The ideals of “country first,” and “service” won lavish praise at the Republican National Convention last night. The realities of the Republican party and President George W. Bush got rather less respect.
A parade of speakers in St. Paul, including…
Some random observations from this afternoon at the Ron Paul counter-convention:
The Target Center is between a third and a half full. One of the volunteers asked another if any more tickets were needed because she still had 15…
As Gustav bears down on the Louisiana coast, let’s pause to remember how John McCain and George W. Bush spent McCain’s 69th birthday on August 29, 2005, the day that Katrina struck Louisiana and the Gulf Coast. Image…
As you can see below (via ThinkProgress), Fox News is reporting that George W. Bush may not be speaking in St. Paul on the opening day of the Republican convention Monday after all, owing to Tropical Storm Gustav, the Louisiana-bound…
MoveOn’s latest iteration of the McCain = Bush equation that they intend to pound for the duration of the campaign features more near-identical soundbites and the theme from the Patty Duke Show. Released on Memorial Day, it will air in…
From today’s JPost: “US President George W. Bush intends to attack Iran in the upcoming months, before the end of his term, Army Radio quoted a senior official in Jerusalem as saying Tuesday. The official claimed that…
The editing device popularized by Jon Stewart’s crew — let’s call it “The Daily Show Montage” — is seeing a spike in use these days. The ingeniously simple juxtaposition of contradictory statements made by politicians is used in two new…
Via Americablog, here is a new house ad for the Mexican newspaper Milenio. You can get a larger view by clicking on the image; the tagline, in English, is “A world so complex needs a good explanation.”
Apparently the banner was too small. Five years ago today, when the president swooped in, all flight-suit-clad, to the deck of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln and declared before a gigantic sign marked “Mission Accomplished” that major combat…
“No deal” on Bush ratings: With 69 percent of Americans disapproving of him, George W. Bush is the least popular president since the Gallup Poll was founded 70 years ago, but here’s an…
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