George W. Bush

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From the Appalachian Coalfields to 9 Senate Terms
From the Appalachian Coalfields to
9 Senate Terms
appreciation
Jun 28, 2010 8:50 AM CDT

From the Appalachian Coalfields to 9 Senate Terms

The 'astonishing arc' of Robert Byrd's life

(Newser) - Robert Byrd, who died today at age 92, rose from a hardscrabble childhood in the coalfields of West Virginia to become the longest-serving member of Congress in history. Those who knew the conservative Democrat remember him as a self-taught man of iron will (he remains the only congressman to have...

Jeb Bush: 'Childish' Obama Picking on George

He thinks president is 'Hubert Humphrey on steroids'

(Newser) - Ex-presidents are supposed to remain above the fray, so it’s up to Jeb Bush to defend his brother’s administration from the Obama White House—and he’s eager to do it, ripping Obama in an interview with the New York Times today. “He apparently likes to act...

Who Will Replace Larry King?
 Who Will Replace Larry King? 
David Carr
Jun 21, 2010 4:52 PM CDT

Who Will Replace Larry King?

It's clear the legend can't hack it anymore

(Newser) - If you needed proof that it’s time for Larry King to retire—beyond the plummeting ratings —you got it during his painful interview with Lady Gaga. The interaction was a total dud, despite Gaga’s obvious willingness to have fun. “If he can no longer hit a...

Jenna Bush's Home Robbed
 Jenna Bush's 
 Home Robbed  
Jun 20, 2010 11:50 AM CDT

Jenna Bush's Home Robbed

Former first daughter, husband not home during bike theft

(Newser) - Jenna Bush Hager's home was burglarized Friday, but the crime has nothing to do with her political connections, Baltimore police say—she and her husband just had nice bikes. Two Trek mountain bikes were purloined from the garage behind the former first daughter's home while she and her husband, Henry...

George W. Bush Makes Facebook Debut

He's 'done with politics, but not with policy'

(Newser) - Look out, Sarah Palin: You have competition on Facebook . George W. Bush posted what he called his “inaugural address” on the site today, telling his fans and friends he’s “done with politics” but “not done with policy.” The former president gives a boilerplate rundown of...

Bush: Yeah, I Waterboarded Him, and I'd Do It Again!

Bush defends torture, Iraq war in speech

(Newser) - Former President George W. Bush says if he had it to do over, he would still waterboard the self-professed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Bush acknowledged yesterday that the US used the harsh interrogation technique on Khalid Sheik Mohammed and said he would "do it again to...

Facebook Newbie: George W. Bush

Well, sort of

(Newser) - Facebook sure has changed since its inception as a college-only online hangout—first your parents joined, and now even George W. Bush has a page up . The profile is hardly personal—Laura Bush isn't even mentioned under "relationship status," Politico notes—and it's full of links to pre-order...

Gore's Divorce: Blame Bush?
 Gores' Divorce: Blame Bush?  
Jun 2, 2010 7:43 AM CDT

Gores' Divorce: Blame Bush?

Family friend Sally Quinn says they 'never got over' 2000

(Newser) - How to explain the unexpected divorce of Al and Tipper Gore? Here's the No. 1 theory: George W. Bush did it. Family friend Sally Quinn tells CBS News that the couple simply never recovered from losing the 2000 election. “He's obviously suffered a lot,” Quinn said. “He'll...

Joe Klein: Gulf Spill Is Bush's 2nd Katrina

Deregulation caused disaster, Klein says

(Newser) - The massive oil spill in the Gulf isn't President Obama's Hurricane Katrina, it's George W. Bush's second Katrina, according to Time pundit Joe Klein. Klein, appearing on the Chris Matthews Show, blamed the spill on Bush-era regulations, and Dick Cheney's "deregulation, and lording over the Minerals Management" office, Mediaite...

Olbermann's New Signoff Takes Aim at Obama

 Olbermann's 
 New Signoff 
 Takes Aim 
 at Obama 
bush finally off the hook
May 30, 2010 3:15 PM CDT

Olbermann's New Signoff Takes Aim at Obama

Counting the days since 'Mission Accomplished' no more

(Newser) - George W. Bush is officially off the hook. Since February 2006, Keith Olbermann has taken a shot at the former president at the end of nearly every show, using the same Iraq-themed line: "That’s Countdown, for this, the 2,576th day since the previous president declared "Mission...

