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George H.W. Bush released from intensive care
Former US president George H.W. Bush is on the mend and has been released from intensive care, a spokesman said Saturday. “President Bush’s condition has improved, so he has been moved today from the intensive care unit to a regular patient room at The Methodist Hospital to continue his recovery,”…
George H.W. Bush still hospitalized after health ‘setbacks’
Former US president George H.W. Bush celebrated Christmas in a Texas hospital with his family Tuesday after a series of health setbacks that have delayed his release, his spokesman said. The 88-year-old was first admitted to Methodist Hospital in Houston on November 7 for bronchitis treatment and released on November…
Bush senior should be home from hospital for Christmas
Former US president George H.W. Bush will probably be discharged from a Texas hospital in time to celebrate Christmas at home after weeks of treatment for bronchitis, his spokesman said Thursday. “George Bush is the most relentlessly upbeat person on the planet, ” spokesman Jim McGrath told AFP. “The fact…
Obama: Romney ‘has gone to a more extreme place’ than Bush
A question during Tuesday’s presidential debate over the difference between current Republican candidate Mitt Romney and the last Republican president, George W. Bush, touched on both economic and social policy. Romney said his party “has been focused on big business for too long,” and said he wanted to keep taxes…
George W. Bush will not attend Republican National Convention
According to Politico, former president George W. Bush will not be attending the Republican National Convention in Tampa next month. “President Bush was grateful for the invitation to the Republican National Convention,” Bush spokesman Freddy Ford wrote to the website. “He supports Governor Romney and wants him to succeed. President…
Hannity: Osama bin Laden is dead ‘thanks to George Bush’
In Sean Hannity’s world, President George W. Bush succeeded in killing terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden. The Fox News host on Thursday noted that bin Laden was dead “thanks to George Bush.” During a segment on Time magazine’s top 10 news stories of 2011, Democratic consultant Joe Trippi lamented that…
I Just Wanna Be…I Just Wanna Be…Arrested
Oh no, death threats against Bush were ignored for years! Oh no, the Secret Service arrested a man for threatening President Bush seven days before he left office! And this kid was questioned over threats to Bush using MySpace, which is the death threat equivalent of filing a lawsuit using…
It’s Always Sunny In Kristoldelphia
Bill Kristol knocks out a halfhearted effort to explain why Arlen Specter defecting is great news for the GOP, using Jim Jeffords’ switch as an example. On May 24, 2001, I wrote an op-ed for The Post in the wake of Vermont Sen. James Jeffords’s party switch. I argued that…
Actually, My President Is Still White
Barack Obama is not actually president yet. Let’s see what the MSM’s reaction is to the Obama vacation, but I bet it’s slightly different than coverage of President Bush from 2005 and Katrina. You see, in 2005, George W. Bush was President of the United States. In 2008, Barack Obama…
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