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05 Sept 19 : 07 | Tom Ridge calls McCain ‘John Bush.’ Speaking with NBC reporters last night, former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge tried to say that voters would not confuse John McCain’s policies with President Bush’s. Unfortunately, Ridge himself confused the two, calling McCain “John Bush.” Watch it: (HT: TPM) Source : Think Progress 5 hours ago |
04 Sept 15 : 49 | Only one mention of President Bush during last night’s RNC. Last night, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Rudy Giuliani, and Gov. Sarah Palin addressed the Republican National Convention. Between the four of them, there was only one reference to President Bush — in Romney’s pre-prime-time speech. Romney praised “George Bush” for labeling “the... Source : Think Progress 32 hours ago |
05 Sept 17 : 39 | Pro-choice Republican leader: McCain ‘really doesn’t care’ about... On Tuesday at the RNC, ThinkProgress spoke to Jennifer Stockman, co-chair of Republicans For Choice, a conservative organization that supports abortion rights. When asked about how the choice of Gov. Sarah Palin would affect women’s rights, Stockman said it would mean they would have to “work... Source : Think Progress 6 hours ago |
05 Sept 15 : 45 | The Republican Priorities: What The GOP Focused On (And Ignored) During The... During the Republican National Convention this past week, Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) campaign worked hard to put distance between the senator and President Bush. Bush spoke briefly via satellite and Vice President Cheney didn’t address the crowd at all. Despite these attempts, what was most... Source : Think Progress 8 hours ago |
03 Sept 18 : 16 | Number of times Bush was mentioned during the RNC last night: 0. Not only did the speakers during last night’s Republican National Convention fail to discuss the economy at all, they never once mentioned President Bush. TPM Election Central searched the texts of the speeches and found no mention of the words “Bush” or “president” when connected to Bush.... Source : Think Progress |
05 Sept 14 : 39 | ThinkFast: September 4, 2008 The U.S. unemployment rate rose to a five-year high of 6.1% in August, “heightening the risk that the economic slowdown will worsen.” “Payrolls fell by 84,000 in August, and revisions added another 58,000 to job losses for the prior two months,” while “the number of U.S. workers filing new... Source : Think Progress 9 hours ago |
03 Sept 03 : 43 | Bush equates ‘angry Left’ with North Vietnamese torturers. Tonight in his address via satellite to the Republican National Convention, President Bush blasted Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) critics. Invoking McCain’s time as a POW in a North Vietnamese prison, Bush compared these torturers to members of the “angry Left”: If the Hanoi Hilton could not... Source : Think Progress |
02 Sept 18 : 48 | Politico’s Mike Allen: McCain camp ‘excited’ for Bush to speak. Tonight, President Bush will address the GOP convention via satellite at 9:30 p.m. EDT. His speech was rescheduled from Monday due to Hurricane Gustav. In an interview with ThinkProgress today, Politico’s Mike Allen said “the people here definitely want [Bush] to talk” and that they “are... Source : Think Progress |
02 Sept 18 : 01 | Scarborough rips Bush for using Gustav to demand more offshore drilling:... This morning, President Bush discussed Hurricane Gustav, using the occasion to push for more offshore drilling: BUSH: One thing that’s for certain, when Congress comes back they got to understand that we need more domestic energy, not less. And one place to find it is offshore America, lands that... Source : Think Progress |
31 Aug 20 : 29 | Bush says he ‘doesn’t consider Bolton credible,’ laments spending... The New York Times reports that President Bush recently held an off-the-record meeting with conservative writers. During the meeting, Council on Foreign Relations fellow Max Boot asked Bush why he had diverted from the priorities of his first term. “That’s ridiculous,” Bush said. Boot then... Source : Think Progress |
29 Aug 02 : 21 | Retired Generals Scold Bush Administration On Torture, Pentagon Spokesmen Yesterday evening, ThinkProgress spoke with Lieut. Gen, Harry Soyster and Ret. Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba, at a Human Rights First reception honoring retired generals who have spoken out against President Bush’s torture policies. Soyster criticized Bush’s veto of a bill banning the CIA from... Source : Think Progress |
04 Sept 16 : 01 | Lieberman: McCain Supports Palin’s Call For ‘Exit Plan’ From Iraq In March 2007, Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin, seemingly distanced herself from the Bush administration and McCain, stating that she wanted to see an “exit plan” from Iraq: I haven’t really focused much on the war in Iraq. I heard on the news about the new... Source : Think Progress 32 hours ago |