Laura on Dubya: We Depend on Each Other

Former first lady dishes on Kindles and political criticism

(Newser) - Laura Bush continues the publicity blitz for new memoir Spoken From the Heart with a sit-down with Ladies Home Journal . Highlights:
  • Texas meets DC: "All his Midland friends would come to the Oval Office and say, 'I can't believe I'm here.' And then they looked at him: [They]
...

Laura Bush: I'm Pro-Choice, Pro-Gay Marriage

But she never fights with George about either issue

(Newser) - Laura Bush may be married to one George W., but that doesn’t mean she agrees with him on everything—including thorny issues like abortion and gay marriage. “When couples are committed to each other and love each other, they ought to have the same sort of rights that...

Another Ivy Leaguer? Other Schools Do Exist
Another Ivy Leaguer?
Other Schools Do Exist
opinion
May 11, 2010 12:35 PM CDT

Another Ivy Leaguer? Other Schools Do Exist

Enough already with Harvard and Yale: blogger

(Newser) - The Supreme Court and White House may as well be decorated in ivy, complains David Bernstein. "Once Elena Kagan gets confirmed, every Supreme Court Justice will have attended Harvard or Yale law schools," he writes. And Kagan—whose bachelor's degree, for the record, is from Princeton—was nominated...

Laura Bush 'Stood Straighter' After Leaving White House

First lady felt weight of the world lifted upon return to Texas

(Newser) - Laura Bush felt a weight lift when she returned to Texas after 8 years in Washington, free of the rigors of protecting America in the post-9/11 era, the former first lady tells Politico . “I didn’t really realize how stressed we were and how vigilant we were—that hypervigilance—...

Laura Bush Memoir Bares First Family 'Poisoning'

She also reveals struggle after deadly car crash

(Newser) - The New York Times has snagged a copy of Laura Bush's new memoir, which isn't officially due out until next month. Some highlights from Spoken From the Heart:
  • She suggests that she, her husband, and members of their entourage were poisoned during a G8 summit when they all mysteriously fell
...

Details Surface About Bush's Book

'The Decider' focuses on moments where he stepped up

(Newser) - George W. Bush hasn't written a memoir, exactly. Instead he's been working "almost every day," his publisher, Crown, says, on Decision Points, which offers “gripping, never-before-heard details” on the biggest decisions of Bush's life, from the day he quit drinking to 9/11. An industry source tells the...

Medvedev: Obama's Smarter Than...'Someone'

Russian president seems to get in subtle dig at Bush

(Newser) - Dmitry Medvedev just loooves Barack Obama…and wasn’t too fond of some other person who shall remain nameless. In an interview with George Stephanopolous on Good Morning America , the Russian premier said Obama is “a very comfortable partner. … The most important thing that distinguishes him from many...

Obama Pick for Justice Post Withdraws

GOP had blasted Dawn Johnsen for criticizing Bush on terror

(Newser) - President Obama's nominee to head the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel has withdrawn her bid for confirmation, after several Republicans objected to her criticism of the Bush administration's terrorist interrogation policies. Dawn Johnsen's withdrawal—a setback for the Obama administration—was announced by the White House on a day...

Bush Official: We Knew Gitmo Inmates Were Innocent

New document claims releasing them was seen as 'politically impossible'

(Newser) - The Bush White House knew that hundreds of early Gitmo detainees were innocent, but refused to release them because the admission would weaken support for the war in Iraq, according to a new document obtained by the Times of London . The charge, by Lawrence Wilkerson, chief of staff to Secretary...

I Got What I Wanted: Health Reform That's Pro-Life
I Got What I Wanted: Health Reform That's Pro-Life
BART STUPAK
Mar 26, 2010 10:40 PM CDT

I Got What I Wanted: Health Reform That's Pro-Life

Anti-abortion Dem answers critics of his reform vote

(Newser) - The health-care bill passed this week is plenty pro-life for Bart Stupak, the anti-abortion Democrat whose amendment didn’t make the final cut but who wrangled an executive order out of President Obama that carries “the full force and effect of law” in prohibiting federal funding for abortion. In...

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