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Tag: George W. Bush

Politically Divergent Friendships, When They’re Fine vs. When They’re Not

October 11, 2019 Reece Ellis 2020 Election, Gender issues, Human Rights, Justice, Politics, Republican Brain Leave a comment

Ellen DeGeneres was pictured palling around with former President George W. Bush at a Dallas Cowboys game and a lot of people were outraged. Ellen was unmoved and in fact she was indignant about their outrage.

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Liberals, Stop Fawning over George W. Bush

October 22, 2017 Reece Ellis Democrats, Politics, Republicans 2 comments

Former President George W. Bush gave a speech last week that could be summed up as “racism is bad” and “democracy is good”. The

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Make the pie higher: nostalgia for W in a Trump era

December 9, 2016 Bill Kesler Language/Words, Politics Leave a comment

Recent references to Donald Trump’s bizarre ramblings in interview transcripts (Trump’s NYT transcript: Read it, and weep for our country) make one yearn for

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Pappy Bush and McCain gave green light to GOP extremists

November 9, 2015 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Republican Brain, Republicans Leave a comment

The Republican Party has strayed so far from “societal norms” or “polite company” in recent years that it has caused some to ask, “Where

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George W. Bush discovers—rather late in the game—empathy for soldiers he destroyed

February 26, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Military, Republicans, War 2 comments

More than 10 years, six-thousand+ body bags, and hundreds of thousands of physically and psychologically wounded veterans too late, George W. Bush may finally

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George W. Bush’s Library: Political cartoon fodder

May 2, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Humor 2 comments

Of all the U.S. Presidents, in all of the White Houses, in all of our lifetimes [so far], the one I’d judge least qualified

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It’s time to take responsibility for the Iraq War and its moral/financial consequences

March 4, 2013 Susan Cunningham Budget, Congress, Economy, Foreign Policy, History, Republicans, War One comment

Two recent pieces in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch helped me make some connections about why Republicans can’t stand to talk about how the unnecessary

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How refreshing: David Frum goes from conservative to semi-liberal

July 23, 2012 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Courts, Ideas, Politics, Voting/Elections 2 comments

On his HBO show, Bill Maher usually arranges for one of his three guests to be a conservative. In one sense, he wants to

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If you didn’t fight in a war, don’t start a new one

January 4, 2012 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Foreign Policy, Military Leave a comment

One of America’s finest progressives was South Dakota Senator George McGovern. In 1972, he won the Democratic nomination for president. Unfortunately,  he was trounced

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Obama’s moral understanding vs. Bush’s swagger

May 2, 2011 Frank Kovarik International, Obama, Politics 7 comments

Watching the coverage of President Obama’s speech about the killing of Osama bin Laden, I find myself in agreement with various friends (on Facebook

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