After trashing the President, the administration and the Republican party on the floor of the House yesterday, the Speaker is rethinking her position. She’s decided to play nice:
Dear Mr. President:
Yesterday’s defeat of the Economic Emergency Stabilization Act resulted in additional severe economic impacts both on Wall Street and on Main Street. The consequences of [...]

On Friday when I (~J~) heard Sarah Palin was John McCain’s choice for the vice-presidential running mate I knew I was excited and it wasn’t because she was a woman. I just couldn’t put my finger on why this choice excites me.
Wednesday night before her speech it finally dawned on me. It’s so [...]

It’s been a tough couple of days for the Speaker of the House.
Cindy Sheehan has secured the signatures which will qualify her to compete against the Speaker in her upcoming re-election bid.
Now that could be quite interesting to watch. Not that I expect Ms. Sheehan to to a serious threat [...]

Obama-mania is in full swing, and between catching up on reading and trying to decipher the real from the fiction, my head is virtually swimming.
Frankly, I don’t give a whit if the Senator visited the wounded troops in Germany as in my mind it is his loss not theirs.
There is nothing [...]

Andrea Mitchell interviews General Petraeus.
The General wastes no time in making his positions crystal clear..now only if the media would listen.

While the Democrats attempt to jockey for position to take credit for us “winning” in Iraq, (we all know it had to be that pressure they put on the President), their steady drumbeat [...]

Many people are certain El Presidenté Jorgé Arbusto George McChimpy Shrub Bush/Hitler, aka President George W. Bush has great mystical powers.
Just ask them and they’ll tell you with straight faces he’s the world’s biggest criminal, worse than Hitler, Stalin or Saddam Hussein.
Not only is this seemingly friendly, family man with a beautiful and gracious wife [...]

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By now everyone knows Hillary Clinton has suspended her campaign and no link is necessary, although I’ve provided clips of her speech.
By suspending her campaign she can continue to raise money to replenish the Clintons’ private coffers. After all, he didn’t make all those speeches just to throw away the money.
As I see [...]

President Bush has not been Conservative enough for some.
For others he has been nothing more than a man who stole an election with the assistance of the United States Supreme Court.
He has been vilified for his handling of the Iraq war, sometimes deservedly so, but it you read, really read the words of [...]

If there are lingering questions about that “Mission Accomplished” banner aboard the USS Lincoln the day of President Bush’s speech for which it was a backdrop, this may help clear up the confusion:
Via Seamus, comes this email from a Navy Lieutenant who was aboard the USS Lincoln during the visit from President Bush. Yesterday [...]

If wishes could make it so, then I would wish that President Bush had taken this tone and command in relation to the press throughout his two terms.
His remarks on the terrorists and terrorism lay out the best argument he has articulated in quite some time as to why we cannot abandon our fight [...]

President Bush’s final appearance at the White House Correspondents Dinner allows him to fulfill a personal ambition (mid-point of video):

What a great surprise for those in attendance. Well done Mr. President.
If you would like to view the first video of the Presidents remarks it is available here.
HT: Hot Air

Give a listen to President Bush perform his own rendition of the “Green, Green, Grass of Home.”
I only wish we could see him clearly (more than that I would have loved to have been there.)
Sure to make you laugh (or at least smile) regardless of your political preference.
Enjoy!

HT: Macsmind where I first viewed a [...]

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Mark Noonan:
Future generations will marvel, I think, over the amount of invective directed towards a center/right American politcian who bent over backwards - some times to the great dismay of his core supporters - to be kind to his opponents. President Bush is a man of first principles, but [...]

Mr. Strata praises the President.
I thank Mr. Strata for putting eloquently into words what so many of us feel:
America is blessed - very blessed. We have had an amazing leader who believes in the wisdom of ‘we the people’. Through 7 years of attack from within and without. from across the aisle and [...]

From your lips to God’s ears, Mr. President.

I think it’s wonderful that we live in a country where two men can fight tooth and nail for something they both desperately want and still have respect for one another in the end.
It appears the visit to the White House by Al Gore to be honored as a Nobel Prize recipient went off without [...]

2007
“In the four centuries since the founders of Berkeley first knelt on these grounds, our nation has changed in many ways. Our people have prospered, our nation has grown, our Thanksgiving traditions have evolved… Yet the source of all our blessings remains the same: We give thanks to the Author of Life who granted our [...]

The San Francisco Chronicle should be ashamed to have a writer on their staff who produces an article entitled “Bush Death Watch: Countdown”.
This gentleman, (ahem), is well within his right to speak or write whatever he chooses. However, there was a time that a headline such as the one above would have drawn harsh [...]

Well, it’s Thursday and I have searched the news sites, read through the blogs I frequent and looked through the on-line news magazine articles offered.
Maybe it’s me, but I have found nothing which is not old, rehashed news laced with a new opinion here or there.
Seriously, how many ways can you say we [...]

While speaking at the Heritage Foundation on Thursday President Bush said if the Senate blocks the nomination of Michael Mukasey for AG no one would be able to meet the new standards set by the Senate.
“If the Senate Judiciary Committee were to block Judge Mukasey on these grounds, they would set a new standard for [...]

President Bush speaking at The Heritage Foundation.

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If you have read or listened to Hillary Clinton’s speeches and answers to questions about the war in Iraq lately, you have probably noticed she is backing away from saying she will make a quick withdrawal from Iraq if she is elected president.
The reason may be some advice and information she and other Democratic candidates [...]

NPR turned down an exclusive interview with the President of the United States because it was requested Juan Williams present the questions.
The White House reached out to National Public Radio over the weekend, offering analyst Juan Williams a presidential interview to mark yesterday’s 50th anniversary of school desegregation in Little Rock.
But NPR turned down [...]

President Bush speaks on the Moveon.org ad and the Democrats.
Well said Mr. President.

The President gave an interview to a few journalists Wednesday afternoon. There is a terrific overview of all the topics addressed at NRO.
I wish I would have been there to hear the President comment on Moveon.org’s ad pertaining to General Petraeus.
The president blasted MoveOn for their “Betray Us” ad in the New York Times [...]

Maybe Ted Olson did not want the job.
Perhaps he removed himself from the short list of candidates considered for Attorney General, or better yet, maybe he was never really on the list. I never heard from the President or Mr. Olson that this assertion had any teeth.
Did Chuck Schumer get a heads up from [...]

What an honor it must have been for several milbloggers to have an opportunity to meet President Bush and have him answer their questions. I am certain the President felt much gratitude towards these men and women, as they have tirelessly worked to deliver the true message on issues military.
It was difficult to [...]

I will attempt to transcribe the President’s address to the nation made this evening.
President Bush:
Good evening.
In the life of all free nations there come moments that decide the direction of a country and reveal the character of its people.
We are now at such a moment. In Iraq, an ally of the [...]

One of our frequent commenters, Big Mo, who has been kind enough to let us share his Presidents series with you, has written an excellent piece on what he says is a different view of the decline of the Bush presidency.
In this essay, I’ll probably catch some heat. If it were posted on some other [...]