Tag Archives: Bush

The Final Smirks

Posted on January 12, 2009 at 8:52 am by Bob Cesca

President Bush is getting ready to deliver his final press conference. I can’t believe I just wrote that sentence. After this morning, no more smirky dickish remarks to the press from George W. Bush — or, at least, the last … Continue reading →

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Doof Quote of the Day

Posted on January 10, 2009 at 4:58 pm by Bob Cesca

“It will be cool-looking.” —President Bush describing his presidential library and ‘Freedom Institute’ By “cool looking,” the president obviously means the bouncy castle area. Also, I wonder if there will be an “Extraordinary Rendition! The IMAX Experience” film at the … Continue reading →

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African Americans and The White House Staff

Posted on January 10, 2009 at 3:47 pm by Bob Cesca

Lee’s post about the White House chef got me thinking about the White House service staff — specifically African American employees. We know that slaves helped to build the executive mansion during the Washington and Adams administrations, and various presidents, … Continue reading →

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Afternoon Awesome

Posted on January 9, 2009 at 2:45 pm by Bob Cesca

Letterman’s Top 10 George W. Bush Moments

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Oh Pshaaaaww!

Posted on January 9, 2009 at 1:43 pm by Bob Cesca

Peggy Noonan suddenly believes that presidential hero-worship is un-American: The Founders, who were awed by the presidency and who made it a point, the early ones, to speak in their inaugural addresses of how unworthy they felt, would be astonished … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day

Posted on January 9, 2009 at 11:45 am by Bob Cesca

“I notice that there’s a lot of legacy building. It’s sort of the idea, like, they put out the — the — we printed off the PDF: 100 Things Americans May Not Know About the Bush Administration Record. The thing … Continue reading →

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Here We Go Again

Posted on January 9, 2009 at 9:38 am by Bob Cesca

Max Blumenthal reports on Rick Warren’s African crusade: Warren’s man in Uganda is a charismatic pastor named Martin Ssempa. The head of the Makerere Community Church, a rapidly growing congregation, Ssempe enjoys close ties to his country’s First Lady, Janet … Continue reading →

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Anticipating the Breach of the Levees

Posted on January 9, 2009 at 8:57 am by Bob Cesca

Super stupid: Cheney defended the administration’s performance on an economy that is growing weaker daily and which recently collapsed in spectacular fashion. Cheney said that “nobody anywhere was smart enough to figure it out.” Especially your boss, Mr. Vice President. … Continue reading →

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The Constant Variety of Cable News Hackery

Posted on January 8, 2009 at 4:45 pm by Bob Cesca

When I use the above phrase to describe cable news, I really, really mean it. To wit, dday observed the proceedings on MSNBC after the president-elect’s economic speech today: What’s got me concerned is the gasbag reaction immediately following Obama’s … Continue reading →

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Heckuva!

Posted on January 8, 2009 at 1:12 pm by Bob Cesca

The Bush numbers according to NBC: UNEMPLOYMENT RATE Then: 4.2% (Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 2001) Now: 6.7% (Bureau of Labor Statistics, November 2008) DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE Then: 10,587 (close of Friday, Jan. 19, 2001) Now: 9,015 (close of … Continue reading →

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