In the legal realm, neo-conservatives talk a good game about the Founding Fathers and how we should be true to their original intent. That grounding falls apart when it comes to the subject of presidential powers. There is simply no way that Bush’s "President-as-King (during wartime)" arguments can be reconciled with the writings of the Founding Fathers, a point brought … Read More
Bush Apologizes For Mocking A Legally Blind Man
Once again, Bush opened his big mouth without knowing the facts. Only this time, he actually apologized: The exchange occurred at a news conference in the Rose Garden. Bush called on Los Angeles Times reporter Peter Wallsten and asked if he was going to ask his question with his "shades" on. "For the viewers, there’s no sun," Bush said to … Read More
Bush Discovers Congress
New York Times: For the first time in his presidency, Mr. Bush is also inviting lawmakers to the White House in small groups not to discuss specific issues, but simply to ask what is on their minds. These informal brainstorming sessions occur not in the Oval Office, but over iced tea and lemonade in the cozy Yellow Oval room of … Read More
Props To Kevin Drum
David Broder: In its September 2004 issue, Washington Monthly magazine invited 16 smart political observers — a mix of Republicans, Democrats and independents — to write short essays predicting what would happen if George Bush won a second term. The answers, understandably enough, were all over the lot. *** The one commentator who got it exactly right was Kevin Drum, … Read More
Worst. President. Ever.
According to this Quinnipiac University poll, Bush is the worst President in the last 61 years: Strong Democratic sentiment pushes President George W. Bush to the top of the list when American voters pick the worst U.S. President in the last 61 years. Bush is named by 34 percent of voters, followed by Richard Nixon at 17 percent and Bill … Read More
Bush Admits Mistake And STILL Gets It Wrong
In the week leading up to Memorial Day, the president acknowledged that some of his childish taunts hadn’t been in America’s best interests. … (S)aying "bring it on," kind of tough talk, you know, that sent the wrong signal to people. I learned some lessons about expressing myself maybe in a little more sophisticated manner — you know, "wanted dead … Read More
Ah, The Counterculture
It’s about fucking time we had some good protest songs —
C’mon In, Utah And Idaho — The Water’s BLUE!!
Bush approval rating, state by state — today: Here’s how it looked a year ago: H/T: Daily Kos
Quote Of The Day
President Bush declaring that May 29 (aka "Memorial Day") be known as "a day of prayer for permanent peace" is "just a bit like Charles Manson declaring a mental-health day."
White House = Fox News
WH Press Secretary Tony Snow, yesterday: MR. SNOW: "Well, as I pointed out — I mentioned this yesterday, and for — let me see if I can find my quote, because I pulled it out. Chuck Hagel, as you may recall, made a fair amount of news over the weekend when he first said that — let’s see — "Well, … Read More
Behind The 29%
A conservative blogger writes: George W. Bush isn’t at 29 percent because he’s lost support among moderates and liberals – he’s at 29 percent because he has been too willing to cave in to moderates and liberals. The recipe for restoring his popularity to above 50 percent is simple: Bush must screw the Left every chance he gets. The premise … Read More
You Know It’s Bad When…
Cheney appears to have lost the support of Rush Limbaugh: It’s worth noting that Cheney was on for 13 minutes — and there wasn’t a single softball question during the entire interview. Consider some of Limbaugh’s queries: * Is the President — are you and the President, the administration aware of the dissatisfaction on the whole issue of illegal immigration … Read More
Laura Doesn’t Believe Bad Polls
From Reuters: Interviewed on Fox News Sunday, Laura Bush said she did not think people were losing confidence in President George W. Bush, despite a series of polls showing support for him at its lowest point in his five-year presidency and among the lowest for any president in the past 50 years. "I don’t really believe those polls. I travel … Read More
“Impeach Bush!”
In case you haven’t been paying attention, that’s been the rally cry from the rightwing side of the blogosphere. Why? Because the Bush Administration reportedly has been shadowing the Minutemen (the group of private citizens monitoring the U.S.-Mexican border for illegal immigrants), and reporting information about Minutemen groups (including their locations) to the Mexican government. Michelle Malkin started the fire … Read More
HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson Should Resign
What a pinhead. According to this story, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson took away a government contract from a business, all because the business owner mentioned that he didn’t like Bush. How do we know this happened? Because Jackson himself bragged about it. In fact, he told the story as a warning to a conference of other potential … Read More