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14 Jan 2010 10:17

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U.S.: Bush, Clinton to team up on Haiti, give a bipartisan face to help

  • The former presidents will head the fundraising efforts. In an effort to emphasize the lack of politics at play in the face of a major tragedy, former presidents Bill Clinton (the U.S.’s special envoy to Haiti) and George W. Bush would lead the push for aid. This would be Bush’s first major public effort since leaving the White House in January, by the way. He’s pretty good at fundraising, by the way, helping to push $200 million into Southern Methodist University – home of his presidential library – since leaving office. source
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29 Dec 2009 20:36

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Politics: Karl Rove gets divorced not from reality, but from his wife

You gotta hand it to Karl. When he carries around the old ball and chain, he keeps it secure. Well, for 24 years, anyway. So much for family values. source
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29 Sep 2009 21:36

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Culture: Shed some tears for Dan Rather. He lost his lawsuit against CBS.

  • Remember that faked “60 Minutes” piece? Dan Rather does. Years after the blogosphere proved that his Bush National Guard information was suspect (a great story for typophiles, by the way), he’s been fighting a $70 million lawsuit ever since. An appeals court threw it out, saying that they could find no evidence that the network screwed up his future job prospects or reneged on his contract. All this stuff happened so long ago, we forgot Bush was president! source
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19 Jul 2009 00:03

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World: Bono dodges a hug from Bush…and gets congrats from Obama?

  • Bono stiffed Bush out of a hug. Well, that’s what he told the BBC anyway. According to the rockstar, he was at the National Prayer Breakfast in 2006 when the president swooped in for an embrace. Bono said he wasn’t feeling it (or Bush’s policies) and dodged the hug by hopping behind a podium. No one seemed to notice, but when he sat back down, Obama, a senator at the time, whispered, “Nice work with the hug dodge.” source
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21 May 2009 22:01

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Politics, U.S.: Visualized key points of Cheney’s vein-poppin’ speech

Cheney text cloud
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17 May 2009 09:12

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Politics, U.S.: NYT: Obama needs to stop covering up Bush terror policies

  • Mr. Obama risks turning Mr. Bush’s mistakes into his own or, in the case of the photographs, turning Mr. Bush’s cover-up into his own.
  • The New York Times • In an editorial denouncing both Obama’s decision to not release photos of prisoner abuse in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as the continuation of military tribunals. They admit that Obama’s getting drama over it from both ends, but they think he’s not doing enough to take a stand against Bush’s systemic failures. (We agree.) • source
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14 May 2009 08:01

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Biz, U.S.: Former treasury secretary Paulson strong-armed the banks

  • If a capital infusion is not appealing, you should be aware that your regulator will require it in any circumstance. We don’t believe it is tenable to opt out because doing so would leave you vulnerable and exposed.
  • Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson • In a one-page memo of talking points prepared for a meeting last October, when he essentially forced the hand of nine banks the Bush administration felt were “central to any solution” to the credit crisis. The situation already sucked enough; did they really need to be strongarmed? • source
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16 Apr 2009 10:16

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U.S.: The NSA admits to “overcollection” of information on Americans

  • They’ve been feeling the heat lately. The National Security Administration, which had a close friend in the Bush Administration, now is adjusting for Barack Obama. The NSA recently admitted collecting wiretapped phone calls and private e-mails on a scale that was probably illegal and went well beyond the broad limits Congress allowed for them last year. Good job, guys. We were wondering what that clicking noise was when we were on the phone the other day. Now we know it was you! source
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15 Mar 2009 10:09

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U.S., World: Dick Cheney says the Bush succeeded with Iraq

  • We have succeeded in creating in the heart of the Middle East a democratically-governed Iraq, and it is in fact what we set out to do.
  • Dick Cheney • Ex-Veep under the Bush administration, on their success with the War in Iraq. It was disruptive and worthy of shoe-throwing incidents, but yeah, they did it. • source
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14 Mar 2009 14:13

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U.S., World: Obama drops “enemy combatants” like a bad habit

  • As we work toward developing a new policy to govern detainees, it is essential that we operate in a manner that strengthens our national security, is consistent with our values and is governed by law.
  • Attorney general Eric Holder • On the administration’s new policy of holding detainees, which differs heavily from the Bush administration. They plan to stop using the term “enemy combatants” and say that international law governs the detention of terrorism suspects – and it isn’t like Guantanamo Bay, which they plan to close. • source
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