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Less than two months after it was signed, the Bush administration officially changed its estimate to confirm closely with Foster’s own prediction, admitting the new law “would cost at least $530 billion over 10 years, or one-third more than the price tag used when Congress passed the legislation.”
Read moreOne day before CBS’s much-anticipated segment on President Bush’s record in the National Guard, the Boston Globe published a major
Read moreAccording to George Bush, depending on the day, either two-thirds or three-fourths of them have been captured. Well, two-thirds or three-fourths of how many?
Read moreAs I’m sure you know, I can’t let the Bush speech at the RNC go without mention here. While George claimed it was going to be “43 minutes of sheer wisdom,” (a pretty arrogant thing to say about yourself) it was nothing more than a bunch of happy talk (including that smartassed smirk of his), and a bunch of warmed-over and still ill-conceived initiatives.
Read moreA congressional subcommittee last week investigated the 9/11 Commission’s conclusion that unnecessary secrecy is “undermining efforts to thwart terrorists.”
Read moreMr. Family Values, Gary Bauer, drops an F-bomb in NY.
Read moreJohn McCain is supporting Bush, despite the Rove smear campaign in South Carolina during the 2000 campaign. What could result in this support? Maybe a deal with the devil?
Read moreThe Bush-Cheney campaign believes “religious conservatives are at the heart” of their electoral strategy.
Read moreAs the Republican National Convention kicks off this week in New York City, the GOP is doing everything it can to hide the far-right conservatism that has gripped the party over the last four years.
Read moreAP reports that a group of former GOP officeholders launched a new advertising campaign today urging the Republican Party to “come back to the mainstream.”
Read morethe White House has denied a recent Freedom of Information Act request for records “detailing White House contacts with individuals connected to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (SBVT).
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