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Maddow calls Bush library’s ‘Decision Points’ game ‘a national scandal’
In the newly commissioned George W. Bush Presidential Library on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, a peculiar display has the political world buzzing. In this display, called “Decision Points,” participants play a game where they’re forced to make the same decisions President Bush did. On the…
Maher slams Bush library: ‘What a bullsh-t rewriting of history’
Bill Maher is not a fan of the 13 existing presidential libraries, and he made no bones about it on Real Time on Friday night, slamming the new one dedicated to George W. Bush for features like the “Decision Points Theater,” which asks visitors to choose whether they would invade…
Maddow: Let’s not forget ‘Poop Cruise’ presidency of George W. Bush
On Thursday night’s edition of “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow took the occasion of the opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Library to share her thoughts on the whitewashing of our 43rd president’s legacy. She compared his eight years in office to the Carnival “Poop Cruise,” the…
George W. Bush seeks vindication with new presidential library and museum
George W. Bush says he will be long gone when posterity delivers a final verdict on his tumultuous presidency. But he will give history a shove in Dallas on Thursday when he opens his presidential library, showcasing his self-image as a leader of a land under attack who made tough…
George W. Bush the costliest former U.S. President at $1.3 million a year
George W. Bush is costing taxpayers $1.3 million a year, the most of any ex-President, according to a report by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. Freya Petersen George W. Bush is costing taxpayers $1.3 million a year, the most of any ex-President, according to a report by the nonpartisan… …
Bush-era state secrecy expert: Presidents abuse power like in Kafka or Orwell novels
William Leonard, who oversaw state secrecy under George W Bush, says successive US presidents have abused system Successive US presidents, including Barack Obama, have abused the system for handling classified information to expand their executive powers, the former senior official who oversaw state secrecy under George W Bush has claimed.…
Jeb Bush on 2016 run: ‘I don’t think there is any Bush baggage at all’
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) is insisting that his famous family name will not hurt him at all if he decides to run for president in 2016. Fox News host Chris Wallace pointed out to Bush on Sunday that his brother, George W. Bush, had been “somewhat unpopular” when…
Jeb Bush going ‘full Ginsburg’ to promote immigration policy on Sunday talk shows
Named for the Lewinsky lawyer who first pulled off the feat, former governor to appear on all five major Sunday talk shows In insider Washington slang it is a publicity coup that has been dubbed the “full Ginsburg” – when a single interviewee snags a slot on all five of…
George H.W. Bush in memoir: ‘I am just an angry old man hurting for my son’
Excerpts from an upcoming memoir show former President George H.W. Bush’s transition from head of state to concerned father for another president, George W. Bush. “I see some of his most nasty critics trying to shoot down my beloved son – shoot him down by mean spirited attacks,” the elder…
Maddow: Many in Congress never read Iraq intel briefs before authorizing war
On Monday night, Rachel Maddow presented “Hubris: Selling the Iraq War,” a documentary about the run-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003, one of the biggest military blunders in U.S. history. In one segment, she reported that members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, who were charged with determining whether…
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