Category: Bush administration
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Nov 3, 2009 in ACORN, Bamboozling, Bush administration, California, Campaign promises, Chicago politics, Current Affairs, Dick Cheney, Energy Policy Act of 2005, Flip Flopping, General Election, George Bush, George Soros, Hillary Clinton, Hoodwinking, Lobbyists, MSNBC, Media Bias, MoveOn.org, Oprah, President Barack Obama, Richard Daley, Tax stimulus package, Ted Kennedy, Tom Daschle, Transparency, Unions, William Ayers, Women, World | 21 Comments
You may recall that when Bush was president, it was like pulling teeth trying to find out just who had visited the White House. Let’s just say he dug in his heels a bit on releasing that information. Maybe it had something to do with Cheney’s “secret” Energy Meeting, who knows, but it [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 25, 2009 in 9/11, Afghanistan, Bamboozling, Bush administration, Chicago politics, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Democrats, Economy, Flip Flopping, Foreign Policy, George Bush, Governance, National Debt, President Barack Obama, Stimulus Plan, Unemployment/Jobs | 112 Comments
(Bumped up from Saturday.)
General McChrystal’s proposal for Afghanistan has been on Obama’s desk for almost two months now. And what is Obama doing about it? Well, he appears to be deciding on how to decide what his decision will be, but he’s not there yet. Nope, instead, he is throwing up some smokescreen [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 13, 2009 in Abuse, Afghanistan, Bamboozling, Bush administration, Campaign promises, Current Affairs, Flip Flopping, Foreign Affairs, George Bush, Hillary Clinton, Hoodwinking, Human Rights, Obama's Broken Promises, Pakistan, Pandering, President Barack Obama, Sara in Italy, UN Human Rights Council, Women and Children | 23 Comments
Dr. Sima Samar. Now, some of you may know who she is already. For those who do not, or for those who are want to learn more, this is for you. (H/t to my aunt for sending me a mini biography on her, and to American Girl in Italy for mentioning her [...]
By Ani on Oct 7, 2009 in Arrogance, Bank Bailouts, Barack Obama, Bush administration, Chicago politics, Congress (House & Senate), George Bush, Michelle Obama, Obama, Obama Administration, Obama's Broken Promises, Obama's Budget, Obama's Characteristics, Obama-Barack & President Barack (PARENT CATEGORY FOR ALL OBAMA REFS.!), Obamatopia Mirage, President Barack Obama | 165 Comments
I would like an answer to my question. How can someone be so determined to knock everyone else off the stage that he would spend nearly a billion dollars to do it, and when his waffling and doubling dealing in office don’t yield the desired result, blame President Bush and everyone else under the [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 13, 2009 in Bush administration, Bush/Cheney, Current Affairs, Dick Cheney, Energy Policy, Energy Policy Act of 2005, Environment, Health Care, President Barack Obama | 48 Comments
I saw this excellent piece by Jay Ambrose in my local paper recently, “Seeing Through Obama’s Promise Of Transparency.” In the article, Mr. Ambrose lays out a number of ways in which Obama has reneged on being “transparent”:
Transparency, said President Barack Obama in a memo not long after he took the oath of office, [...]
By Ani on Jul 15, 2009 in Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Bush administration, Current Affairs, Egypt, Foreign Policy, Hillary Clinton, Obama Administration, President Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Richard Holbrooke, Russia, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department | 125 Comments
Tina Brown, Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Beast, in her article Obama’s Other Wife, postulates that Hillary is a “brilliant policy wonk,” caring more about the “substance of work than the trappings,” yet the very title of her piece is insulting, indicating Secretary Clinton has completely sublimated herself to the President. At the same time, [...]
By Ani on Jul 7, 2009 in Bank Failure, Bush administration, Bush/Cheney, John McCain, Obama Administration, Obama's Broken Promises, Obama's Budget, Wall Street | 30 Comments
CNN’s John King interviewed General Colin Powell Sunday as Powell airs doubts on Obama agenda. Here are some interesting remarks as covered by Jon Ward of The Washington Times:
Colin Powell, one of President Obama’s most prominent Republican supporters, expressed concern Friday that the president’s ambitious blitz of costly initiatives may be enlarging the [...]
By SusanUnPC on May 23, 2009 in Bush administration, Bush/Cheney, Current Affairs, Dick Cheney, Media, Radio, Torture | 120 Comments
Before looking at Cheney’s efforts to cash in on torture, check out a Chicago rightwing radio host who initially believed waterboarding was not torture:
If you want to read what all the bloggers are saying about the experiment by WLS radio host Erich “Mancow” Muller, go here. It is VITAL to note that this man [...]
By Col Lawrence B Wilkerson on May 16, 2009 in 9/11, Al Qaeda, Bush administration, Bush/Cheney, Terrorism, Torture | 130 Comments
Bumped up from early Friday morning.
Editor: Reprinted in full with Col. Wilkerson’s and Steve Clemons’ express permission from The Washington Note.
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This is a guest post exclusive to The Washington Note by Col. Lawrence B. Wilkerson, who is former chief of staff of the Department of State during the term of Secretary of State [...]
By American Girl in Italy on Apr 26, 2009 in Barack Obama, Bush administration, Colin Powell, Current Affairs, George Bush, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Torture | 108 Comments
(Bumped up from early morning.)
