In an effort to defend Bush’s ridiculous (and recklessly dishonest) stem-cell research policy, BC04 arranged for two senators to defend the president’s policy. At a time when polls show overwhelming support for the research, Sens. Gordon Smith (Ore.) and Trent Lott (Miss.) expressed concern that Bush is not receiving his due for allowing some federally […]
When Bush told his supporters this week that “real rich people figure out how to dodge taxes,” he wasn’t kidding. But it’s not so much a “dodge,” as it is intentional White House tax policies that give millionaires a windfall. To give credit where credit is due, Al Gore did warn us. Four years ago, […]
The Wall Street Journal’s Jackie Calmes caught another fun one for the Bushism file. Bush, on Monday: “Let me put it to you bluntly: In a changing world, we want more people to have control over your own life.” The ironic thing is, Bush, champion of the Patriot Act, may actually agree with such a […]
The Bush administration has never really been able to come up with a reasonable defense for its opposition to the reimportation of prescription medication. The truth — the administration is doing the bidding of wealthy pharmaceutical companies that donate generously to his campaign — probably wouldn’t go over well with the public, so they desperately […]
There have been plenty of rumors about Nancy Reagan not being fond of George W. Bush, driven in large part by Bush’s opposition to stem-cell research that may have benefited her late husband. Talk intensified when the former First Lady said she would not attend a tribute to Ronald Reagan at this year’s Republican convention. […]
If Florida wants to redeem itself and demonstrate that it isn’t an embarrassment to democracy, it’s off to a really bad start. About 22,000 Palm Beach County voters received absentee ballots this week with outdated instructions telling them their signatures must be witnessed or their votes won’t count. A Florida law that took effect July […]
Taking a break, for just a moment, from the race for the White House, let’s turn our attention to the race for control of an institution at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue: the Senate. Since Bush took office nearly four years ago, the chamber has been as closely divided as it’s ever been for […]
The Bush campaign’s drive to maintain loyal, hyper-partisan, always-adoring crowds for the president took yet another turn this week, as Republicans in Oregon decided to trade free tickets to a presidential event for some rank-and-file toil. Want a ticket to see President Bush campaign in Oregon on Friday? You’ll have to put in a few […]
Of all the things the Bush campaign does to annoy me — and that is one heck of a long list — the thing that really gets under my skin the most is when they falsely attack John Kerry of doing something that Bush actually has done. The latest in this series was yesterday, when […]
I can appreciate that there’s sometimes an ebb and flow to media coverage of a major news story, but when it comes to Iraq and the growing number of American casualties, this is not the time for the press to be distracted. Many Americans may not realize it, but last month was one of the […]