Showing posts with label george herbert walker bush. Show all posts
Showing posts with label george herbert walker bush. Show all posts

Sunday, April 28, 2013

The Bush Library and Museum in Dallas

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There was a time in my life when I wasn't likely to be found in a library, much less found one.
~ President George W. Bush at the opening of his Library and Museum in Dallas, Texas

. . . the latest, grandest example of the eternal struggle of former presidents to rewrite history.
~ President Bill Clinton at the Library Opening

We've had enough Bushes.
~ George W. Bush's mother, Barbara Bush, on whether her son Jeb should run for President

Disasterpiece Theater . . . the Hard Rock Cafe of catastrophic policy decisions.
~ Jon Stewart on Comedy Central

What a bu!!sh*t rewriting of history. . . . They’re presidents. They’re not King Tut. Why do we have to build a mausoleum?
~ Bill Maher

The Bush Presidential Library is beautiful, and they have a huge section devoted to weapons of mass destruction, but nobody can find it.
~ David Letterman

In President Bush's high school yearbook, he was voted least likely to have a library named after him.
~ Jay Leno

Omission Accomplished
. . . “It looks like a theme park as much as it is a library,” according to Lou Dubose, co-author of “Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush’s America.” Dubose points out the library also includes freedom tower, a freedom plaza, a decision points library, the bullhorn Bush used to talk to first responders from ground zero, and even Saddam Hussein’s pistol.
“It’s kind of a parentheses around one of the greatest foreign policy blunders in our country’s history and they’re pretty shameless about it.”
. . . Dubose describes the “triumphalist narrative” on display at the library as “a neo-con rehash of all the terms that were used to lead the country into war.”
“One would expect a little bit of a modesty from a president who has presided over that sort of failure,” he said. “And from a president who’s competing in the bottom ten in terms of presidential rankings that are done by legitimate historians.”
~ Via MSNBC

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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

RNC Night Two: Paul Ryan Center Stage - With Updates


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Previous Posts:
RNC Opening Night: One Hand Clapping for Lame Speeches

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Senator Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky convention temporary chairman












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Senator Rand Paul, R-Kentucky




















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Senator John McCain, R-Arizona














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Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi and Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens

















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Senator John Thune, R-South Dakota
















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Senator Rob Portman, R-Ohio










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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee















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Friday, July 13, 2012

Poppy Bush Asks "Who the Hell is Grover Norquist, Anyway?"

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From Parade Magazine Via ThinkProgress

PARADE: During your presidency you gave in on your “no new taxes” pledge. You’ve been vindicated in many respects for that decision. I wonder how you view the “no new tax” pledge from Grover Norquist that seems to be requisite for GOP political candidates.

George Herbert Walker Bush: The rigidity of those pledges is something I don’t like. The circumstances change and you can’t be wedded to some formula by Grover Norquist. It’s—who the hell is Grover Norquist, anyway?

Barbar Bush: I think he ought to go back to Alaska. [laughs] Don’t quote me! [A reference to a comment Mrs. Bush made about Sarah Palin in a 2010 interview, in which she said, “I think she’s very happy in Alaska—and I hope she’ll stay there.”]

My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub.
~ Grover Norquist

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He (G.H.W. Bush) didn't lose this election because he lied to me, he lost the next election because he didn't keep his word to the American people.
. . . The key thing: The pledge is not to Grover Cleveland, it's not to Grover the furry monster, it's not to Grover Norquist. It's to the American people.
~ Grover Norquist quoted by Huffington Post

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