George W. Bush

George W Bush was the 43rd President of The United States, taking office on January 20th 2001 and leaving office January 20th 2009. He is the son of George H W Bush, 41st President of the United States.

Eight months into his presidency, on September 11th 2001, the World Trade Center towers were destroyed by terrorists. The subsequent "War On Terror" was a defining element of George W Bush's presidency. On the back of this struggle and a new doctrine of "pre-emption," the United States was lead into seperate wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The existence of the Guantanamo Bay detention center and the use of torture and questionable intelligence gathering practices provided for considerable controversy during George W Bush's presidency. The economic crisis that emerged in the latter part of his second term further cast a shadow on his presidential legacy.

Often the butt of political humor, George W Bush's colorful political quotes and unique predicaments, like the notorious shoe throwing incident, made for spirited discussion in the blogosphere during much of his Presidency.

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• Quote Of The Day

  
  Below The Beltway — Authority: 684
  One of these days Republicans are going to be back in power. Unless they understand why things went so wrong during the 2000-2006 period they will just make the same mistakes. I think it’s essential to the future success of conservatism that there be a full accounting of the failures of the Bush years. — Bruce ...
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• A Joke Too Far

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 172
  A tasteless joke – one that saw earlier popularity during the administrations of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush – has resurfaced across America.  It is being told in whispers, emails, and even bumper stickers.  During Mr. Clinton’s administration it even found its way into some Sunday church bulletins.  And it ...
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• Economic Illiteracy, Glenn Beck and the Deficit

  
  The Contrarian — Authority: 133
  Of the many transgressions against logic and civility committed by Glenn Beck , perhaps the most heinous are his spurious rants about the national economy. By delivering his deceptions in a ready-to-swallow gelcap of panic and hostility, Beck perpetuates the economic illiteracy of a great many Americans who will ...
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• Why I Like The Fair Tax and Won’t Vote for It

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 550
  A Friend has asked me to take a closer look at her preferred candidate for president in 2012 – Mike Huckabee.  Since his history is well-known, I’m looking at where he stands on various issues. Gov. Huckabee is an advocate of the “Fair Tax” (a national retail sales tax) and has stated that he will sign it ...
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• TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW:

  
  BrothersJudd Blog — Authority: 572
  Obama Blunders Through Asia : Undoing Bushs years of deft diplomacy. (Ross Terrill, 11/30/2009, Weekly Standard) Much dire rhetoric has been unleashed in liberal quarters about the damage done by George W. Bush s foreign policy. The alleged damage, however, is not evident in Asia. When Ken Lieberthal, a respected ...
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• Camp Palin Part Deux: Return of Duct Tape Dude

  
  Plunderbund — Authority: 488
  fter Tim published the last video from the all-night Palin book signing camp-out in Dublin Ohio, people began to ask us if we had more footage. But of course! When we originally went out to see what was happening at the Border’s bookstore in suburban Columbus Ohio where people were camping out to [...]
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• A Conservative Civil War Against the GOP – You Better Believe It!

  
  The Pink Flamingo — Authority: 440
  FIRST: When someone uses the epitaph "RINO" they ARE NOT Republicans. They are Third Party Conservative Losers, but they are NOT Republicans. AJ Strata is right. If these people could decently... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Michelle Obama looks to garden for state banquet menu

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 172
  The first dinner party in a new house is a test for every hostess and an awkward eater is the last thing she needs. In Michelle Obama’s case, not only is her first guest of honour an abstemious vegetarian, but the whole world will be watching. Michelle Obama has been overseeing preparations for the state banquet down ...
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• Video : Dr. Ashraf Ghani Corruption ‘Threatening Our Existence as a Nation’

  
  Brave New Wave - Children of a Lesser Revolution — Authority: 480
  Former Afghan Presidential candidate, Dr. Ashraf Ghani was on CNN with Christiane Amanpour to discuss the prospects of a corruption free Karzai regime. As Dr. Ghani states, the corruption is deeply engrained within the Karzai Administration because as Karzai himself admitted , the governors ministers are appointed ...
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• China Solar Panel Maker (Who Already Has Installed a Solar Farm On a U.S. Military Base), Now Sets Up 1st U.S. Plant

