George W. Bush

By Scott Whitlock DIANE SAWYER: And If we were ever in need of a bottom line and a big picture, it's today. Here's chief Washington correspondent, host of "This Week," George Stephanopoulos, to bring it to us. So, George, is this the day that this administration can say, on the banking front, they've sailed th...

By Warner Todd Huston On CNN's State of the Union with host John King, David Axelrod scolded Dick Cheney for not behaving like a "statesman" over the former vp's statements that the country is becoming less safe because of Obama's policies. Axelrod on John King

By Matthew Balan Sanchez made the comment during a segment with comedian Carlos Mencia. He asked Mencia if he had heard of the Obama/Teleprompter humor coming from conservatives: “Hey, have you heard what’s going -- you know, the far right this week has been saying that President Obama is too stupid to tal...

By Scott Whitlock ABC ANNOUNCER: This is a special edition of 'Good Morning America.' The second inauguration of George W. Bush. Live from the Library of Congress, in Washington D.C., Charles Gibson, Diane Sawyer and Peter Jennings. GMA OBAMA: Change has come to America.

By NB Staff BRENT BOZELL, MRC President: Props to Bill Sammon... who pointed out correctly that the New York Times and the Washington Post were wrong in their front page stories saying that Bush exited with the lowest approval ratings in modern history. It's not true. Truman had lower ratings. Nixon had lo...

On December 17, members of Code Pink threw shoes at a protester wearing a paper mache George W Bush head and prison stripes, to demand the release of Muntazer al-Zaidi(who threw his shoes at Bush) and an end to the war.

CALDARA: Senator Ken Salazar is expected to become the Interior Secretary in Barack Obama's administration. That's kind of cool. And it changes the landscape. Now, this is not the first time that a Coloradan has taken such a post. My colleague over at the Independence Institute, a former sen...

By Scott Whitlock SCARBOROUGH: The overwhelming majority of intelligence operations across the globe, did they not say Saddam has weapons of mass destruction? SCARBOROUGH: What does a president of the United States do? Point to the CIA director and 'Say, sit down. You're wrong, I don't trust you'?

By Jon Dennis, Sonia Rothwell As a key advisor to Barack Obama signals that the new president will use his executive powers to scrap George Bush policies on stem cell research and oil and gas drilling, the president of the Royal Society, Martin Rees, tells our science correspondent James Randerson of his hopes for an O...

The Wisconsin Republican Party has criticized the pro-Obama call for falsely equating John McCain to George W Bush. Lehrich stands by the assertion adding that McCain himself admits to voting with the President on 90% of the major issues.

By shannanb CNN: McCain's last stand at final debate? The third and final presidential debate is shaping up to be a make-or-break appearance for both Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama, one of the last chances to get their message out to undecided voters. CNN: McCain just can't escape George W. Bush John...

By Matthew Balan CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin echoed Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean on the subject of "diversity" in the Republican Party during CNN’s Tuesday evening coverage of the Republican convention: "I'd just like to make an observation about sort of the night as a whole. Fred Thompson, George Bu...

By Brent Baker In the presidential campaign, the official announcement and first photo-op today of Republican George Bush and his running mate Richard Cheney. Democrats were quick to portray the ticket as quote 'two Texas oilmen' because Cheney was chief of a big Dallas-based oil supply conglomerat...

China's rapid economic and military rise is causing understandable unease among American military planners. Although the Bush administration took office referring to China as a "strategic competitor," more recent statements of U.S. policy have focused on integrating China into the w...

By NB Staff BOZELL: Well, I think, you know, on the one hand you can say that her numbers actually started dropping in 2004, well before Obama. There was, as Mike said, the writer's strike that has been harmful to everybody but the reality is that they have dropped rather dramatically, seven points if y...

By Matthew Balan Earlier in the interview, which began 26 minutes into the 7 pm hour of the CNN program, Phillips asked Giuliani, "[Y]ou’ve got Republicans, leading Republicans in the party saying McCain has got to disassociate himself from President Bush. President Bush has ruined the image of the Repu...

By Justin McCarthy BEHAR: What about global warming and climate change? BEHAR: And she is not in the Bush administration. The Bush administration is out there talking to North Korea, talking to Syria. Also- BEHAR: What about global warming and climate change?

By NB Staff The general election has apparently begun. This week, the liberal media launched a pre-emptive attack on Republican campaign tactics even as TV interviewers slobbered all over Barack Obama. Here are the Media Research Center’s "Worst of the Week" (audio and video links below the fold):

Conservatives love war, empire, and the military-industrial complex. They abhor peace, the sole and rightful property of liberals. Right? Wrong. According to Bill Kauffman, true conservatives have always resisted the imperial and military impulse: it drains the treasury, curtails d...

Some believe the 2008 election may transform the modern conservative movement. Others say the administration of George W. Bush has already moved the Republican Party away from any claim to being the champion of limited government and individual liberty. Mickey Edwards argues that conse...

President Bush on Wednesday said, " Our nation is a better nation when we help people save lives. The collective will of the American people to help somebody who suffers, who they might not ever know, lifts our national spirit. And so on our trip to Africa, I tried to make sure that the people of...

By Matthew Sheffield Given his penchant for comparing Republicans to Hitler, using such phrases as "slinging crap," and stating that the Bush presidency "has now devolved into a criminal conspiracy to cover the ass of George W. Bush," you would think that Keith Olbermann, the buffoonish left-wing sportsca...

