Tag: Bush
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Does Jon Stewart Really Think Truman Was A War Criminal?
Update: Nevermind. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart M – Th 11p / 10c Cliff May Unedited Interview Pt. 2 thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Economic Crisis First 100 Days Unlike many conservatives, I love The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He’s a very funny man, backed by an outstanding research staff. His views skew […]
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OK, Let’s Have A Fact-Finding Commission On Torture
The Washington Post offers the best argument I’ve seen for a bipartisan commission into the use of torture, or “torture” if you prefer, by Americans during the Bush Administration. The editorial ends with this (emphasis added): But a presidential commission could produce the fullest, least-heated account possible. Once it did so, prosecutions would not be […]
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Conservatives Should Support Obama When He Gets Something Right
Parts of the right-o-sphere are all aflutter, debating whether President Obama deserves any credit for the rescue of a maritime hero held by pirates. It’s a reminder that Obama Derangement Syndrome is no more appropriate than its more wide-spread predecessor, Bush Derangement Syndrome. In The Corner, Jonah Goldberg piped up promptly and congratulated the President […]
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Mr. Obama’s War: I Told You So
President Bush salutes in front of General David Petraeus and Admiral William Fallon, September 2007, in Iraq President Obama today announced an Iraq withdrawal plan that George Bush would be proud to call his own. Actually, it IS Bush’s own. Don’t be fooled by the lawyerly language in his pledge to complete “the responsible removal […]
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Iraqis Vote to Stabilize Their Country
Incomplete election returns from Iraq are very heartening. In addition to being almost completely peaceful — with security provided solely by Iraqi forces, with Americans on standby — the results appear to have strengthened the secular government of Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The various Sunni factions, which largely boycotted the 2005 elections, appear to […]
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Mixed Signals in Obama’s Approach to Radical Islam
“Respect and partnership” 30 years ago I didn’t pay close attention to Obama’s first media interview as President yesterday, with with Al-Arabiya. The news snippet I saw led with: President Barack Obama on Tuesday chose an Arabic satellite TV network for his first formal television interview as president, delivering a message to the Muslim world […]
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"Vets for Freedom" Offers a Template for the Loyal Opposition
Captain Pete Hegseth of the Minnesota National Guard was deployed in Iraq in 2005-06. After returning he helped found Vets for Freedom, whose mission is “to educate the American public about the importance of achieving success in these conflicts” in Iraq and Afghanistan. The group is officially non-partisan, but based on their mission, it’s not […]
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Bush, Reagan, Moral Clarity, and the Politics of Evil
President Bush has outpaced former President Reagan when it comes to calling evil by its name. What remains to be seen is whether history will vindicate Bush as it has Reagan. From President Bush’s farewell address to the nation last night (hat tip: K-Lo): As we address these challenges — and others we cannot foresee […]
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A Centrist Obama May Help Moderate the Democratic Party
Today’s edition of Obama Silver Lining Watch (hereafter OSLW) starts with a trip down memory lane. In my very first substantive post on this blog, way back in July 2008, I discussed how Obama was, inevitably, moderating his stance on multiple issues after finally knocking Hillary Clinton out of the race: But it turns out […]
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G.W. Bush Better Than Clinton on Gay Equality
Have you heard about the (pro-) gay-rights bill our President signed right before Christmas? Probably not, if you rely on the mainstream media for news. In fact, even the blogosphere has been strangely quiet about it, although Gay Patriot launched an item about it this morning. His succinct wrapup (a reference to Don’t Ask, Don’t […]