http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/bushbashing/ en-us Tue, 8 Dec 2009 11:50:25 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402703/posts In case you've been on another planet for the last ten months, you know that President Obama's standard answer for the economic meltdown, and his anemic prescription to fix it, has been that the blame rests wholly on his predecessor. "I inherited this" has been Obama's mantra from day one of his Presidency with regard to any problem he encounters. In a revealing testament to President Obama's true character, last week when he and his administration touted the success of the TARP program and how banks were paying back their bailout money -- with interest -- he never once gave... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402703/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 11:50:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2297099/posts WHEN it came to protecting Jenna and Barbara Bush, the Secret Service truly had its hands full, with President George W. Bush's wild and crazy daughters doing everything in their power to escape them, a new book reveals. NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2297099/posts#comment Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:27:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2257608/posts Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. Conservatives are advised to avoid this movie. This is a sequel to the successful and funny 2006 film "Night at the Museum". In both movies the premise is that a magic tablet allows the museum characters to come alive at night after sunset. However, this movie proves the old adage that quite often the sequel is not as good as the original. The movie would be bad enough even without the shots at George W. Bush. A particular galling moment is when the come alive character General George Custer, whose voice sounds... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2257608/posts#comment Mon, 25 May 2009 03:25:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2238588/posts Many years ago, my wife and I purchased our first home. It was an older house, and I was not very handy then. Whenever something needed fixing, a tradesman was required. Our first plumber was selected by chance, just someone in the phonebook. He seemed competent enough but he always did something that never sat well with me. Whenever he repaired something, he always seemed to have something bad to say about the previous craftsman. He might tell me, "This wouldn't have happened if the stupid guy used Kohler faucets," "Whoever did this didn't properly caulk inside the wall," or,... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2238588/posts#comment Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:13:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2200877/posts During his two terms in office, George W. Bush stepped outside the boundaries of the Constitution and assembled an amazing toolbox of powers that greatly increased the authority of the Executive branch and the reach of the federal government. Bush expanded presidential power to, among other things, allow government agents to secretly open the private mail of American citizens; authorize government agents to secretly, and illegally, listen in on the phone calls of American citizens and read our e-mails; assume control of the federal government following a "catastrophic event"; and declare martial law. Thus, the groundwork was laid for an... http://www.rutherford.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2200877/posts#comment Fri, 6 Mar 2009 19:36:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185999/posts (Feb. 14) - It's no surprise to see Abraham Lincoln, the man who held the nation together when it was on the brink of collapse, atop the list of greatest American presidents. But many other presidents are judged far differently by experts than by the general public. Bill Clinton left office with a high approval rating, but a panel of writers who focus on US politics and foreign affairs at the Times, a British publication, considered him mediocre. The president who passed progressive legislation but who saddled himself with the Monica Lewinsky scandal landed at number 23. As panelist Ben... AOL http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185999/posts#comment Sun, 15 Feb 2009 06:56:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129162/posts Q -- Why did your campaign lose? A -- I think the Republican ticket represented too much of the status quo, too much of what had gone on in these last eight years, that Americans were kind of shaking their heads like going, wait a minute, how did we run up a $10 trillion debt in a Republican administration, how have there been blunders with war strategy under a Republican administration. Anchorage Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129162/posts#comment Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:51:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127485/posts Barack Obama is president-elect of the United States because the Republican Party and John McCain handed him the presidential election on a silver platter. The Republican Party and the Bush White House walked away from Republican ideals, and they walked away from Republican values. George Bush allowed the Republican Congress to overspend in the first six years of his administration without once using the veto pen; he blindsided the conservative Republican members of Congress on many occasions, and walked away from the base of his party on immigration reform and other issues such as Medicare and No Child Left Behind.... Newsmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127485/posts#comment Fri, 7 Nov 2008 01:49:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127271/posts It's tempting right now to say President Bush will go down as one of the worst presidents ever to dis-grace the White House. But is that fair, or even accurate? Historian renderings of a legacy are often at odds with fluctuating public opinion polls that gauge the heat of the moment. Take Truman. The man had a 22 percent approval rating toward the end of his presidency--due in large part to a highly unpopular Korean War--yet he's among the most popular