Think Progress (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
A new Gallup poll came out this week showing that President Obama’s approval rating had dropped to 47 percent. In response on Monday, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs dismissed the finding and its “meaninglessness.” “I tell you, if I was a heart patient and Gallup was my EKG, I’d visit my doctor,” Gibbs said. [...]
Political Wire (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
A new Public Policy Polling survey finds that just 50% of voters now say they prefer having President Obama in the White House while 44% would prefer George W. Bush. Analysis: "Given the horrendous approval ratings Bush showed during his final term that's somewhat of a surprise and an indication that voters are increasingly placing the blame on Obama for the country's difficulties instead of giving...
Donklephant (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
A dust up regarding President Obama’s “historic” low approval rating of 47 percent in the Gallup daily tracking poll on Dec. 8 between press secretary Robert Gibbs and Fox News’ Major Garrett resulted in this comment from Gibbs: “If I was a heart patient and Gallup was my EKG, I’d visit my doctor,” Gibbs said in [...]
Sister Toldjah (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
File this under “you know it’s getting bad when” (via Ben Smith): Perhaps the greatest measure of Obama’s declining support is that just 50% of voters now say they prefer having him as President to George W. Bush, with 44% saying they’d rather have his predecessor. Given the horrendous approval ratings Bush showed during his final [...]
Truth Out (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
From now on, the headlines about Afghanistan will be slugged "Obama's War," and perhaps that is fair enough given the president's many endorsements of what he has called a war of necessity. It would be much less fair, however, to ignore the events that led us to this moment, when whatever choice he makes will offer no great guarantee of progress and no small prospect of trouble. read more...
The Clue Batting Cage (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Remember this: Senator Obama voted for TARP Ben Bernanke, Tim Geithner, and Henry Paulson wrote it Obama appointed Geithner as hisTreasury Secretary Obama re-nominated Ben Bernanke as Fed Chairman for 2010 But Bush! But Bush! Previous administration! I inherited this mess! But nothin'. Big government, followed by vastly bigger government.
Raw Story (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
As former President George W. Bush attempts to salvage his tarnished legacy, Fox News Radio host John Gibson has eagerly joined in the effort to rehabilitate the previous administration's image. Gibson, the author of Hating America and The War on Christmas, has a new book out titled How the Left Swiftboated America: The Liberal Media Conspiracy [...]
Indecision Forever (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Hmmmm… What to make of this? Perhaps the greatest measure of Obama's declining support is that just 50% of voters now say they prefer having him as President to George W. Bush, with 44% saying they'd rather have his predecessor. Seems kind of early in his first term for Obama to nearly achieve the kind of unpopularity [...]
Slog (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
NYT : As the Obama administration slowly unveils its global AIDS plan, the drive to put more people on drugs is being scaled back as emphasis is shifted to prevention and to diseases that cost less to fight, including pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria and fatal birth complications. AIDS advocates complained bitterly that they had been betrayed and that the Bush administration’s best legacy was being...
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | yesterday
Just in time for Christmas: the hilariously titled, How the Left Swiftboated America: The Liberal Media Conspiracy to Make You Think George W. Bush Was the Worst President in History.
Flopping Aces (Free subscription) | yesterday
BDS is still going strong in our MSM. Take for example this article from Newsweek in which the author blames the recent depressing movies coming out of hollywood on you know who: (h/t Big Hollywood) There are grim movies, and then there are movies that should list the Grim Reaper in the credits. No Country [...]
Say Anything (Free subscription) | yesterday
Too funny! Click over and watch the hysterics begin…...
Raw Story (Free subscription) | yesterday
Numerous environmental officials from the Bush administration have taken jobs lobbying on behalf of the energy industry, and some are now working to undermine efforts at a global climate change deal in Copenhagen, says a new report from a government watchdog group. Some members of the Bush White House's environmental team "deliberately distorted critical scientific reporting [...]
TPMmuckraker (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
As the next round of climate change negotiations begin in Copenhagen, a new report reveals how much influence George Bush's climate team still has in Congress. The report, from watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, lists 22 Bush-era climate officials who are now influencing the climate debate, 14 of them as registered lobbyists.
The Plank (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
James Gardner, formerly the architecture critic of the New York Sun, now writes on culture for several publications. To put the matter politely, presidential libraries tend not to inspire very good architecture. One generalization that can be made about the twelve libraries already in existence is that they tend to err on the side of dullness, like the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda and the Bush 41...
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omnipotentpoobah | 01/17/2009
Morality is always a hot topic in America and has been since the pilgrims first slipped on moss-covered Plymouth Rock. And in that discussion, it's easy to see that George Bush's concept of morality is a sort of Yale philosophy class taken via Cliff's Notes.
mohazxcv | 12/29/2008
Sultry actress Pamela Anderson reveals he is planning to give U.S. president elect Barack Obama a book of essays, titled “One Can Make A Difference.” it is a book that features thoughts, stories & musings from notable names, like Sir Paul McCartney, Willie Nelson, His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Petra Nemcova, Moby, & Kevin Bacon.
omnipotentpoobah | 12/29/2008
With only a handful of days left, the Bush administration is polishing the Edsel-in-Chief’s corroded image. But at the end of the day, if there's a turnaround, it's because you can afford to be charitable when the effects of presidential crapitude aren’t so direct.
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