28 Aug 18 : 43 | Ingraham: McCain Has Been ‘Different From President Bush On Every... Yesterday, ThinkProgress talked to right-wing radio host Laura Ingraham, who was spending time in the Huffington Post Oasis in the Big Tent at the Democratic National Convention. Ingraham told us that she sees virtually no similarities between the policy positions of President Bush and Sen. John... Source : Think Progress |
28 Aug 18 : 43 | Rove ’speaks regularly with the McCain campaign’ and ‘lunches two or... Despite the fact that he talks “fairly regularly” with top advisers to Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), former Bush political guru insists on denying that he is an informal adviser to McCain’s campaign. But in a new article, Time magazine highlights how “dialed in” Rove is with McCain’s campaign... Source : Think Progress |
28 Aug 16 : 39 | Fox: Bush might not speak at RNC on Monday because of Gustav. President Bush is scheduled to speak at the Republican National Convention on Monday, but with Tropical Storm Gustav expected to hit Gulf coast, the White House is beginning to hint that President Bush might not speak that day. Fox News’ Bret Baier reports today that there “are conversations... Source : Think Progress |
28 Aug 00 : 57 | Tax Expert: McCain’s Tax Cuts Are Aimed At The Rich ‘Even More So Than... In 2001 and 2003, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) opposed President Bush’s tax cuts, arguing that he couldn’t “in good conscience support a tax cut in which so many of the benefits go to the most fortunate among us.” But since then, McCain has ditched his concern about policies tilted towards the... Source : Think Progress |
27 Aug 15 : 47 | Bush administration sought to extend troop presence in Iraq through 2015. Reuters reports that Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has said the United States asked the Iraqi government for permission to maintain a troop presence there to 2015 before negotiators finally agreed on a compromise to limit the authorization to 2011. “It was a U.S. proposal for the date which is... Source : Think Progress |
04 Sept 05 : 05 | Giuliani: By Refusing To Use The Term ‘Islamic Terrorism,’ Liberals Are... Tonight in his address to the Republican National Convention, Giuliani criticized Democrats for refusing to use the term “Islamic terrorism”: GIULIANI: For four days in Denver, the Democrats were afraid to use the term “Islamic terrorism.” I imagine they believe it is politically incorrect... Source : Think Progress 43 hours ago |
04 Sept 04 : 08 | McCain: Palin Has Foreign Policy Experience Because ‘Alaska Is Right Next... Today, ABC’s Charles Gibson questioned Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) about Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R-AK) foreign policy experience, noting that she hadn’t traveled overseas until last year. McCain replied by pointing out that “Alaska is right next to Russia“: GIBSON: But as you know, the questions... Source : Think Progress 44 hours ago |
22 Aug 17 : 42 | Bush Administration Announces ‘Aspirational Timetables’ In Iraq; Will... Yesterday, the U.S. agreed to remove combat troops from Iraqi cities by next June and from the country by the end of 2011. According to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the two countries agreed on forming “aspirational timetables” for withdrawal: We have agreed that some goals, some... Source : Think Progress |
20 Aug 21 : 39 | Bush Claims He Worked ‘Closely’ With Vets Organizations On GI Bill; VFW... Earlier today, President Bush delivered his final speech as president to the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and once again — like Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) two days prior — tried to portray himself as a champion of the 21st century GI Bill. Bush said that his administration worked “closely and... Source : Think Progress |
20 Aug 00 : 47 | Bush Administration Open To Giving Musharraf Asylum In The United States On Sunday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Fox’s Chris Wallace that U.S. asylum for former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was “not on the table.” However, she refused to explicitly rule the option out, insisting that he had been a “good ally.” Watch it: But now that... Source : Think Progress |
19 Aug 17 : 55 | Diplomats: Bush was Musharraf’s ‘last holdout’ in Washington. Pakistani newspaper Dawn reports that that “diplomatic sources in Washington” reveal that President Bush was President Musharraf’s “last holdout” in the U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice “had long given up” on Musharraf, but Bush “remained... Source : Think Progress |
03 Sept 02 : 12 | New Justice Department Inspecter General Report Contains Evidence Of... A new Department of Justice inspector general report released today found that former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales improperly handled secret information regarding the government’s most sensitive national security programs. DOJ officials have reportedly looked at the report “but did not find... Source : Think Progress |
02 Sept 14 : 22 | ThinkFast: September 2, 2008 64 percent: People concerned that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) “would pursue policies that are too similar to what George W. Bush has pursued,” according to a new USA Today/Gallup poll. Forty-seven percent fall into the “very concerned” category and 17 percent rate themselves “somewhat... Source : Think Progress |