  
  InsightAnalytical -- Watching Our World — Authority: 117
  ~~By InsightAnalytical-GRL I just watched a BBC America show about the reticent Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, and over the last couple of days on NPR radio, the Stardate segments have been devoted to the anniversary of  the Apollo 12 mission when Pete Conrad (the third man to make that walk) ...
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• Hammering Sarah

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 172
  With the possible exceptions of Richard Nixon and George W. Bush, no modern era politician has been more derided by the media than Sarah Palin. And the attacks do not stop with her. They include nasty rumors about her family and even the mocking of her children. Palin has responded to some of the vitriol in her new ...
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• I Now Unpronounce You…..

  
  HYSTERICAL RAISINS — Authority: 469
  From the Star Telegram : Texans: Are you really married? Maybe not. Barbara Ann Radnofsky, a Houston lawyer and Democratic candidate for attorney general, says that a 22-word clause in a 2005 constitutional amendment designed to ban gay marriages erroneously endangers the legal status of all marriages in the ...
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• “News Alert!”: Breaking World Financial News and Special Report, “Berkeley Revolutionary Update”.: “Govenor Arnold Schwarznigger secretely meets and plans deployment of 25,000 California National Guardsman to U.C. Berkeley campus to “Tiannamen Square Spro

  
  Architecture & Environmental Design — Authority: 115
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• A Rumor of War

  
  The Mex Files — Authority: 432
  Philip Caputo has been writing about war and the corruption of war since his Vietnam memoir, A Rumor of War , first appeared in 1977.  As a Chicago Tribune reporter, that includes the generally bloodless — but highly corrupting — world of Chicago politics. In the December 2009 The Atlantic Caputo turns his ...
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• BushdiditBushdiditBushdidit

  
  Publius Forum — Authority: 546
  On Friday, Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner blamed the Bush Administration for the country’s woes…. again. Oh, you can’t blame Tim “I Don’t Pay taxes” Geithner for this reflexive fall-back position of blaming all his failures on Bush. After all, this narrative comes from the top. It’s an Obama ...
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• President or…

  
  The Vigilant Lens — Authority: 130
  JIHAD?Wake up America!  Remember 9/11, remember Afghanistan, Iraq, Bailouts, the Patriot Act, war crimes, Katrina, Depression 2008-2015 and the deaths of hundreds of thousands.And furthermore, I want to know who this Bush criminal is.I’m probably like a lot of other people that have asked the question, I want to ...
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• The twitching rage of the irrational Republican when you tell them they fucked up our country

  
  Plunderbund — Authority: 488
  Hanging around the Palin idiots as much as Eric and I did yesterday really gets you down.  It’s hard to believe there are this many people in America this ignorant, and so proud to be so.  Exhibit A is their utterly predictable reaction when someone tells them, straight up, “You voted for George W. Bush [...]
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• Palin’s Mulligan & Pending 3rd Party Disaster

  
  The Pink Flamingo — Authority: 440
  Imagine selling 300,000 books in one day - every writers dream!The Pink Flamingo has not had a chance to read the book. I gave my copy to my best friend who wanted to give it to a mutual friend... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Ron Paul on 9/11 conspiracies (in chronological order)

  
  Pak Alert Press — Authority: 543
  November 20, 9:58 PMLA County Libertarian ExaminerMartin HillThe following is a comprehensive summary of Congressman Ron Paul’s public comments on the subject of “9/11 truth”, if 9/11/01 was possibly part of a government conspiracy.JANUARY 17, 2007:On the Alex Jones show, (with Jack Blood guest-hosting) Ron ...
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• Zionism – The Worst Plague In The History Of Mankind

  
  Pak Alert Press — Authority: 543
  By Ed Ward, MD11-20-9TO HELL WITH THE GODS OF ZIONISM! – FOR THAT IS WHERE THEY BELONG.Your rights end at the tip of my nose and vice versa. All else is zionist fascism and blasphemy of god, constitution and mankind. And if that ain’t good enough for you – Fa Q and See Below Me!Zionism [...]
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