Tag Archives: Dubya

As the GOP and Dick Cheney rail against Obama over the Underwear Bomber, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) points out Dubya’s failings on 9/11.

The man who launched the national anti-gay marriage movement in 2004, shortly after burying his gay father, has gotten divorced. After 24 years of marriage, many of which were spent under incredible stress and strain during the White House years, the Roves came to a mutual decision that they would end the marriage. They did spend Christmas together with their …

Criticism over the HIV/AIDS polices of the Obama administration is growing, with activist Gregg Gonsalves even lamenting that he misses George W. Bush. AIDS advocates complained bitterly that they had been betrayed and that the Bush administration’s best legacy was being gutted — and they blame a doctor and budget adviser who is also the brother of the White House …

Unbreaking news: Liz Cheney is a bit fat lying liar from Liar Town.

Think Progress reports that Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling was removed from consideration for receiving a Presidential Medal Of Freedom because Dubya administration officials believed her book “encouraged” the practice of witchcraft. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation’s highest civil award, and is given to individuals who have contributed to: 1) the security or national interests of the …

The DNC responds to Glenn Beck’s ranting about Obama’s czars by pointing out that Dubya actually had several more than the current administration. Don’t expect Beck to ever acknowledge that, of course.

Jenna Bush Hager, the “wild child” of the Dubya twins, will be joining the cast of the Today Show as a news correspondent. The 27-year-old daughter of President George W. Bush will contribute stories about once a month, Today executive producer Jim Bell told The Associated Press. Hager, who is currently teaching in Baltimore, said she always wanted to write …

Former director of Homeland Security Tom Ridge admits in his new book that he was pressured into faking terror alerts in order to help George W. Bush win reelection. Dave Weigel, writing for the Washington Independent, notes that in the past, Ridge has denied manipulating security information for political reasons. In 2004, for example, he said, “We don’t do politics …

Dick Cheney kept an as yet undescribed CIA program secret from Congress, in direct violation of federal law. RELATED: Cheney spawn Liz says she is considering running for office. Oh noes!

Those wacky tea-baggers are at it again, protesting in 1500 U.S. cities today because, now, after eight years of Dubya wrecking the economy, NOW they don’t like deficit spending.

Rachel Maddow was on a roll last night as she ripped Dick Cheney and his daughter Liz for their latest claims that the Bush administration never claimed the 9/11 attacks were perpetrated by Saddam Hussein. A freakin’ classic Maddow takedown. “Maybe the Cheneys don’t know that all this is on tape?”

President Obama has decided not to prosecute CIA interrogators for the torturing they committed under the Bush regime. Keith Olbermann strongly objects. It’s Olbermann at his best.

I denounce myself for posting this. (Via – JMG reader Castro Craig)

Another dumbass aspect of the Bush regime has been wiped away. President Barack Obama said Monday he is allowing federal taxpayer dollars to fund significantly broader research on embryonic stem cells because “medical miracles do not happen simply by accident,” and promised his administration would make up for the ground lost under his predecessor. Fulfilling a campaign promise, Obama signed …

Here’s another brilliant jazz piano composition from Henry Hey, this time set to a speech by Dubya. I posted Hey’s take on Sarah Palin’s speech patterns back in October. The artist says he listens to a speech a few times, then improvises his accompaniment. Is there a fancy musical term for this kind of composition? (Via – Someone In A …

Remember how hilarious it was to Google-bomb Dubya so that searches for “miserable failure” brought up his name? Now those same searches are finding our new president. In 2003, haters of President George W. Bush with a mean streak and tech savvy managed to Google-bomb him as a “miserable failure” — meaning that a rash of users linked Bush’s name …