be Popular
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Or Protecting Us. Or Diplomacy. Or the Economy. Or Competence...
Hoffmania! —
... Bush admits he "didn't do a very good job" of changing the tone in Washington. That's not what we're focusing on out here, boy. ...
Changing the tone
Political Animal —
... impressed he is with Cheney's lack of regret, saying the vice president's response to Wallace's question was "a beautiful statement, really, of justice." Let's remember, then, that if Joe Biden approaches, say, Arlen Specter or Orrin Hatch on the Senate floor, he tells them to go "f*ck themselves," and then brags about how appropriate his conduct was, as far as some on the right are concerned, this is completely appropriate behavior for the vice president to engage in. George W. Bush admitted the other day that he's disappointed he wasn't able to "change the tone" in ...
Cheney’s Highest Moment in the Last 8 Years? 9/11.
Comments from Left Field —
... George W. Bush admitted the other day that he’s disappointed he wasn’t able to “change the tone” in Washington. If he’s curious where his White House went wrong, he may want to reflect a bit on his VP’s conduct. ...
Republicans Playing Nice, Cont'd.
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... purpose of the TARP."
That attitude probably won't last, but for one day at least, Obama has managed to change the tone in Washington. And here is Senator Bob Corker, a Republican from Tennessee:
"This was a painful vote for me. I greatly respect President-elect Obama's economic team, Larry Summers and Tim Geithner, and I look forward to working with them in any way I can."
Not bad, huh? Not even president, and he's done what George Bush admits he couldn't do in eight years.
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