Category: Bush
Daily Kos: What If Bush Had Done Nothing?
With the opening of George W. Bush’s presidential library this week, I’ve been forced to remember the man and all he did, starting with punting his first election to the Supreme Court in order to win. Things just kept going downhill from there: His Hurricane Katrina and 9/11 responses, the Patriot Act, the Iraq War, … Continue reading Daily Kos: What If Bush Had Done Nothing?
Message to Bush and Cheney from a dying Iraq war veteran
Ten years ago today, on March 19, 2003, the US began its invasion of Iraq. The following letter to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney is from a dying veteran of that war. . To: George W. Bush and Dick CheneyFrom: Tomas Young I write this letter on the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War … Continue reading Message to Bush and Cheney from a dying Iraq war veteran
Executive orders legal but …
The New York Times yesterday featured an article entitled “Shift on Executive Power Lets Obama Bypass Rivals.” It discusses at some length President Obama’s announced intention to employ executive orders to bypass his obstructionist Republican opponents in Congress. While there is ample precedent for doing so, it dances at the edge of constitutionality. Ours is … Continue reading Executive orders legal but …
It’s about damn time!
Finally!! All U.S. troops remaining in Iraq, some 39,000, are heading home and will be out of Iraq by December 31. What took so long? Pres. George W. Bush took his eye off the ball in Afghanistan and our search for Osama bin Laden and sent troops into Iraq in 2003, supposedly because Saddam Hussein … Continue reading It’s about damn time!
Michael Steele: So wrong and yet so right
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele put his foot in his mouth last week at a fundraiser in Connecticut. He was caught on video making some oddly contradictory comments: “Keep in mind again, for our federal candidates, this was a war of Obama’s choosing. This is not something the United States had actively prosecuted … Continue reading Michael Steele: So wrong and yet so right