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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• Obama Has Won! Is Civil War Inevitable?…

  
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  Obama Has Won! Is Civil War Inevitable?   Blu 168 ^ | 5/9/2013 | Skip Coryell   Posted on Sunday, May 12, 2013 7:28:58 AM by IbJensen   Some of you are already shaking your head and arguing with my headline. I can hear the conservative craniums rattling all across America’s fruited plains, her mountain’s […]
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• Saluting Operation HOPEs Own Jena Roscoe

  
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    Jena Roscoe serves as First Senior Vice President and Chief of Government Affairs and Public Policy, Operation HOPE. Ms. Roscoe is the first Senior Director of the East Coast Regional Corporate Headquarters at Gallup in Washington, DC.   Jena Roscoe is in charge of the HOPE Office of Government Relations and ...
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• There is a perceived attack on the Teabaggers by a government agency, "Unleash the Wendigo!"

  
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  "Is this how Margaret Thatcher slurped her Big Gulp?" Courtesy of the North Star of Arizonas Facebook page : Let the Light Shine  Today we learned that our government targeted and harassed conservative Americans who simply wanted to be involved in the national discussion. Is it any wonder why Americans are ...
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• UNBELIEVABLE Obama Cronies Blaming George W. Bush for IRS Targeting Conservative Groups & Tea Party

  
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  THE BARACK OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS NO SHAME, THE BUCK ALWAYS STOPS WITH EVERYONE ELSE … Obama White House spokesman Jay Carney said, said in response to a question about the I.R.S. targeting conservative groups , that the I.R.S. is run by a George W. Bush political appointee. Huh? So let’s get this ...
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• Dad who died during arrest ‘begged for his life’; witness videos seized

  
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  Dad who died during arrest ‘begged for his life’; witness videos seized   http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com ^ | Thursday, May 09 2013 07:07 PM | BY LAURA LIERA AND JASON KOTOWSKI   Posted on Saturday, May 11, 2013 12:03:23 PM by redreno                     Blood stains are still visible […]
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• Real Time With Bill Maher ~ May 10, 2013

  
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  This week GLENN GREENWALD On Real Time ↑ Filed under: Barack Obama, Bill Maher, Boston Bombing, Broadcatching, George W. Bush, Politics, terrorism, Tsarnaev Brothers, Tullycast, Wall Street Tagged: Bill Maher, Comedy, Democrats, eal-time-with-bill-maher-2013-05-10, GOP, may-10-2013 ...
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• Carney: I.R.S. Run By Bush Political Appointee

  
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  White House spokesman Jay Carney said, in response to a question about the I.R.S. targeting conservative groups, that the I.R.S. is run by a George W. Bush political appointee: "I.R.S. is an independent enforcement agency," said Carney. "The -- which I believe, as I understand it, contains only two political ...
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• IRS Apologizes For Targeting Conservative Groups

  
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  The Internal Revenue Service is apologizing for inappropriately flagging conservative political groups for additional reviews during the 2012 election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status. Lois Lerner, who heads the IRS unit that oversees tax-exempt groups, said organizations that included the words ...
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• Big Oil Uses the Republican Party to Subvert American Democracy

  
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  By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. – In a surprise move, the eight Republican members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee yesterday blocked a floor vote on President Obama’s nominee, Gina McCarthy, as U.S. EPA Administrator. In doing so the Republican senators broke their earlier promise to move ...
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• Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines: ‘I’m pro-gay marriage. I’m pro-gay everything’

  
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  Former Dixie Chicks star, Natalie Maines, has spoken out about about her political beliefs, saying that she is “pro-gay everything”, and that she considers herself to be progressive. Speaking to USA today, the singer who is currently releasing her first solo-album, said she was more liberal that people had ...
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• THANKS, W:

  
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  Cost of Bailouts Continues to Decline (JEFFREY SPARSHOTT, 5/10/13, WSJ) The taxpayers tab for the governments bailout of companies during the financial crisis continues to shrink. Big payments to the Treasury Department planned by mortgage-finance giants Fannie Mae FNMA -3.00% and Freddie Mac, FMCC -3.98% ...
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• Obama Cowboy Hat

  
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  I havent seen Obama look this uncomfortable and awkward and dopey since he broke down and wore an American flag pin on his lapel , something he insisted was totally not his style. He hates that hat. You can tell. Cowboy Obama. Hes no Sheriff David Clarke when it comes to successfully pulling off the look. ...
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• KAINE’ letter on Benghazi is a JOKE!

  
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  Ladies and Gentleman, Based on the email letter I recieved today from U.S. Senator Tim Kaine that is also dated today, either he did not listen to the testimony of the three so called “Whistle Blowers” on the Benghazi murders or he had the letter written before they testifyed and just went with it. But either ...
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• Stewart Slams Republicans, They Target Hillary

  
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  The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes , Indecision Political Humor , The Daily Show on Facebook Is this an impeachable offense? No. Will Hillary Clinton’s evident involvement in the revision of the administration’s line on Benghazi harm her presidential chances in 2016? No. ...
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• On Benghazi, It’s Time To Give It Up, Turn It Loose, GOP

  
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  Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, left, and Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., right, sit in the audience of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s hearing on Benghazi on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday. Dear Republicans: I know that in your mind, Benghazi is all the rage out here on these streets, ...
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• No one to blame for Obama Team Misrepresenting Benghazi Attack?

  
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  Perhaps the appeal of Twitter is that often pith makes the point better than a well-crafted, thoughtfully argued essay.  Last night, Glenn Reynolds, whose Instapundit blog, proudly produces pithy commentary on the events of the day linked this tweet from Ari Fleischer : Irony: Bush Admin accepted CIA talking ...
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• A National Deficit Decline the GOP May Be Hard Put to Explain

  
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  If one listens to the endless verbal diarrhea emanating from far right talk radio and many within the GOP - including some of my former proteges who seem to be imbibing Kool-Aid by the gallon -  youd believe that the nations budget is increasing.  Indeed, everything coming from the right describes President Obama as ...
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• Is Obama too presidential to be a great president?

  
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  Undaunted by Barack Obama’s landslide victory last November, Peggy Noonan has returned to her abiding complaint: Barack Obama is not likeable, he’s too formal, and too self-important to fill the boots of men like Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and now even George Bush. Last week, in her column "The Presidential ...
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• Bob Feldman : The Influence of Texas Big Rich, 1974-1995

  
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  Texas oil patriarch H. L. Hunt. The Hunt family was reputed to be the worlds wealthiest. Image from The Famous People.The hidden history of TexasPart 14: 1974-1995/2 --The influence of Texas big richBy Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / May 7, 2013 [This is the second section of Part 14 of Bob Feldmans Rag Blog series on ...
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• Pregnant Mom Of 4 Sentenced To Prison For Refusing To Serve In Iraq

  
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  Private First Class Kimberly Rivera, mother of four children and pregnant with a fifth, was sentenced on April 29 to 14 months imprisonment, which was lowered to 10 months based on a plea agreement. Her crime? After serving a tour of duty in Iraq in 2006, she found herself unable to return. She tells Amy [...]
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