latimesblogs.latimes.com - 1/14/2009
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President George W. Bush is going to wake up in his ranch house back in Texas next Wednesday morning, Jan. 21, as former President George W. Bush. He'll not have an 8 a.m. intelligence briefing about all the awful things going on out there in the world that could threaten Americans as he ...
powerlineblog.com - 1/20/2009
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powerlineblog.com —
President Bush leaves office mostly unloved, with some
poll respondents saying that they consider him one of...
our worst presidents ever. This in itself is odd. Generally, our worst Presidents have been one-termers, for obvious reasons: James Buchanan, ...
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President Bush: An Assessment
thinkprogress.org - 1/14/2009
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thinkprogress.org —
In an interview airing tonight on PBS’s Newshour,
host Jim Lehrer asks Vice President Cheney about the...
U.S. soldiers who have lost their lives in the war in Iraq. Cheney shows little remorse : Q: But Mr. Vice President, getting from there to ...
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Cheney On Whether Iraq War Was Worth The 4,500 Americans ...
thenextright.com - 1/16/2009
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thenextright.com —
As a blog titled The Next Right, we
have not featured much discussion of George W. Bush....
With tonight being the last night President Bush was able to command the nation's attention, it is worth trying to put a few words in on the conclusion of this ...
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George W. Bush's Legacy
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Early Morning Swim
Firedoglake —
... How does this end?
Can you imagine W. dining with Krugman and Rich?
More outrages in the Bush Justice dept.
Uh, Dan? Bush blamed it on the Navy.
And lied about torture.
Conflating "popularity" with performance.
LA GOP lawmaker punks W.
David Vitter, still an asshole.
Plunging even deeper into stupid.
Heh indeedy!
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