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George W. Bush
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TOP SENATOR: CENSURE BUSH FOR IRAQ WAR LIES
Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold said Sunday he wants Congress to censure President Bush for his management of the Iraq war and his "assault" against the Constitution. (LINK)...
BUSH HITS RECORD LOW APPROVAL RATING IN NBC/WALL ST JOURNAL POLL
In the poll, Bush’s approval rating is at just 29 percent. It’s a drop of six points since April, and it represents his lowest mark ever on this question in the NBC/Journal poll. Democratic pollster Jay Campbell, who works...
WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS GET SUBPOENAS IN U.S. ATTORNEY SCANDAL
Two congressional committees are issuing subpoenas for testimony from former White House counsel Harriet Miers and former political director Sara Taylor on their roles in the firings of eight federal prosecutors, according to two officials familiar with the investigation....
AMERICA THINKS BUSH IS NUTS ON IRAQ
LINK: As the Democrat-controlled Congress and the White House clash over an Iraq spending bill, with President Bush vowing to veto it because it contains withdrawal deadlines, the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that a solid majority of...
WHITE HOUSE ON RED ALERT OVER MISSING E-MAILS
"The administration has acknowledged that some e-mails missing from Rove's Republican party account may relate to the firing of eight U.S. prosecutors last year. The Democratic-run Congress is investigating whether the firings resulted from political pressure by Attorney General Alberto...
BUSH LYING ON IRAQ TERROR THREAT
"“The president is using a primitive, inarticulate argument that leaves him open to criticism and caricature,” said James Jay Carafano, a homeland security and counterterrorism expert for the Heritage Foundation, a conservative policy organization. “It’s a poor choice of...
PEACE MOM CINDY SHEEHAN TO HAUNT BUSH AGAIN
"Cindy Sheehan, who became the nation's most visible Iraq war protester when she camped out near President Bush's ranch in the summer of 2005, returned here Friday to, she said, get "in his face" again. Bush is spending the...
POSSIBLE CRIMES IN U.S. ATTORNEY SCANDAL
"As the liaison between the White House and the Justice Department, Ms. Goodling seems to have been squarely in the middle of what appears to have been improper directions from the White House to politicize the hiring and firing of...
SENATE, HOUSE AUTHORIZE SUBPOENAS IN PROSECUTOR SCANDAL
Both the House and the Senate have authorized the issuing of subpoenas to top Bush administration officials Karl Rove, etc.... Bush admin. is stonewalling the investigation and has hinted that they plan to obstruct the investigation by claiming executive privilege......
TOP PROSECUTORS WERE VICTIMS OF BUSH ADMIN PROSECUTOR PURGE
"Three of the eight federal prosecutors ousted by the Justice Department as poor performers ranked in the top 10 for prosecutions and convictions by the nation's 93 U.S. attorneys, an analysis of court records shows. Court records covering the last...
USA TO BUSH: FIRE ALBERTO GONZALES
"The NEWSWEEK poll results offer little good news for Gonzales, who faces pressure to resign from Democrats and a handful of Republicans. Fewer than one third (32 percent) of those surveyed want him to stay remain in his job, while...
VALERIE PLAME DETAILS BUSH ADMIN CIA LEAK PLOT
"Valerie Plame, the CIA operative at the heart of a political scandal, told Congress Friday that senior officials at the White House and State Department "carelessly and recklessly" blew her cover to discredit her diplomat-husband." [LINK]...
BUSH-CONNECTED GROUP FINED FOR 2004 ELECTION SCAM
"The Progress for America Voter Fund has been slapped with a $750,000 fine. Roll Call's Matthew Murray writes that the settlement was reached by the Progress for America Voter Fund and the Federal Election Commission yesterday. The conservative group raised...
DRUMS OF WAR: BUSH ADMIN ASSEMBLING TEAM TO BOMB IRAN
"Despite the Bush administration's insistence it has no plans to go to war with Iran, a Pentagon panel has been created to plan a bombing attack that could be implemented within 24 hours of getting the go-ahead from President George...
REPORT: AT LEAST FIVE GENERALS WILL QUIT IF BUSH LAUNCHES WAR ON IRAN
""There are four or five generals and admirals we know of who would resign if Bush ordered an attack on Iran," a source with close ties to British intelligence said. "There is simply no stomach for it in the Pentagon,...
BUSH ADMIN FAILING AT IRAN NUKE CRISIS
"As the International Atomic Energy Agency just confirmed, Iran has once again defied the international community and is moving forward with its nuclear program, yet the Bush administration seems committed to repeating the mistakes it made with North Korea. Rather...
BUSH BRINGING FASCIST GOVT TO USA
"The most obvious symptoms can be observed in the regime's style, which features an almost casual contempt for democratic and lawful norms; an expanding appetite for executive control at the expense of constitutional balances; a reckless impulse to corrupt national...