presidents in history. I'm going to play the devil's advocate and argue that it is at least in the... Nashville Scene http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127271/posts#comment Thu, 6 Nov 2008 20:50:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087864/posts Both presidential candidates took a few days to get their bearings and talking points in order after the beginning of the wild week on Wall Street. McCain McCain's quick comment: Fire Chris Cox, Chairman of the SEC. That effort to find a convenient scapegoat misses the mark and is also unfair. Cox has responded with a ten-point rebuttal pinpointing specific SEC actions — including strengthened investor protections, targeting fraud, emergency orders against naked short-selling involving Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac, "sweeping" and "landmark" enforcement actions, etc. It is understandable that McCain wants to distance himself from President Bush. That does... Renew America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087864/posts#comment Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:55:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024304/posts David Frum on Scott McClellan's new book: George Bush got the team he deserved Posted: May 30, 2008, 3:47 PM by Marni Soupcoff David Frum Except maybe for MSNBC’s wild-eyed commentator Keith Olbermann, nobody in politics or media seems to have a good word to say for Scott McClellan, the former George W. Bush press secretary turned ferocious Bush critic. The right complains of McClellan's disloyalty. The left complains that McClellan’s change of heart arrived too late. The old Washington hands shake their heads at a press secretary writing a book at all: FDR’s and Eisenhower’s men took their secrets... National Post (Canada) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024304/posts#comment Sun, 1 Jun 2008 08:34:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023566/posts Has there ever been as much chatter among the pundits about someone as light weight, un-talented, inconsequential (and utterly predictable) as Scott McClellan? I mean, who was he again? Oh yeah, that boring, un-engaged pasty little white dude who mumbled through the daily press briefings after Ari Fleisher and before Tony Snow. I remember him now. I used to wonder how in the world it was that the President found someone so totally unimpressive to help fight his media battles. Then I remembered: McClellan was a more appropriate as Press Secretary for the New Tone President than either his predecessor... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023566/posts#comment Fri, 30 May 2008 16:02:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022970/posts The former Bush administration pitchman making explosive election-year charges about how the White House handled the Valerie Plame case and built the case for invading Iraq said Thursday that he went to Washington to change it and became “disillusioned” when he realized he was just a pawn in the never-ending political game. MSNBC.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022970/posts#comment Thu, 29 May 2008 14:58:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2021290/posts I'm currently of the opinion the disaster that has been president Bush for the last few years (yes, I was a supporter of George till he quit being a conservative) should cause Obamanation to win. I'm all for fighting the war over there. What I'm not for is letting the current congressional majority pass whatever they want and the President not showing any leadership skills with Republicans currently in congress. RINO's like McCain have ruined the party with their descent to moderation from Regan style Republican values. Obama should win this election so the nation can see the real differences... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2021290/posts#comment Mon, 26 May 2008 02:52:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019615/posts One hundred nine historians already nearly unanimously agree. They call the presidency of George W. Bush a "failure." The History News Network (HNN), who polled the historians, failed to name them or where they work. Wonder why? American Enterprise magazine, in 2002, examined voter registrations to determine the political affiliations of humanities professors at an assortment of colleges and universities, public and private, big and small, located in the North, South, East and West. Of those registered with a political party -- and most were -- historians overwhelmingly belong to a "party of the left" (Democratic, Green or Working Families... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019615/posts#comment Thu, 22 May 2008 12:04:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016768/posts The big story this morning is President Bush's remarks to the Israeli Knesset invoking the example of Hitler to warn against the appeasement of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In the opening segment, from Mika Brzezinski [subbing for Joe Scarborough and seen in file photo] to Willie Geist to Pat Buchanan to Mike Barnicle to David Shuster, nary a word in defense of Bush was heard, with Shuster twice referring to Bush's remarks as "grotesque." The only slight straying from Bush-bashing orthodoxy was Barnicle's observation that when he first heard of the remarks, he took them as aimed at Jimmy Carter, not Barack... