http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/gwbush/ en-us Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:57:32 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065276/posts Just saw Kerri Walsh pause the interview after winning the gold to thank W for his inspiration, Class. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065276/posts#comment Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:57:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039705/posts There was a familiar quip Hillary Clinton used on campaign stops this year. It usually involved some snide reference to how America's image supposedly has been damaged during the Bush years, punctuated by a line that always drew hoots of approval from audiences that shared her loathing of the president: "The whole world is going to breathe a sigh of relief," she would proclaim, "when that moving van pulls up to the White House on its way back to Texas." Real Clear Politics via DMN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039705/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 13:27:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1999641/posts ...In an informal survey of 109 professional historians conducted over a three-week period through the History News Network, 98.2 percent assessed the presidency of Mr. Bush to be a failure while 1.8 percent classified it as a success. Asked to rank the presidency of George W. Bush in comparison to those of the other 41 American presidents, more than 61 percent of the historians concluded that the current presidency is the worst in the nation's history. Another 35 percent of the historians surveyed rated the Bush presidency in the 31st to 41st category, while only four of the 109 respondents... History News Network http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1999641/posts#comment Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:00:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1884986/posts I want to open today's speech with a story that begins on a sunny morning, when thousands of Americans were murdered in a surprise attack -- and our nation was propelled into a conflict that would take us to every corner of the globe. The enemy who attacked us despises freedom, and harbors resentment at the slights he believes America and Western nations have inflicted on his people. He fights to establish his rule over an entire region. And over time, he turns to a strategy of suicide attacks destined to create so much carnage that the American people will... realclearpolitics.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1884986/posts#comment Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:28:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885133/posts Following are highlights of President Bush's speech Wednesday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention in Kansas City, Mo.Thank you all for letting me come by. I want to open today's speech with a story that begins on a sunny morning, when thousands of Americans were murdered in a surprise attack — and our nation was propelled into a conflict that would take us to every corner of the globe. The enemy who attacked us despises freedom, and harbors resentment at the slights he believes America and Western nations have inflicted on his people. He fights to establish his... IBD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885133/posts#comment Thu, 23 Aug 2007 01:07:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1879951/posts Bush Pledges to Veto Homosexual Hate-Crimes Legislation By Elizabeth O'Brien WASHINGTON, D.C., August 8, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - As the contentious "hate crime" legislation that would add sexual orientation as a specially protected class is put before the Senate, after being passed in the House of Representatives, Bush has promised to veto the proposed bill should the Senate vote in its favor, the Washington Times reports Democratic Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy and Republican Oregan Senator Gordon Smith reintroduced the "hate crime" bill, also known as the "Matthew Shepard Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act" into the Senate this July, buried as one of many amendments to the... LifeSiteNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1879951/posts#comment Sun, 12 Aug 2007 03:31:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1875651/posts Anti-life "HillaryCare" Socialized Med Scheme Back as House Passes CHAMP Bill; Senate Follows Suit Today Cuts funding for abstinence, covers abortifacient drugs, leaves Seniors with less options By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., August 2, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The advent of socialized health care and massive taxpayer abortion subsidies may take the United States by stealth, unless the new health care bill proposed by Democrats Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Rep. John Dingle (D-MI) is vetoed by President Bush. Today the US House of Representatives voted 225-204 for a massive expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), a... LifeSiteNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1875651/posts#comment Fri, 3 Aug 2007 07:06:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1807622/posts March 27, 2007 Op-Ed Contributor Prosecution Complex By NEAL KATYAL WashingtonIN 1999, when the Independent Counsel Act (the law that gave Kenneth Starr and Lawrence Walsh their mandates) was expiring, I was given the job of writing the new Justice Department rules for the appointment of a special prosecutor since the department would once again be responsible for overseeing such investigations. There was one hypothetical to worry about once the Independent Counsel Act lapsed: a case in which the attorney general herself and her deputy were suspected of possible misconduct. The rules were therefore written to vest the decision... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1807622/posts#comment Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:29:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1802583/posts WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats who are moving ahead with anti-war legislation are using troops as leverage to win domestic political battles, President Bush said Saturday. Democrats pledged to keep pushing until there is a change of course in Iraq. Bush said some lawmakers see a chance "to micromanage our military commanders, force a precipitous withdrawal from Iraq and spend billions on domestic projects that have nothing to do with the war on terror." In his weekly radio address, the president said, "Many in Congress say they support the troops, and I believe them. Now they have a chance to show... AP via brietbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1802583/posts#comment Sun, 18 Mar 2007 00:51:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1797233/posts Jordan has charged three terrorists with plotting to carry out attacks, including an assassination of American President George W. Bush. Prosecutors said the terrorists also planned to strike American Danish embassies in Amman but apparently were not aware that Denmark has no offices in Jordan. The arrests were revealed Wednesday, three months after the terrorists were arrested the day before President Bush arrived in Amman for talks with King Abdullah. Arutz Sheva http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1797233/posts#comment Thu, 8 Mar 2007 06:56:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1767495/posts I have this picture, on my wall, of a Bald Eagle whith an American flag, Not a Bush bot but he is the best thing this country has had in a while. world wide media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1767495/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jan 2007 18:43:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1766389/posts Tears rolled down US President George Bush's cheeks as he posthumously honoured a US marine hero, just 24 hours after ordering the controversial deployment of an extra 21,500 troops to Iraq. The unusual display of emotion by the commander-in-chief came during a ceremony for Corporal Jason Dunham at the White House. Corporal Dunham, 22, died from injuries after he jumped on a grenade and saved fellow members of his patrol in Iraq. Mr Bush presented his parents with the prestigious Medal of Honour, America's highest military award. Corporal Dunham saved at least two lives during a struggle with an insurgent... Sydney Morning Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1766389/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:20:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1760151/posts Thank you GW for your courage and resolve. If not for you, Saddam would still be in power and alive. You are the one person that made this posible! Thank you! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1760151/posts#comment Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:39:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1737684/posts WASHINGTON - Bearing down on a plan for peace, the bipartisan panel studying the war in Iraq faces rising expectations, with the public restless for change and political leaders eager for some help. The Iraq Study Group will meet with President Bush and other White House officials Monday, a pivotal day of talks as the panel nears the end of its review. The group plans to announce its recommendations to Bush and Congress by the end of the year. Even before it is finished, the report is seen by many in Washington as having huge stakes. It could give both... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1737684/posts#comment Mon, 13 Nov 2006 13:12:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1711021/posts Report is far from damning of President's insistence on maintaining the course in Iraq TRUTH, like beauty, is apparently to be in the eye of the beholder. That's the only conclusion you can draw from the reaction to the US National Intelligence Estimate entitled Trends in Global Terrorism: Implications for the US, with a declassified summary of its conclusions released by President George W. Bush after parts were leaked to The New York Times. The Australian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1711021/posts#comment Sat, 30 Sep 2006 03:48:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1660131/posts I used to be a liberal. I was in one of the first “open” classrooms growing up in very progressive Great Neck, New York, in the 1960s. In 1971, when I was 11, I wrote vitriolic letters to President Nixon demanding an end to the Vietnam War. My first vote, in 1980, was for Independent John Anderson, followed by Mondale, Dukakis, and Clinton-Gore. I read Thomas Friedman in the NY Times and tried to “understand” the “root causes” of the “despair” he said the Palestinians felt that drove them to blow up innocent Israelis.I wasn’t an overtly political person –... New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1660131/posts#comment Tue, 4 Jul 2006 11:50:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1655034/posts For the White House, the Congressional picnic last week seemed like the perfect setting to mend strained relations with Republican allies on Capitol Hill: President Bush and his advisers eating taquitos and Mexican confetti rice on the lawn of the White House with Republican Congressional leaders. But moments before Mr. Bush was to welcome his guests, Speaker J. Dennis Hastert told the president that House Republicans were effectively sidelining — and in the view of some Congressional aides probably killing — what had become Mr. Bush's signature domestic initiative of the year: an overhaul of the nation's immigration laws. That... