You may not have heard, but with the third anniversary of the 9/11 attacks occurring over the weekend, Bush issued a proclamation once again taking it upon himself to urge Americans to pray. Indeed, he proclaimed Sept. 10-12 as “National Days of Prayer and Remembrance.” Because I keep track of such things, I’d like to […]
The hilarious gang at The Onion, whose satire of the news hits a little too close to home, seems to have beaten the New York Times to the same story — Bush is a better campaigner than president. As Paul Waldman noted, The Onion — in parody form — highlighted Bush’s true strength over the […]
No wonder the White House has been keeping Donald Rumsfeld out of the public’s view. He returned to the spotlight for a speech late last week and, true to form, embarrassed himself again. First, the Defense Secretary seemed to be terribly confused about our enemies. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld mixed up Al Qaeda leader […]
My heart skipped a beat after seeing a report on the AP wire noting that — gasp! — Bush flip-flops all the time, despite the perception that Kerry is the inconsistent one in the presidential race. While working relentlessly to portray Democratic Sen. John Kerry as a “flip-flopper,” President Bush has his own history of […]
Just to follow up on an item Atrios raised the other day, please note Bob Novak’s comments on CNN on Friday, when he urged 60 Minutes journalists to reveal their private, confidential sources. The context was a discussion over the National Guard documents that have surfaced and offer additional evidence that the president failed to […]
We’ve known for some time that the president felt compelled to lie about his National Guard service, going so far as to falsely claim that he was in the Air Force. In literature for his failed 1978 congressional campaign, George W. Bush said he served in the Air Force, a claim his presidential campaign says […]
If you’re a Carpetbagger regular, you know the drill. If you’re new, welcome; we do this every Friday. It’s time for my round-up of statewide presidential polls released over the last seven days. The news this week isn’t quite as encouraging as I’d like. In polls taken almost immediately after Bush’s convention, Kerry has slipped […]
No matter who wins the presidential election, the Republicans have no standard-bearer for 2008. With this in mind, the positioning for the next presidential race has already begun. (If we’re all really lucky, for the first time since 1972, we might actually get a GOP ticket that doesn’t feature someone named Bush or Dole. Won’t […]
Bush used an administration surrogate today to tell everyone how “normal” his religious beliefs are. President Bush’s religious faith is “mainstream America” and no different from previous presidents, the director of his Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives said Friday. “The president’s faith has been misunderstood,” said the White House aide, Jim Towey. “I don’t […]
It was exceedingly rare to see protestors shout at the president during a campaign rally yesterday, because the campaign usually goes to incredible lengths to ensure tickets only go to Bush sycophants (the hecklers snuck in as volunteers). With so few protests anywhere near the president, the Secret Service may be a little out of […]