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016768/posts#comment Fri, 16 May 2008 10:38:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1934695/posts Times Executive Editor Bill Keller delivered the Hugo Young Memorial Lecture in London in November, sponsored by the liberal Guardian newspaper, and said some things to his journalistic friends he might not felt comfortable telling a more general audience. "...And I would argue that in this clattering, interconnected, dangerous world, journalism that cuts through the noise has never been needed more. We have a war going very badly in Iraq, and another one in Afghanistan where our declaration of victory looks very premature." "...Third, we are agnostic as to where a story may lead; we do not go into a... Times Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1934695/posts#comment Tue, 4 Dec 2007 21:55:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1615559/posts In just two weeks, six retired U.S. Marine and Army generals have denounced the Pentagon planning for the war in Iraq and called for the resignation or firing of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, who travels often to Iraq and supports the war, says that the generals mirror the views of 75 percent of the officers in the field, and probably more. This is not a Cindy Sheehan moment. This is a vote of no confidence in the leadership of the U.S. armed forces by senior officers once responsible for carrying out the orders of... WND http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1615559/posts#comment Sat, 15 Apr 2006 15:14:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1907472/posts Former Army Lt. Col. James Reilley was in charge of monitoring war crimes investigations conducted by the U.S. Army's Criminal Investigation Division in the early 1970s. In 2004, he reported that the John Kerry / VVAW Winter Soldier claims were baseless; that war crimes during the Vietnam War were few and none were authorized by the chain of command. In August, Col. Reilley took an Iceland Air flight to Sweden. On the way, he opened the July/August issue of the airline's in-flight magazine to find this: SHRIMP TO THE RESCUE Casualty numbers continue to climb alarmingly. The Green Zone is... email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1907472/posts#comment Sat, 6 Oct 2007 16:06:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1874763/posts T he Washington Post's recent series on Dick Cheney's vice presidency certainly got my attention. Having held that office myself over a quarter-century ago, I have more than a passing interest in its evolution from the backwater of American politics to the second most powerful position in our government. Almost all of that evolution, under presidents and vice presidents of both parties, has been positive -- until now. Under George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, it has gone seriously off track. The founders created the vice presidency as a constitutional afterthought, solely to provide a president-in-reserve should the need arise.... Minneapolis StarTribune (aka The Red Star) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1874763/posts#comment Wed, 1 Aug 2007 15:58:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1830734/posts A civil servant and an MP's researcher have been found guilty of leaking a secret memo about talks between George Bush and Tony Blair. David Keogh, 50, from Northampton, has been found guilty of two offences under the Official Secrets Act. MP's researcher Leo O'Connor was found guilty of one Official Secrets offence. It recorded Oval Office talks between Mr. Bush and Mr. Blair about Iraq in 2004, the Old Bailey was told. Sentencing was adjourned for reports........ BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1830734/posts#comment Wed, 9 May 2007 15:14:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1783263/posts Know our enemyMonday, February 12, 2007 Liberals everywhere are waging war on phantom threats like atmospheric CO2cc11; and insensitivity and capitalism, while ignoring the real battle to the death that has already begun. But instead of engaging the enemy combatants of Islamofascism, the left has aimed all its fire power on the Bush administration. The gathering storm is global. It is virulent, violent and unappeasable. That sword of Allah is aimed straight at you, to separate your disbelieving head from your disbelieving neck. When the Iraq Surrender Group Report came out with its recommendation to pursue "dialogue" with Syria, Sen.... Pennlive, Letter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1783263/posts#comment Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:41:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1773994/posts To put it bluntly, I have little use for Bush-bashers. Their song is old and tired. Their mordantly indignant tirades serve to degrade, not only the office of the president, but the intellectual stature of Americans in the eyes of the world. While there is always room for genuine, thoughtful, intellectual debate, debate that supposes solutions over rhetoric, Americans have grown tolerant to the small-minded practice of Bush-bashing. If there is anything that reduces the image of Americans around the globe it is the stunted, acerbic, bullhorn mentality of America’s Fifth Column and those who join in their caustic idiom. The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1773994/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:17:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1767344/posts Bush's Iraq plan, between the lines Anthony H. Cordesman Friday, January 12, 2007 WASHINGTON President George W. Bush has presented a new strategy for the war in Iraq that he feels can reverse the country's drift toward large-scale civil war. The new plan focuses on stabilizing Baghdad by adding thousands of American troops with newly expanded powers to take on Shiite as well as Sunni rebels. It also includes a limited increase in United States forces in Anbar Province, and calls for Iraqi forces to take formal control of the security mission in November. The president was refreshingly candid, saying... IHT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1767344/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jan 2007 07:20:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1700793/posts RICHMOND — An obscure new political group headed by an Iraq War veteran will begin airing television ads today that accuse Republican Sen. George Allen of voting to withhold lifesaving body armor for U.S. troops.The bluntly worded 30-second ad by VoteVets.org is significant because it's the first attack ad of this year's hotly contested Senate race between Allen and Democrat Jim Webb.It's also the first of many likely to be aired this fall not by campaigns but by so-called 527 organizations similar to 2004's anti-Kerry Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and the pro-Democrat Americans Coming Together. The ad's tone is... Hampton Roads - Pilot Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1700793/posts#comment Wed, 13 Sep 2006 17:26:11 GMT