realclearpolitics.com - 1/16/2009
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WASHINGTON -- Except for Richard Nixon, no president since Harry Truman leaves office more unloved than George W. Bush. Truman's rehabilitation took decades. Bush's will come sooner. Indeed, it has already begun. The chief revisionist? Barack Obama.
Vindication is being expressed not in ...
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Charles Krauthammer - Exit Bush, Shoes Flying
truthdig.com - 1/21/2009
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Daily Kos —
... that has frightened and angered the rest of the world. With the inauguration of Barack Obama, the moment has arrived for what I want to call the "progressive pessimists." This new worldview would marry the liberal desire to make life better with a realist's appreciation of the limits of political and military power. This is a gloomier progressivism than President John F. Kennedy's 1961 admonition to "pay any price, bear any burden." We've tried that. Charles Krauthammer: Obama's so awesome, his glow makes Bush shine. And me. And anyone who ...
The siren song of Syria and Iran
Yourish.com —
... (or here) sees that President Bush’s vindication starts on January 20. President-elect Obama seems to be accepting a number of premises of the Bush administration and appears ready to incorporate them into his administration. ...
Exit Bush
Sound Politics —
Exit Bush Assessments of the record of George W. Bush - as with any President - will have to unfold over time to give a full and accurate picture. Those compiled now seem more than hasty, though they are plenty. Accordingly, amidst the flurry, here are two I recommend: 1) Charles Krauthammer discussing one adroit method of reviewing the Bush record: noting the areas where Obama ends up changing little policy, or not much at all. The post-election pragmatism of Obama has veered significantly from the path of his campaign rhetoric, particularly that of the primary season. ...
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Following up on the flying shoes
newshoggers.com 12/16/2008 — By BJ
As noted by, well, virtually everyone, Bush was the target of a pair of Iraqi shoes over the weekend. I do find it somewhat fitting that the incident has pretty much overshadowed whatever propaganda gains he was hoping to make on his ...
Shoes, Bush.
althouse.blogspot.com 12/15/2008 — Do we have to talk about this ? Which angle? 1. Why can't the Secret Service fully protect the President? Shouldn't this threat have been anticipated? 2. Shoes are considered a terrible insult in the Iraqi culture blah blah blah....
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Now You, Too, Can Throw Shoes at Bush
truthdig.com 12/16/2008 — An enterprising game developer called, uh, T-Enterprise (hey, truth in advertising!) has capitalized upon President Bush’s fateful brush with Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi’s airborne footwear, quickly producing yet another way to waste time while feigning productivity with ...
This Will Be My Last Post On This, So Help Me Flying Spaghetti Monster
balloon-juice.com 12/19/2008 — I just heard someone from the Human Rights Campaign, Harry Knox, I think the name was, on CNN state that Barack Obama has just told gays and lesbians that they are not welcome. This is not only obnoxious and silly, but factually it is not the case : ...
Bush v. Cheney
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/4/2009 — Whatever you think of George W. Bush, I think you have to concede that, in some respects, he's been personally gracious towards Barack Obama and his family since election night. I say this with the obvious, massive caveat of the Blair House incident ...
Clean shoes
slacktivist.typepad.com 1/5/2009 — Earlier this month we witnessed the Shoes Heard 'Round the World, when Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi chucked both of his shoes at President George W. Bush during a Baghdad press conference. This prompted a slew of articles helpfully explaining ...
Congress: Biden and HRC say goodbye —
First Read 1/16/2009
"Just days before they move onto new jobs and challenges, Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Secretary of State-designate Hillary Rodham Clinton took to the Senate floor to bid farewell to their colleagues," the New York Times writes. ...
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