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June 2008
- Chavez: US Confrontation 'Inevitable'
  
  newser | New Yorker | Jun 23, 08 3:25 AM CDT
  
  With the US distracted by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been busy amassing a Latin American power bloc to blunt Washington’s influence. But the firebrand leader, who calls President Bush “the devil” and the US “the empire,” is receiving level-headed advice from none other than Fidel Castro, writes Jon Lee Anderson in a New Yorker profile. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • United States • oil • Colombia • Venezuela • Cuba • Fidel Castro • Alvaro Uribe • Hugo Chávez
- Oil-Addicted Bush Must Kick the Habit
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 22, 08 6:32 AM CDT
  
  The American thirst for oil is like a drug addiction, and George Bush wants another hit, writes Thomas Friedman in the New York Times . Bush’s irresponsible energy plan involves getting a little more oil from Saudi Arabia to keep prices low, and then drilling in Alaska—simply prolonging our addiction instead of allowing high fuel prices to push us toward better sources of energy, adds Friedman. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Congress • oil price • gas prices • oil • alternative energy • oil drilling • energy dependence • energy independence
- Plame Cover-Up Continues, McClellan Says on Hill
  
  newser | TPM Muckraker | Jun 20, 08 12:48 PM CDT
  
  Scott McClellan took to Capitol Hill today, and in what one Republican dismissed as “book-of-the-month club” meeting, took on the CIA leak case and the Iraq war, among other topics. The former White House press secretary said he didn’t know if a crime had been committed in the CIA outing, but “suspicion still remains” because Bush administration brass won't open up, Talking Points and AP report. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Lewis Scooter Libby • Valerie Plame • Scott McClellan • WMD
- McCain Pander on Drilling Disappoints
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 20, 08 8:30 AM CDT
  
  It's nothing new for the Bush administration to blame environmentalists for energy shortages, writes Paul Krugman in the New York Times . As early as 2001, Dick Cheney blamed green laws rather than rapacious energy companies for the California electricity shortage. But it's disappointing that John McCain has joined the bandwagon—especially as he, unlike Barack Obama, voted against Bush's "really terrible, special-interest-driven" 2005 energy bill. More »
  
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  John McCain • George W. Bush • Dick Cheney • oil drilling • offshore oil • U.S. environmental laws
- When Good Pandering Goes Bad
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 19, 08 7:32 AM CDT
  
  The offshore drilling ban has been in place since 1981, but George W. Bush—who is still the president, Gail Collins reminds us in the New York Times —wants it overturned in two weeks. Watching his speech in the Rose Garden, where he said Democrats would be to blame for high gas prices if drilling in heretofore verboten places was not immediately authorized, the columnist wonders why the president waited until now to call the Dems' bluff, and how unfortunate it is for John McCain. More »
  
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  John McCain • George W. Bush • oil • environmentalism • oil drilling • offshore oil • Republican presidential candidates
- Bush to Visit Flood-Battered Midwest
  
  newser | Reuters | Jun 19, 08 5:51 AM CDT
  
  President Bush will visit flood-hit Iowa today to inspect the damage and consult with officials, Reuters reports. The state, along with much of the Midwest, has suffered the worst flooding in at least 15 years. Millions of acres of farmland have been flooded. Pressure on politicians to provide relief is growing. John McCain also plans to pay struggling Iowans a visit today. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Iowa • flood • flooding • Midwest • Midwest floods • farmland
- Bush to Congress: Lift Offshore Drilling Ban
  
  newser | CNN | Jun 18, 08 11:08 AM CDT
  
  Bush formally asked Congress today to allow drilling for oil in the deep water off America's coasts, as well as repeating his demand that Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge be opened for drilling, CNN reports. "In the short run, the American economy will continue to rely largely on oil, and that means we need to increase supply here at home," Bush said. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • oil • Arctic oil • Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
- For Beleaguered W. and Gordo, a Merry Old Time
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 18, 08 9:00 AM CDT
  
  George W. Bush was in "one of his oddly chipper moods" during his awkward final trip to London, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd observes—but why? Perhaps, she opines half facetiously, "W. simply feels more at home in a monarchy" after years spent confessing to "Torquemada Cheney." Or maybe it's that he got to hang out with Gordon Brown, one of few world leaders "more unpopular than he is." More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Gordon Brown • Tony Blair • diplomacy
- Bush to Push Congress for Offshore Drilling
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jun 17, 08 10:07 PM CDT
  
  President Bush plans to make a renewed push tomorrow to get Congress to end a long-standing ban on offshore oil and gas drilling. Democrats have opposed the move for years, but rising gas prices are ratcheting up pressure to find domestic solutions. "The president believes Congress shouldn't waste any more time," said spokeswoman Dana Perino. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • McCain 2008 • energy • oil drilling • Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
- How Fair Is the 'Third Term' Jab?
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 17, 08 9:06 AM CDT
  
