President Bush has announced that he will not release papers on the embattled Harriet Miers. Via Reuters: Bush says won’t release papers on Miers President George W. Bush, citing confidentiality, said on Monday he would refuse to release documents showing what U.S. Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers recommended to him as a White House lawyer. […]
Remember early in the Clinton years when there was so much being said about his $200 haircut that took place on a runway at LAX. Joe Klein even rehashed it in his smear book “The Truth About Hillary”. There was an FAA investigation into it because of the rumored flight delays, which eventually turned out […]
Seems like more people who have worked in top positions throughout the Bush presidency are now coming out and sharing their views on Bush’s failed foreign policy: Vice-President Dick Cheney and a handful of others had hijacked the government’s foreign policy apparatus, deciding in secret to carry out policies that had left the US weaker […]
Via Bloomberg Specter Urges Delay in Replacement of O’Connor at Supreme Court Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) — The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said he urged President George W. Bush today to delay nominating a replacement for retiring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Senator Arlen Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, said he talked to Justice O’Connor about […]
Brown resignation update view theReuters FEMA chief Brown resigns in wake of Katrina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown, under fire and recalled to Washington in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, resigned on Monday, senior administration officials said on Monday. Under fire for a slow response to Hurricane Katrina, Brown was […]
Throughout this weeks events one argument has been echoing over and over again – this is not the time for politics. I have to disagree strongly with that. This is the time for politics. We have seen a collapse in our infrastructure and planning and the politicians are the ones who over see that very […]
From ABC News Australia Blame Bush if anything happens to me: Chavez Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says President George W Bush would be to blame if anything happened to him, after an American evangelist said the US should assassinate the democratically-elected, leftist leader. Mr Chavez, a former soldier who often accuses the United States of […]
A new Gallup poll has Bush at his lowest approval rating yet. PRINCETON, NJ — A new Gallup Poll reflects further erosion in President George W. Bush’s job approval rating, continuing the slow but steady decline evident throughout the year so far. The poll — conducted Aug. 22-25 — puts Bush’s job approval rating at […]
From Reuters Iraq war protestor says to shift focus to Congress By Jeremy Pelofsky CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) – Iraq war protester Cindy Sheehan, whose vigil near President George W. Bush’s Texas ranch has become a symbol for the anti-war movement, said on Friday she plans to focus on Congress, starting with Bush close ally and […]
I been meaning to post on this and kept forgetting but now I got an extra special link to include. This was from Bush’s speech to the VFW on Monday (via the Canadian Press). Bush says anti-war protests threaten to weaken the United States Canadian Press Tuesday, August 23, 2005 DONNELLY, Idaho (AP) – President […]