14 Aug 17 : 24 | GOP lawmaker is a big fan of ‘The Prosecution of George W. Bush for... The Washington Post reports that a “southern conservative congressman” is a big fan of Vincent Bugliosi’s best-selling book “The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder,” which makes the case that Bush should be held “criminally responsible” for the deaths of U.S. soldiers in Iraq. A... Source : Think Progress |
13 Aug 16 : 29 | After Returning From Four Days At The Olympics, Bush Criticizes... Yesterday, after meeting with an oil industry front group, President Bush rebuked the congressional leadership for taking a “vacation” without holding a vote on offshore oil drilling: Last month I acted and I lifted an executive branch restriction on offshore oil exploration. And then I called... Source : Think Progress |
11 Aug 22 : 12 | The Bush Administration’s Plan To Make The Endangered Species Act... Today, the AP reports on new draft rules being proposed by the Bush administration to gut the Endangered Species Act. This would be the biggest change to the groundbreaking legislation since 1988, and would not require the approval of Congress. Currently, federal agencies are required to consult... Source : Think Progress |
11 Aug 02 : 54 | Bush: ‘I don’t see America having problems.’ This evening, NBC interrupted its Olympics coverage of women’s gymnastics for an interview with President Bush. Last week, Bush gave a speech and expressed “deep concerns” with China’s “detention of political dissidents, human-rights advocates and religious activists.” Costas brought up... Source : Think Progress |
11 Aug 19 : 10 | Bush Veterans Affairs Department bans voter registration drives at veterans... This past May, the Veterans Affairs Department, led by Secretary James Peake, issued a directive prohibiting nonpartisan voter registration drives “at federally financed nursing homes, rehabilitation centers and shelters for homeless veterans.” In today’s New York Times, Connecticut Secretary... Source : Think Progress |
06 Aug 15 : 27 | Suskind: Anxiety Over Wilson and Plame Led Bush Administration To Pay Iraqi... It’s already well-known that Amb. Joseph Wilson’s July 6, 2003 op-ed in the New York Times deeply troubled the White House. The piece, “What I Didn’t Find In Africa,” concluded that “some of the intelligence related to Iraq’s nuclear weapons program was twisted [by the Bush... Source : Think Progress |
06 Aug 04 : 43 | House GOP attacks ‘Beijing George’ Bush for rebuffing their political... Yesterday, President Bush refused a Republican request to convene a special session of Congress for political grandstanding on oil drilling. In a “legislative update sent to GOP members and staff” today, Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) accused “‘Beijing George’ Bush of throwing House... Source : Think Progress |
05 Aug 04 : 44 | Photo of the day: Bush ‘warmly’ acknowledges indicted Sen. Stevens. Today, President Bush stopped at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska and spoke to soldiers. The White House included Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) in the event, despite his recent indictment on corruption charges. The AP reports that Bush “acknowledged Stevens briefly and warmly, saying the military has no... Source : Think Progress |
08 Aug 01 : 14 | Bush White House has its own interrogation room. In Ron Suskind’s new book, Suskind describes a disturbing case in Washington, D.C., where security officials detained and interrogated Usman Khosa, a Pakistani U.S. college graduate, because he was “fiddling” with his iPod near White House gates. Officials took Khosa to an interrogation room... Source : Think Progress |
31 Aug 04 : 46 | McCain may deliver convention speech from disaster zone. Politico reports that the impending landfall of Hurricane Gustav has forced Republicans to scramble their convention plans. President Bush may not attend altogether, and John McCain may deliver his acceptance speech from the hurricane-stricken areas: McCain was scheduled to deliver his acceptance... Source : Think Progress |
30 Aug 16 : 40 | Graham Lowers The Bar For Palin: ‘Don’t Think It Matters’ That She... This summer, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and his surrogates spent weeks assaulting Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) for traveling to Iraq just once while a senator. “Sen. Obama has been to Iraq once,” McCain said, “this is about leadership and learning.” “Why is it that Senator Obama wants to sit down... Source : Think Progress |
30 Aug 01 : 44 | On Third Anniversary Of Katrina, Officials Aren’t Confident New... Three years ago today, Hurricane Katrina made landfall upon New Orleans. The storm was tragically followed by an abysmal disaster response from the Bush administration and ultimately took the lives of nearly a thousand of the city’s residents. Last week, President Bush appeared in New Orleans to... Source : Think Progress |
