Bookworm on Jan 29 2008 | Filed under: Uncategorized
I’ve always liked President Bush, even when I thought I was a Democrat. I liked him even back in 2000, I cast my vote for Al Gore (yes, I did). Then, I was happy to tell people that I’d rather have Bush for my next door neighbor than my President, with the reverse [...]
Bookworm on Jan 24 2008 | Filed under: Bush Derangement Syndrome, Iraq
I’ve never believed Bush lied and, to the extent his information was incorrect (as was information in the hands of all other Western agencies and governments), I assumed that our spywork was to blame. Now we get confirmation of what’s been rumored forever — it was Saddam who lied, never suspecting that his bluff [...]
Bookworm on Nov 25 2007 | Filed under: Anti-war, Bush Derangement Syndrome, Iraq, Islam, Jihad, Saudi Arabia
Dennis Prager likes to say (and I’m paraphrasing here) that liberals and conservatives have entirely incompatible world views. They understand facts in such a different way that there are few points of intersection. I had a reminder of that truism the other day when I watched Oliver Stone’s World Trade Center with a [...]
Bookworm on Nov 18 2007 | Filed under: Bush Derangement Syndrome
Mark Morford, who writes a periodic column for the San Francisco Chronicle that is highly consistent with San Francisco’s political ethos, recently gloated about George Bush’s imminent downfall. In the paragraph imagining Bush’s departure from the White House, he manages to cram in every anti-Bush stereotype and nasty attack, short of (for reasons unknown) [...]
Bookworm on Nov 09 2007 | Filed under: Congress
For a lame duck President, Bush is still adept at getting what he wants:
The White House said it expects Michael Mukasey to be sworn in as attorney general Friday after the Senate confirmed the retired judge Thursday night.
Michael Mukasey will begin meeting with Justice Department staff right away, the White House says.
White House spokesman Tony [...]
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