Tag Archives: President Bush
Healthcare Debacle
President Obama bet the farm on health care reform, then did nearly nothing to help its passage, and got what he deserved. Of course, we deserve better. We deserved a decent health care bill in the Senate that wasn’t held … Continue reading
Are Employees of the CIA above the law?
Update: CNN’s Peter Bergen points out all the flaws in Dick Cheney’s logic here. Over the last few days there have been a plethora of conservative commentaries that range in their argument from Dick Cheney accusing the Obama administration of … Continue reading
Apparently, we have legalized torture
This past week Eric Holder went before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee so that he might be confirmed as the next Attorney General. In that hearing, he was asked whether waterboarding was torture, and he gave a pretty unequivocal … Continue reading
Mr. Bush, you’re no Harry Truman
Some people are really not meant for this earth. They happen to exist through luck or by the grace of others, or simply because evolution has not provided sufficient stimulus to cause them to bring themselves to an end. Such … Continue reading
Past Political Themes: Compassionate Conservative
Some time ago – in fact just over eight years ago, Governor George W. Bush started describing himself as a “compassionate conservative”. Here’s the question: what was so compassionate about this president? Did he actually help the poorest members of … Continue reading