TREASON: REPUBLICANS START CAMPAIGN TO BLAME IRAQ WAR ON DEMOCRATS
"After four years of disastrous ineptitude during which Reynolds et al happily watched the Bush administration destroy America's standing in the world and wage the most incompetent conflict since the War of 1812, they've decided that opposition to the trivial...
AFTER BUSH BOTCHED IRAQ WAR, AL QAEDA RESURGENT
"Senior leaders of Al Qaeda operating from Pakistan have re-established significant control over their once-battered worldwide terror network and over the past year have set up a band of training camps in the tribal regions near the Afghan border, according...
MURTHA PLANS TO STOP IRAQ SURGE
"Rep. John Murtha (news, bio, voting record), D-Pa., said he would seek to tie future deployments in Iraq to troops meeting high standards of training and getting enough rest between combat tours. Murtha said he believes the Army may have...
HILLARY TO BUSH: NO WAR ON IRAN WITHOUT CONGRESS, BUDDY
"Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton warned President Bush on Wednesday not to take any military action against Iran without getting congressional approval first. "If the administration believes that any, any use of force against Iran is necessary, the...
BUSH: I'M HELL-BENT ON PUSHING IRAQ SURGE
"Pressing his case for a massive infusion of American troops in Iraq, President Bush in his first news conference of the year Wednesday warned of “disastrous consequences” that would follow in the event of a U.S. military withdrawal."...
CIVIL WAR: JOINT CHIEFS SAY BUSH "SURGE" PLAN A RECIPE FOR DISASTER
"The Bush administration is split over the idea of a surge in troops to Iraq, with White House officials aggressively promoting the concept over the unanimous disagreement of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to U.S. officials familiar with the...
MAD GEORGE: BUSH PLOTS ESCALATION OF IRAQ WAR
"President Bush is weighing whether to make a deeper American commitment in Iraq despite growing public unhappiness with the war, according to senior U.S. officials and former officials familiar with Bush's high-level review. The proposed changes, with a few exceptions,...
FAILED BUSH POLICY SMACKED DOWN BY IRAQ REPORT
"Democrats on Wednesday praised a bipartisan report on Iraq as a step forward, with key senators calling it a rebuke of White House policy. The newly released report says the United States must change its Iraq strategy to tackle a...
GEORGE BUSH'S SCANDAL PARTY
Over 27 connected to Bush administration involved in scandals, crimes, and worse... One of the most corrupt administrations in history, by the numbers... LINK...
BUSH MEETING WITH IRAQI PM POSTPONED
"The first meeting in a scheduled two-day summit between President Bush and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of Iraq was canceled at the last minute today, against the backdrop of threats by a radical Shiite cleric to boycott the Maliki government...
BUSH DAUGHTER ROBBED IN ARGENTINA
"First Daughter Barbara Bush had her purse and cell phone stolen as she had dinner in a restaurant in Buenos Aires, Argentina, even though she was being guarded by a detail of Secret Service agents, according to law enforcement reports...
NO NUKES IN IRAN, SAYS CIA REPORT
"A classifed draft CIA assessment has found no firm evidence of a secret drive by Iran to develop nuclear weapons, as alleged by the White House, a top US investigative reporter has said. Seymour Hersh, writing in an article for...
$127 BILLION FOR MORE WAR?
"The Bush administration is preparing its largest spending request yet for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a proposal that could make the conflict the most expensive since World War II. The Pentagon is considering $127 billion to $160 billion...
MAJORITY LEADER HARRY REID: I'LL KNOCK SOME SENSE INTO BUSH ON IRAQ
"Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.), who was elected Senate majority leader yesterday, said last night that President Bush still has not grasped the urgent need to change course in Iraq. Reid vowed to press quickly for phased troop withdrawals, a...
CONSERVATIVE OUTRAGE AT NEW RNC BOSS MEL MARTINEZ
Grassroots Republicans are enraged at the selection of Florida Senator Mel Martinez to be the new head of the RNC. Hand picked by President Bush, Martinez favors the President on immigration, a sore point with the far right in control...
GOP In Emergency Mode As House Melts Away
Barnstorming from Bush across red states not helping Republicans as losses continue to pile up for election day......
Bush Approval Still A Bust
""President Bush's popularity has not been buoyed by a series of public events in recent days," according to a new CNN poll. "Bush's approval rating still hovers in the high 30s, where it has been throughout October."" Link...
LIAR: BUSH CLAIMS MEMORY LOSS ON "STAY THE COURSE"
In shock performance on morning chat show, President Bush claimed he never said "stay the course". The record shows this as a blatant lie by the 43rd president. Think Progress...
BUSH MEETS WITH SECURITY TEAM OVER IRAQ NIGHTMARE
"President Bush reviewed Iraq strategy on Saturday with top generals for a second day in a row amid increasing election-season pressure to make dramatic changes to address deteriorating conditions. Before a midmorning bike ride, the president consulted for 90 minutes...
