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Conservatives claim anti-tax crusader secretly leading Muslim indoctrination
Are a growing cross-section of American conservatives really secret Muslims bent on destroying western civilization? Answer: No. But that’s not stopping right-wing activist Frank Gaffney from claiming the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) had been infiltrated by radical Muslims because of the inclusion of Americans for Tax Reform president Grover…
Professors start website for rich to give back tax cuts
A new website is encouraging the richest Americans to give their tax cuts to charity. Four professors from Yale and Cornell universities created the Give It Back for Jobs website after Republicans forced President Barack Obama to extend Bush-era tax cuts for even the wealthiest Americans. “Quite possibly, the President…
Former Bush intel chief commends Obama’s handling of terror threats
President Barack Obama received praise for his handling of national security matters from an unlikely place Sunday. The former director of national intelligence under President George W. Bush commended the Obama administration for its pursuit of terrorists. “Interesting point I would make just for the sake of the listeners here,…
Rove’s hand seen in Julian Assange prosecution, sources allege
Former Bush political strategist Karl Rove may be connected to a Swedish effort to prosecute WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, sources for several legal experts suggest. Rove is a longtime adviser to Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, who recently tapped the Republican operative to aid his 2010 reelection campaign. Speaking to…
Former Bush official: GOP ‘beyond redemption’
A former US senator and ambassador to the UN under President George W. Bush says the increasingly radical and uncompromising tone of the GOP is a sign the party is now “beyond redemption.” John C. Danforth made the comment while discussing a possible tea party challenge to Republican Sen. Richard…
Bush tells Leno he regrets the ‘Mission Accomplished’ banner
During the latest stop in his book tour Thursday, former President George W. Bush told NBC’s Jay Leno that he regretted standing in front of the “Mission Accomplished” banner, not finding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, and flying over New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The Tonight Show host opened…
Amnesty: prosecute Bush for admitted waterboarding
LONDON (Reuters) – The United States must prosecute former President George W. Bush for torture if his admission in a memoir that he authorized waterboarding holds true, rights group Amnesty International said on Wednesday. In “Decision Points,” published this week, Bush defended his decision to authorize waterboarding, a form of…
Bush speaks fluent BS on fetuses in jars
I’ve seen a spattering of puzzled reactions to this bizarre story George Bush is telling of how he supposedly came to be anti-abortion, basically that he saw his mother’s miscarried fetus in a jar and that did him in. All we actually learn from this story is that Bush is…
‘Damn right’ I personally ordered waterboarding: Bush
President George W. Bush admits for the first time in his new memoir that he personally approved the use of waterboarding, a technique in which an interrogator simulates drowning on a suspect. The method, which most describe as torture, has since been banned by the Justice Department. In his book,…
Bush claims he was a ‘dissenting voice’ on Iraq
Former President George W. Bush says he was a “dissenting voice” on the decision to invade Iraq because he “didn’t want to use force” but ran out of options. “I was a dissenting voice. I didn’t want to use force,” Bush told NBC’s Matt Lauer in his first interview promoting…
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