28 Aug 16 : 39 | 2008 GOP platform calls for total ban on embryonic stem cell research. The 2008 Republican platform calls for “a ban on all embryonic stem-cell research, public or private.” The 2004 platform followed Bush’s policy of limiting federal funding for a restricted number of stem cell lines. The National Review’s Stephen Spruiell writes that the new platform language... Source : Think Progress |
27 Aug 15 : 51 | One Year Ago Today, Alberto Gonzales Resigned One year ago today, Alberto Gonzales resigned as Attorney General of the United States amid questions of his “competence to run the Justice Department” and “accusations of perjury.” As the Washington Post reported at the time, Gonzales was “one of the nation’s most controversial... Source : Think Progress |
26 Aug 18 : 02 | Juan Williams tears up after Michelle Obama speech: ‘It’s... Yesterday, after Michelle Obama delivered an address highlighting the “improbable journey that’s brought us to this moment,” Fox News’s Juan Williams teared up as he talked about her speech, stating, “I’m just thrilled. I mean, it’s almost emotional. … We’ve never seen anything... Source : Think Progress |
25 Aug 18 : 48 | Despite White House Claims Of ‘Aspirational Timelines,’ Maliki Says... Last Thursday, the U.S. endorsed a draft agreement that would remove “combat troops from Iraqi cities by next June and from the rest of the country by the end of 2011.” Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe both told reporters that the 2011 date was an... Source : Think Progress |
25 Aug 18 : 45 | Cheney flees to Georgia during RNC week. The White House announced today that Vice President Cheney will be traveling to Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Ukraine on Sept. 2, causing him to miss most of the Republican National Convention. Cheney, however, is still scheduled to speak on the convention’s opening night, Sept. 1. Marc Ambinder calls... Source : Think Progress |
23 Aug 21 : 33 | Biden: McCain has to ‘figure out which of the 7 kitchen tables to sit... In a speech accepting his role as Barack Obama’s running mate this afternoon in Springfield, IL, Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE) argued the American Dream has slipped away under eight years of Bush administration policies. He added that while Americans sit at their kitchen tables worrying about bills,... Source : Think Progress |
22 Aug 16 : 09 | McCain Politicizes The Military By Floating Petraeus For Vice President In May, Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen published a letter to uniformed soldiers warning that “the U.S. military must remain apolitical at all times.” Five days later, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) was forced to publicly apologize for using a picture of himself with Gen. David Petraeus in... Source : Think Progress |
22 Aug 00 : 11 | Did McCain Push Rumsfeld For More Troops In Iraq? Rumsfeld’s Notes... Throughout his campaign, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has disguised his support for a failed strategy in Iraq by regularly railing against Donald Rumsfeld. A lengthy Washington Times article today highlighting McCain’s advocacy for more troops (calling it a “David against Goliath” battle) reveals... Source : Think Progress |
19 Aug 20 : 13 | Rice: Military power is ‘not the way to deal in the 21st century.’ Yesterday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sharply criticized Russia for relying on its “military power” to accomplish its goals. Ironically, she said that it “is not the way to deal in the 21st century.” From her remarks yesterday en route to Belgium: But I just want to emphasize... Source : Think Progress |
19 Aug 15 : 00 | ThinkFast: August 19, 2008 The oil industry is spending record amounts of money this year to protect its interests as Congress considers a barrage of energy bills. According to the most recent figures from the Center for Responsive Politics, the industry has spent $55 million on lobbying so far in 2008 and is on pace to break... Source : Think Progress |
12 Aug 22 : 16 | Will The White House Finally Comment On The Plame Leak? Today, the D.C. Court of Appeals dismissed Valerie Plame’s lawsuit against members of the Bush administration for leaking her covert CIA status in 2003. Plame had hoped that the appeals court would overturn the ruling of U.S. District Judge John D. Bates, who had initially rejected her case.... Source : Think Progress |
10 Aug 22 : 19 | No immunity for security contractors in Iraq. One of the most contentious issues surrounding a long-term U.S.-Iraq security agreement is whether private security contractors should receive blanket legal immunity from Iraqi laws. However, buried today in a Washington Post article, reporter Karen DeYoung reveals that negotiators have agreed that... Source : Think Progress |
05 Aug 14 : 44 | ThinkFast: August 5, 2008 Though conservatives have tried to force the House to adjourn “eighteen times over the past 90 days,” now that the House is actually adjourned, Republicans are using political stunts to demand that “the chamber be called back into session” for a vote on offshore oil drilling. The White... Source : Think Progress |