In my earlier post, holder: obama does not decide who will be prosecuted, I wrote,
“It appears Obama opened a whole can of worms with the release of these memos. Not only does he lack the authority to decide whether there will be prosecutions or not, I assume he also put members [...]
By SusanUnPC on Apr 25, 2009 in Bush administration, Torture | 47 Comments
Okay, I am VERY curious. I want to ask all of you something:
By 4justice on Apr 3, 2009 in Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Democratic Party, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, Karl Rove, Louisiana, MoveOn.org, National Debt, Obama Administration, Obama Attack Ads, Obama Comrades, Obama's Budget, PACs & Lobbying Groups, Political Strategy, Republicans, US Senate | 23 Comments
Or perhaps this essay should be entitled “Some Advocates Are Idiots.” The idiots are MoveOn.org and Americans United for Change, who according to Karl Rove, the idiot par excellence, are targeting moderate Democrats in a vain attempt to garner support for Obama’s budget proposal. I quote the Wall Street Journal:
Americans United is going [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Dec 19, 2008 in Backtrack Obama, Bamboozling, Barack Obama, DNC idiocy, Delegates, GLBT, George Bush, Hillary Clinton, Karl Rove | 68 Comments
At least in the world of satire. Once again, The Onion has come through with a funny piece. This is timely considering Obama’s slap in the face to the GLBT community (AND women) by picking Rev. Rick Warren, the homophobic anti-choice minister from CA, to do the invocation for Obama’s Inauguration. So [...]
By The City Edition on Jul 27, 2008 in DNC, Democratic Nomination, Democratic Party, Donna Brazile, Florida, George Stephanopoulos, Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean, Iowa, Karl Rove, Lobbyists, Nancy Pelosi, Ohio, Republicans, Rules and Bylaws Committee, South Carolina, Texas, Valerie Plame Wilson, Washington state | 238 Comments
A guest column from the newspaper, TheCityEdition.com || Letters to the Editor
In order to “save” the Democratic Party, Brazile resolved back in 2003 that she might have to destroy it first. And who better to help her in this lofty pursuit than her new best friend, the man neoconservatives call “The Architect”.
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BY ROSEMARY REGELLO
It’s not [...]
By Larry Johnson on Jun 26, 2008 in CIA, Current Affairs, Intelligence, Joseph Wilson, Karl Rove, Valerie Plame Wilson | 157 Comments
Karl Rove is one jolly fat man. With George Carlin well on his way to being worm food, looks like Karl is angling to become America’s new funny man. I refer of course to Karl’s outrage that the “NY Times outed a CIA officer.” Appearing on Bill O’Reilly’s show yesterday, Rove and [...]
By Webster Tarpley on Jun 22, 2008 in AIPAC, Austan Goolsbee, Barack Obama, Chicago politics, Civil Rights, Cultist Thugs, David Axelrod, Democratic Party, FISA, Federal Elections Commission, Freedom of Speech, Iraq, Joe Biden, John McCain, Karl Rove, Media, Media Bias, Messiah, NAFTA, Obama's Thugs, Obamatopia, Obamedia, Qualifications, Republicans, Samantha Power | 447 Comments
By Webster G. Tarpley
Washington DC, June 21 — Tonight political prisoner Larry Sinclair is spending his fourth night in the DC Jail, the victim of a Gestapo-style enemies’ list operation carried out just three blocks from the White House last Wednesday afternoon.
Sinclair had come to the National Press Club to detail his [...]
By LisaB on Jun 17, 2008 in Democrats, Elitism, John McCain, Karl Rove, Obama, Swift Boat Veterans For Truth | 471 Comments
Back in the day, you know, four years ago, when John Kerry took it on the chin about his navy career, democrats decried the “swiftboating” of his military history as republicans smeared what was, at the least, honorable service to our country.
Well, some Obamoids learned the lessons verrrrrry well. At today’s Huffypot (do the [...]
By Alegre on May 20, 2008 in Barack Obama, Fox News, Health Care, Hillary Clinton, Karl Rove, Kentucky, Tony Rezko, William Ayers | 132 Comments
I’ve noticed a pattern here on the blogs of late and it was ratcheted up to deafening levels when people decided that BO’s already won our party’s nomination. Ok maybe a while before that but my point is there’s a definite double standard here on the blogs and there has been for quite some time. [...]
By Alegre on May 16, 2008 in Clinton, Cult, Current Affairs, DNC, Daily Kos, David Axelrod, Karl Rove, Obama, Obamedia | 118 Comments
(PART II WILL BE PUBLISHED IN ONE-HALF HOUR)
I got an email from a friend and have tried to confirm this from other sources – no luck as yet but I thought I’d mention this to raise an important point gang… Rumor has it that Camp Obama’s making a huge push to make nice with Hillary’s [...]
By Pat Racimora on Apr 19, 2008 in Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Karl Rove, Republicans, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., Tony Rezko, William Ayers | 96 Comments
I have always expressed myself best through the medium of cartooning. Somehow it’s an easier way to express my highest hopes and greatest fears. I’d like to share a nightmare scenario. Obama wins the nomination. The Republicans take over as the General Election becomes the focus of attention.