By wordforit In modern times, third-party candidates have been little more than a curious distraction from the main event, often siphoning enough votes from one major party to ensure victory by the other. Al Gore, for example, is convinced that Ralph Nader's votes put George W. Bush in the White House.

By Brent Baker My January 15 NewsBusters item, “Schieffer: Republicans Anti-McCain Because He Challenges Authority,” recounted:Asked by Katie Couric Tuesday night [January 15] why having Republicans dominate the Michigan GOP primary, as opposed to independents and Democrats, is bad for John M...

By Rich Noyes Exactly 20 years ago tonight, January 25, 1988, millions of Americans saw one newsman’s liberal agenda laid bare, as CBS anchor Dan Rather attempted to ambush then-Vice President George H.W. Bush, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, in a live TV on his CBS Evenin...

The war on terror has presented U.S. courts with many thorny legal issues relating to civil liberties and national security. On December 5 the Supreme Court takes up the case of Boumediene v. Bush, which centers on the right of "enemy combatants" being held in Guantanamo Bay to have their dete...

By Jason Horowitz Representatives of the New York Times, the New York Post, the Daily News, and The New York Sun were all removed or barred entry. (Later, a Manhattan Institute representative said that Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund and two Economist correspondents, who were all well dressed, le...

By kevin@aylwardfamily.com (Wizbang) I have no love for the only Muslim Congressman in the House of Representatives, Keith Ellison, D from MN. As Redstate noticed in a post entitled,A hateful circus in the House Judiciary Committee I have no love for the only Muslim Congressman in the House of Representatives, Keith Ellison,...

By kevin@aylwardfamily.com (Wizbang) A hateful circus in the House Judiciary Committee The United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana is black attorney Donald Washington. Washington comported himself with great dignity as he was humiliated in disgraceful and disgusting fashion at Tuesday's House Judi...

In a speech on Thursday President Bush announced limited troop withdrawals from Iraq. Christopher Preble, Cato's director of foreign policy studies, responds to the new policy and recommends an expedited withdrawal of all troops: "By proposing a modest and gradual reduction in the nu...

On September 10, the day of Multi-National Forces-Iraq commander Gen. David Petraeus' congressional testimony on progress in Iraq, Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz and National Public Radio (NPR) contributing senior news analyst Cokie Roberts both cited a September 4-8 Ne...

A recent poll finds 52 percent of Australians believe Bush is the worst U.S. president ever, primarily due to his Iraq war policy. Yesterday, Australian Prime Minister John Howard told Bush he would not reduce the 1,600 Australian forces in Iraq.

As Media Matters for America has noted, Gibson's Fox News colleague Neil Cavuto similarly ignored Clinton's criticism of Republicans' when he asked whether Clinton "knows in her heart of hearts Republicans are tougher on terror" during the August 24 edition of Fox News' Your World.

CLAREMONT, N.H. When Sen. John McCain made his first campaign appearance since his presidential campaign underwent a dramatic upheaval and downsizing, he didnt mention the Iraq war or immigration reform, two major issues on which he agrees with President Bush.

WASHINGTON Congress sent President Bush legislation Friday to intensify antiterror efforts in the U.S., shifting money to highrisk states and cities and expanding screening of air and sea cargo to stave off future Sept. 11style attacks.

SAN FRANCISCO Congressional investigators have told the White House that they intend to question several former Bush administration officials about their knowledge of Pat Tillmans death, escalating their inquiry into the highprofile friendlyfire case.

President George W Bush has held talks with King Abdullah of Jordan at the White House.

WASHINGTON President Bush will have a colonoscopy today and temporarily hand presidential powers to Vice President Dick Cheney, the White House said.

George W Bush has called for an international meeting to discuss restarting the Middle East peace talks.

US President George Bush has told reporters America's mission in Iraq can still succeed.

WASHINGTON Nervous Senate Republicans beseeched the White House without apparent success Wednesday for a quick change in course on Iraq as congressional Democrats insisted on highprofile votes calling for the withdrawal of U.S. troops by spring.

WASHINGTON The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Sunday he expects a former Bush aide to testify before Congress this week about the firings of federal prosecutors despite White House objections.

WASHINGTON President Bush, in a constitutional showdown with Congress, claimed executive privilege Thursday and rejected demands for White House documents and testimony about the ouster of U.S. attorneys.

WASHINGTON Unease with American foreign policy and President Bush has intensified in countries that are some of the closest U.S. allies and around the globe, while Russia and China also face growing international wariness, a survey released Wednesday said.

George Bush has used his power of veto to stop a bill to allow federal funds for stem-cell research.

The House passed a 37.4 billion budget bill for the Department of Homeland Security on Friday, but minority Republicans rallied enough votes to uphold a promised veto by President Bush.

US President George W Bush has warned that the coming months will be critical for Iraq.

WASHINGTON President Bush, urging Congress to craft a warspending bill quickly, offered no clues Saturday about whether he will compromise over linking U.S. support to stability in Iraq.

WASHINGTON President Bush hopes someone is held responsible for the U.S. militarys mishandling of information about the death of former football star Pat Tillman in Afghanistan, the White House said Wednesday.

President Bush on Tuesday said, "I want to thank Sylvia Ulmer, the principal of George W. Bush Elementary School, for welcoming me. It's such an honor to have a school named after me. When I pulled in the parking lot and I saw George W. Bush Elementary, I couldn't think of a higher tribute to a pers...