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Good Stuff From Pres. Bush
RIGHTWINGSPARKLE —
Bush drives the left insane and he makes conservatives angry. We think he isn't conservative enough and the left thinks he is way too far right. But it's nice sometimes to remember why we voted for him. He is a man of principle. From The American Enterprise Institute, first on the culture of life and stem cell research: ...
President Bush Uses the D-Word
Swampland —
... In fact, he used it five times this morning in an appearance before the American Enterprise Institute:
And what makes this issue difficult to explain is -- to the average guy is, why should I be using my money because of excesses on Wall Street? And I understand that frustration. I completely understand why people are nervous about it. I was in the Roosevelt Room and Chairman Bernanke and Secretary Paulson, after a month of every weekend where they're calling, saying, we got to do this for AIG, or this for Fannie and Freddie, came in and said, the ...
The Cyclical Theory of Catastrophic Fuckups
Whiskey Fire —
... This
morning, the American Enterprise Institute sponsored a forum with
President Bush. Rather than deliver prepared remarks, Bush answered a
set of questions posed by AEI's Chris DeMuth — the result was something
much more interesting than any speech would have been. The full
transcript is here. I liked this part of the Q&A, a little tonic for depressed conservatives: ...
A Mendacious Asshole to the End.
INSTAPUTZ —
Bush today: I don't want to be a self-serving fellow, but I have never used my position as President to personally denigrate somebody. From The Price of Loyalty: "Go get me Andy Card," Bush said to one of the Secret Service agents. Card, the designee as chief of staff, entered from an adjoining room . . . Bush looked impatiently at Card, hard-eyed. "You're the chief of staff. You think you're up to getting us some cheeseburgers?" Card nodded. No one laughed. He all but raced out of the ...
Dissent Must Be Encouraged...
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
Read Benen on Rove. Also, RB sends this delightful transcript: MR. DeMUTH: Another book that you famously read was Eliot Cohen's "Supreme Command." And he later went to work for you. THE PRESIDENT: Yes, he did. MR. DeMUTH: Do you think he got it right in that book? THE PRESIDENT: I can't even remember the book. (Laughter.) I remember reading it, but give me a synopsis. (Laughter.) MR. DeMUTH: That -- THE PRESIDENT: You can't remember it either. (Laughter.) MR. DeMUTH: No. (Laughter.) THE PRESIDENT: ...
A Legacy of Evil
Antiwar.com Original —
I n what might be called their legacy interviews (their exit interviews), President Bush has tried to soften his image and project a sense of competence , while Vice President Cheney has, if anything, gone out of his way to confirm that he was the administration's Darth Vader, devoted to protecting and extending the Empire and proud of it. Perhaps because I had the opportunity to meet with Cheney early on and get some sense of him as a person, I am inclined to credit him as more reliable . Dubya, perhaps understandably, strikes me as less ...
The bookworm in the White House
Political Animal —
THE BOOKWORM IN THE WHITE HOUSE.... Last week, the president addressed the American Enterprise Institute, with some fairly boilerplate rhetoric. During his discussion, Christopher DeMuth, the group's president, mentioned, "Another book that you famously read was Eliot Cohen's 'Supreme Command,' and he later went to work for you." Bush responded, "Yes, he did." DeMuth added, "Do you think he got it right in that book?" The president replied , "I can't even remember the book," before asking DeMuth to hum a few bars. I mention this because Karl Rove devoted ...
The Toddler-in-Chief
Firedoglake —
... from Barack Obama once he’s in retirement — as if he could do so by any act short of running naked through downtown Dallas. The latest CNN poll finds that only one-third of his fellow citizens want him to play a post-presidency role in public life.
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But the brazenness of Bush’s alternative-reality history is itself revelatory. The audacity of its hype helps clear up the mystery of how someone so slight could inflict so much damage. So do his many print and television exit interviews.
The man who ...
