Bush White House

Congress Pushes Judge To Secure Bush Records

AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The new Congress on Thursday asked a federal judge to force the Bush White House to keep documents on the controversial firings of ...

Vanity Fair: Farewell To All That: An Oral History Of The Bush White House

Vanity Fair | Cullen Murphy and Todd S. Purdum | Posted 12.29.2008 | Politics


The threat of 9/11 ignored. The threat of Iraq hyped and manipulated. Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib. Hurricane Katrina. The shredding of civil liberties....

Auto bill clears House; Should it pass the Senate, too?

Steve Parker | Posted 12.11.2008 | Business


Steve Parker

And now, it's on to the Senate! The House today passed, 237 to 170, HR 7321, the automotive loan bailout bill, and has sent it on to the Senate. H...

The Neo-Cons Are Not Gone, Nor Forgotten

Brian Ross | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics


Brian Ross

Much of the economic crisis is also being engineered by our sweet neo-cons to create an untenable situation for the Dems coming into power.

Pay Attention: Americans Who Live Abroad Are Still Americans

Beth Arnold | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics


Beth Arnold

The fact that some of us Americans don't live within our country's borders doesn't make us less American. In this time of unifying America, accept your cousins who don't live at home.

Dems Eye Reversal Of Bush's Midnight Regulations

Politico | Posted 11.12.2008 | Politics


Congressional Democrats are eyeing a little-known, Clinton-era law as a way to reverse Bush administration midnight regulations -- even ones that have...

Auto Industry Drops 32%; GM Plummets Over 45%

Steve Parker | Posted 11.03.2008 | Business


Steve Parker

Obama has consistently shown his support for an American car-making industry, a modern and green industry able to build the kinds of cars and trucks people will want to buy.

Bush Loyalists Throw Pity Party

Washington Monthly | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics


After failing in every imaginable way, with the worst approval ratings since the dawn of modern polling, and with a party that wants the president to ...

Jason Linkins

Slate's Mapped Diagram Of Administration Wrongdoing Demonstrates The Awfulness Of Alberto Gonzalez

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.27.2008 | Politics


The only thing in all the world I love more than flowcharts, which are awesome, are Venn diagrams. I especially adore interactive Venn diagrams and I...

Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 07.04.2008 | Media


Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

U.S. mayors resolve to avoid burning dirty tar sands oil, Bush signs $162B war spending bill for Iraq and Afghanistan, Afghanistan civilian death toll rises sharply, Scalia still blames Gore for the 2000 election debacle.

White House Deputy Chief Of Staff Quitting

CNN | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics


White House Deputy Chief of Staff Joe Hagin will be leaving his job this month, according to White House spokesperson Dana Perino. Perino says Hagin'...

Scott McClellan And The Opacity Agenda

Jay Rosen | Posted 06.03.2008 | Home


Jay Rosen

McClellan as White House spokesman lacked experience, talent, charm, agility, depth. But Bush and Cheney saw these defects as an advantage. They actually wanted the executive branch to become more opaque, and he was the perfect man for the job.

McClellan's Critics: What They Really Think

Jamie Malanowski | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics


Jamie Malanowski

Scott's old mates seem none too happy with him these days. Of course, what they're saying may not be exactly the same as what they're thinking.

In Defense of Scott McClellan

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics


Cenk Uygur

Would it have been better if he dramatically stepped to the podium one day and said, "We have been doing an organized propaganda campaign to deceive the American people and I resign!"?

Now Showing (Again): Bush Does Propaganda

Nancy Snow | Posted 05.29.2008 | Media


Nancy Snow

If McClellan had cared about the public interest or the public need to know about such manipulation in marketing war then he should have spoken up when it had a personal cost. That is courage.

Hey Scotty, Fool Us Once Shame on You. Fool Us Twice... Well...

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics


Joe Cutbirth

This is McClellan's shot at shaping his place in history, and so far, the man who studied from the Bush/ Rove playbook for seven years is using the tricks he learned from the masters.

Scott McClellan Hits #1 On Amazon! What Really Happened With What Happened — His Publisher Tells All!

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.28.2008 | Media


We asked the publisher if the publicity of McClellan's book felt different this time around, or if this was exactly what he planned. After all, doesn't every publisher plan for their books to hit #1?

White House Responds To Scott McClellan's Accusations

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — In a shocking turnabout, the press secretary most known for defending President Bush on Iraq, Katrina and a host of other controver...

Scott McLellan, Former Press Secretary, Attacks Bush's White House

Politico/Washington Post | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics


The Politico and Washington Post have excerpts from former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan's scathing book on the Bush Administration. Fr...

Catastrophe to Celebration

A. Siegel | Posted 05.11.2008 | Politics


A. Siegel

Not everything is the Bush White House's fault. Not everything. In this case, not fully their fault, but this contrast is too striking to go with...

Bush Talks, Dances While Waiting For John McCain: What Do You Think Bush is Saying?

Huffington Post | Posted 03.05.2008 | Politics


John McCain came to the White House today to accept the endorsement of President Bush. While waiting for McCain to arrive, Bush stood on the North Po...

Plagiarism: The Other Shoe Drops

Harry Shearer | Posted 02.29.2008 | Media


Harry Shearer

An Indiana blogger exposes a serial plagiarist in an interesting locale: the White House. The offender has already copped to the most recent offense.