Tag Archives: Just Like Bush

The 'Just Like Bush' Meme is Surging Back

Posted on December 12, 2011 at 12:35 pm by Bob Cesca

Usually political memes are very popular for very short periods of time, and then we grow tired of them or they’re just written off as hyperbolic crapola. I thought the “just like Bush” meme suffered both fates until the past … Continue reading →

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'Liberals Are Incapable of Feeling Satisfied'

Posted on November 22, 2011 at 7:01 am by Bob Cesca

Jonathan Chait wrote a brilliant editorial for the New York magazine about liberal dissatisfaction with the president. Other than the headline, it’s impossible to pull a single quote of from the piece (but I’ll try), so you’ll have to take … Continue reading →

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There Was Never a Deal to Kill the Public Option

Posted on November 18, 2011 at 12:19 pm by Bob Cesca

Back in 2009, I recall fighting with fellow progressives when they accused the president of cutting a back-room deal to kill the public option. Their sources were unnamed and augmented by a lot of self-fulfilling prophecies that President Obama was … Continue reading →

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Just Like Bush

Posted on November 14, 2011 at 7:04 am by Bob Cesca

The president in Hawaii yesterday set the record straight on the U.S. position regarding waterboarding: KAPOLEI, Hawaii — President Barack Obama says the interrogation technique known as waterboarding constitutes torturing, disputing Republican presidential candidates who say they would reinstate the … Continue reading →

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For The Deficit Hawks

Posted on November 11, 2011 at 4:00 pm by JM Ashby

Good news for deficit hawks. If you’re looking for a target more worthy of your time than food stamps and baby formula, The Miami Herald has just served one up to you piping hot. The facility is “arguably the most … Continue reading →

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This Will Mean Nothing

Posted on October 17, 2011 at 9:23 am by Bob Cesca

President Obama is removing the last of the U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of the year. BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. is abandoning plans to keep U.S. troops in Iraq past a year-end withdrawal deadline, The Associated Press … Continue reading →

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Progress

Posted on January 19, 2011 at 3:12 pm by Bob Cesca

This is a big deal, and a big accomplishment which, I’m sure, the president won’t get credit for: Under the new protocol, initiated last April and developed over the following months, hospitals partaking in Medicare and Medicaid must now allow … Continue reading →

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We Won't Have Rahm to Kick Around

Posted on September 28, 2010 at 6:40 am by Bob Cesca

Just in: Although no final decision has been made because of family considerations, ABC News has learned that White House officials are preparing for Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel to announce on Friday — as Congress adjourns for recess — … Continue reading →

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This Isn't Helping, Mr. President

Posted on September 20, 2010 at 10:49 am by Bob Cesca

I can totally understand why, privately, the administration might be frustrated with the scattered nature of the progressive movement right now, with support ranging from enthusiastic to “just like Bush.” But the president and others would do well to keep … Continue reading →

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Poutrage

Posted on August 13, 2010 at 4:01 pm by Bob Cesca

John Cole is fed up with the progressive poutrage… If George Bush had had the kind of legislative session Obama and the Democrats just had, the EPA would have been abolished, it would be illegal to not drill for oil … Continue reading →

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