SCANDAL, WAR DROP BUSH DOWN TO 30; DEMS POISED FOR GOV'T TAKEOVER
"The news of a Republican congressman's improper correspondence with a teenage page and the recent release of journalist Bob Woodward's unfavorable portrayal of the Bush administration's handling of Iraq all seem to have taken a toll on President Bush and...
WASHINGTON REPUBLICANS PARTIED HARD WITH CONVICTED LOBBYIST JACK ABRAMOFF
"The House Government Reform Committee report, based on e-mail messages and other records subpoenaed from Mr. Abramoff's lobbying firm, found 485 contacts between Mr. Abramoff's lobbying team and White House officials from 2001 to 2004, including 82 with Mr. Rove's...
DEM HARRY REID SLAPS BACK AT BUSH "CUT AND RUN" SMEAR
Harry Reid: ""If George Bush is so confident that his national security policies are working, he should release the entire National Intelligence Estimate on terrorism and let the American people decide for themselves. The fact that he won't speaks volumes...
SMEAR: BUSH CLAIMS DEMS ARE "CUT AND RUN"
"President Bush counterpunched at Democrats on Thursday, saying their criticism of the war in Iraq has turned their party into one of "cut-and-run" obstructionists. At a GOP fundraiser, Bush accused Democrats of using a new intelligence estimate that ties the...
BUSH LYING ON IRAQ, SITUATION MUCH WORSE, SECRET DOCS TELL WHOLE STORY
"Veteran Washington reporter Bob Woodward tells Mike Wallace that the Bush administration has not told the truth regarding the level of violence, especially against U.S. troops, in Iraq. He also reveals key intelligence that predicts the insurgency will grow worse...
BIN LADEN ON THE LOOSE? BUSH TO BLAME, AMERICA SEZ
"According to a recent Gallup Panel survey, the American public puts the primary blame on Bush rather than Clinton for the fact that bin Laden has not been captured. A majority of Americans say Bush is more to blame (53%),...
WHITE HOUSE: WE WON'T RELEASE SECRET NIE TERROR DOCS
"The White House refused Wednesday to release the rest of a secret intelligence assessment that depicts a growing terrorist threat, as the Bush administration tried to quell election-season criticism that its anti-terror policies are seriously off track." AP...
BUSH ADMIN BLOCKS HURRICANE REPORT
"The Bush administration has blocked release of a report that suggests global warming is contributing to the frequency and strength of hurricanes, the journal Nature reported Tuesday." AP...
IN BLOW TO BUSH SPIN, NIE SECRET DOCS CONFIRM: IRAQ FUELING TERROR
"The Bush administration today released excerpts of a leaked U.S. intelligence report that concludes the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq has fueled Islamic extremism and contributed to the spread of terrorist cells. It also finds that terrorist groups around...
OLBERMANN CALLS OUT BUSH: YOU'RE UNAMERICAN
A new special comment from MSNBC's Keith Olbermann lacerated the Bush administration and it's attempt to fight the war on terror: "The Bush Administration did not try to get Osama Bin Laden before 9/11. The Bush Administration ignored all the...
DEMS WERE RIGHT: IRAQ WAR CAUSING TERROR INCREASE
""Unfortunately this report is just confirmation that the Bush administration's stay-the-course approach to the Iraq war has not just made the war more difficult and more deadly for our troops, but has also made the war on terror more dangerous...
SOURCES: GOP PLANS "OCTOBER SURPRISE" TO WIN '06 ELECTIONS
""In the past week, Karl Rove has been promising Republican insiders an 'October surprise' to help win the November congressional elections," reports Ronald Kessler for Newsmax. "President Bush's political strategist is also saying that the final two weeks before the...
HUGO CHAVEZ TO BUSH: YOU ARE THE DEVIL
"Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez took the podium at the United Nations, where he launched his latest verbal salvo against President Bush and U.S. world influence. Making the sign of the cross, Chavez described Bush as "the devil" and decried...
US TROOPS TO STAY STUCK IN IRAQI CIVIL WAR
"The U.S. military is unlikely to reduce forces in Iraq before next spring because the current contingent of more than 140,000 troops is battling sectarian violence that could prove "fatal" to the country if not arrested, the top American commander...
USA TO BUSH: THE ECONOMY IS WEAK
"Seven weeks before the midterm elections, the gulf between Bush's perceptions and that of voters form the political backdrop across the country as well as in a region with several competitive House races. This area typically gets left out of...
BUZZ: US PLANNING WAR WITH IRAN
"The first message was routine enough: a "Prepare to Deploy Order" sent through Naval communications channels to a submarine, an Aegis-class cruiser, two minesweepers and two minehunters. The orders didn't actually command the ships out of port; they just said...
BUSH POLL BOUNCE OVER AFTER 9/11 SPEECH
"The latest Bush bounce is over. Today, 41% of American adults approve of the way that President Bush is performing his job and 57% disapprove. That's exactly where the numbers were before the President's 9/11 speech. Overall, 21% of...
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