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1655034/posts#comment Sat, 24 Jun 2006 21:35:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1605756/posts Washington, DC: President Bush made clear today that he thinks guest workers should be able to become American citizens. He stated, "I believe that we ought to say to somebody doing a job an American won't do, 'here is a tamper-proof identity card that will enable you to be here for a period of time. And if that person wants to become a citizen of the United States, because we're a nation of laws, they get at the end of the line, not the beginning of the line." Senator Kennedy issued the following statement in response: "I commend President Bush... Lard Ass Unlimited http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1605756/posts#comment Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:11:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1590722/posts LONDONDERRY, Northern Ireland -- The United States must rebuild the power of the United Nations and help "end the empire of oil" if it wants to win the "war on terror," U.S. Sen. John Kerry said Sunday. The Massachusetts Democrat avoided explicit criticisms of the Bush administration during a wide-ranging speech on the global dynamics of terror. But he said Bush's policy of imposing democracy in Iraq and Afghanistan risked looking like a crusade. "If it is seen as the result of an army marching through Muslim lands, it will fail," Kerry told an audience at the University of Ulster... WSFB via AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1590722/posts#comment Mon, 6 Mar 2006 05:40:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1542863/posts CHRIS MATTHEWS: 'BUSH BELONGS ON MOUNT RUSHMORE'IF HE WINS 'GREATEST GAMBLE SINCE ROOSEVELT BACKED BRITAIN BEFORE WWII' (viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE) WHY DID BILL CLINTON IGNORE TERRORISM?Was it simply the constraints of his liberal mindset, or was it something even more threatening to our national security?by Mia T, 8.18.05 (viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE) thanx to jla and Wolverine for the audio "Mr. bin Laden used to live in Sudan. He was expelled from Saudi Arabia in '91 and he went to the Sudan. We'd been hearing that the Sudanese wanted America... Hardball with Chris Matthews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1542863/posts#comment Sun, 18 Dec 2005 17:00:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1539553/posts WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Monday he was appalled by the government's response to Hurricane Katrina, acknowledging his own responsibility. "I was appalled that a nation as wealthy as ours was not able to respond as effectively as we should have and took blame for it," Bush said. "I mean, to the extent that the federal government was ineffective, I'm responsible. And I understand that. And now the question is how do we learn lessons from the response." Speaking in an interview with NBC Nightly News, Bush urged patience amid criticism that the reconstruction has slowed.... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1539553/posts#comment Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:16:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1538424/posts White House stung by criticism of its stance on Kyoto agreement Montreal: The White House was forced into a U-turn on climate change on Saturday after appearing to misjudge critically the international and domestic mood on its efforts to tackle global warming. After American delegates walked out of the United Nations climate change conference in Montreal over the wording of a draft statement calling for international co-operation on the issue, they signed a revised version after making only "trivial" changes. One senior British official said the U.S. negotiators shifted their position on the joint statement because the Bush administration was... The Hindu http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1538424/posts#comment Sun, 11 Dec 2005 22:19:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1534401/posts A tipster informs me that this is indeed the same Ben Barnes who appeared on the infamous September 8, 2004 60 Minutes II broadcast that also introduced the since discredited Killian memos to the American public. From Sunday's Lynn Sweet column in the Chicago Sun-Times: On Dec. 12, Blagojevich discusses the program in an event at the National Press Club hosted by Families USA. Blagojevich timed it to coincide with Democrat Governor Association meetings taking place at the same time. Later in the day, key Blagojevich kitchen Cabinet member John Wyma, a state and federal lobbyist, and his business partner,... Marathon Pundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1534401/posts#comment Mon, 5 Dec 2005 19:15:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1525696/posts First, it was seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong. On Sunday, hopefuls for China's Olympic mountain biking team got a chance to go pedal to pedal against President Bush in his sport of choice. "Good day for a bike ride," Bush said as he walked toward the six Chinese bikers — three female and three male — at the Laoshan Olympic Mountain Bike Course. Beijing will host the 2008 Summer Olympics. "How do you say, `Take it easy on the old man?'" After posing for pictures, Bush was given a tan, zip-up sweater with a leather "Beijing 2008" logo.... Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1525696/posts#comment Sun, 20 Nov 2005 20:17:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1525527/posts Bush personifies all that pseudo intellectuals detest President George W. Bush is reviled by the Lib-Left media and its adherents and the pseudo-intellectual set in much the same way as President Ronald Reagan was reviled by the Lib-Left media and the pseudo-intellectual set. As we now know, Reagan was actually smarter than all of his detractors, and it may well be Bush will turn out that way, too. The likes of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Pope John Paul ignored the hyenas and the catcalls of the Liberal-Left and backed Reagan to the hilt and thereby brought down one... Calgary Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1525527/posts#comment Sun, 20 Nov 2005 12:25:49 GMT