  With President Bush posting record disapproval ratings, Democrats have gleefully dubbed a John McCain presidency a "third Bush term." The claim is at least partially justified, reports the New York Times in an analysis of the "McBush" charge—McCain agrees with Bush on taxation, health care, the war, abortion, and judicial appointments. But they diverge on questions of the environment, diplomacy, and nuclear proliferation—which the McCain campaign is playing up. More »
  
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  John McCain • George W. Bush • election 2008 • environment • tax cuts • conservatism • Republican presidential candidates • U.S. environmental laws • maverick • third term
- Bush, Brown Butcher 'Homie Handshake'
  
  newser | Daily Mail (UK) | Jun 17, 08 4:57 AM CDT
  
  Prime Minister Gordon Brown looked a little heavy handed when President Bush tried out a "homeboy handshake" on the British leader yesterday, the Daily Mail reports. Clearly caught by surprise by Bush's American-style "street" greeting, Brown fumbled, accidentally stuck a few fingers up the president's sleeve—and ended up clasping Bush's hand in a "wet fish" shake. Yo , Gordo. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Great Britain • Gordon Brown
- White House Emails Can Stay Missing: Judge
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jun 16, 08 8:08 PM CDT
  
  Records on millions of missing White House emails can stay secret after all, a federal judge ruled today. US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly rejected a watchdog group's lawsuit, saying the records are kept in an agency exempt from the Freedom of Information Act. A probe, lawsuit, and appeal are all pending in the battle over emails that vanished mysteriously last year. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • White House • Freedom of Information Act • watchdog • federal judges • ruling
- Punditry for the Playgroup Set
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 16, 08 4:15 PM CDT
  
  The cover is a dead ringer for the bedtime classic, and the point of Goodnight Bush is equally recognizable. In authors' Erich Origen and Gan Golan’s re-purposing of Goodnight Moon , Dubya snuggles into bed wearing a “Mission Accomplished” flight suit, in the company of “war profiteers giving three cheers,” with a crayon-redacted constitution on the wall, the New York Times reports. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Bush administration • constitution • Children's books • story • bedtime
- Bush's 'Poison Pill' Haunts Both Parties
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 16, 08 9:28 AM CDT
  
  President Bush’s tax cuts have become the governmental equivalent of a corporate poison pill, Paul Krugman observes in the New York Times , aimed at hamstringing new stewardship. Both prospective replacements have tax plans very much haunted by the Bush cuts, with one-time critic John McCain promising not only to make them permanent, but add more—and without a plan to replace revenue. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • John McCain • George W. Bush • Bush administration • taxes • universal health care • tax cuts
- Bush London Trip Sparks Clashes
  
  newser | BBC | Jun 16, 08 3:25 AM CDT
  
  Hundreds of anti-war demonstrators clashed with London police as they protested President Bush's visit yesterday, reports the BBC. Protesters chanted "George Bush, terrorist!" but were kept out of the president's earshot as he arrived at 10 Downing Street. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Gordon Brown • protests • Queen Elizabeth II • Laura Bush • 10 Downing Street
- Bush Running Out of Time to Catch Bin Laden
  
  newser | Times (UK) | Jun 15, 08 12:32 PM CDT
  
  President Bush has renewed the hunt for Osama bin Laden, enlisting the aid of British special forces to make the capture before he leaves the White House next year, the Times of London reports. Bush's European farewell tour moved today to England, which has participated in renewed raids in northern Pakistan. “Bush is swinging for the fences in the hope of scoring a home run,” said an intelligence source. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Pakistan • Gordon Brown • War on Terror • England • Osama bin Laden • Queen Elizabeth II
- Bush Gushes About Carla
  
  newser | BBC | Jun 15, 08 7:25 AM CDT
  
  President Bush today complimented Nicolas Sarkozy on his wife, calling her “a really smart, capable woman,” the BBC reports. “I can see why you married her,” he added. In Paris as part of his European tour, Bush called the French president by his first name and noted that “America’s first friend was France” in a press conference that focused on warm relations between the countries. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • France • Nicolas Sarkozy • Paris • Carla Bruni
- Bush, Sarkozy Warn Iran Over Spurned Nuke Offer
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jun 14, 08 8:09 PM CDT
  
  Iran said no to an incentive offer today to stop making uranium, sparking a warning from President Bush and Nicolas Sarkozy not to build nuclear weapons, the AP reports. "Our allies understand that a nuclear-armed Iran is incredibly destabilizing," Bush said. Even before an EU official delivered the six-nation offer of economic, educational, and other rewards, Tehran had rejected it. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Iran • Nicolas Sarkozy • nuclear weapons • Tehran • nuclear enrichment
- Rumors From Vatican: Bush May Convert
  
  newser | Daily Telegraph (UK) | Jun 14, 08 1:45 PM CDT
  
  President Bush visited Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican yesterday, sparking rumors that the president may convert to Catholicism, the Telegraph reports. They spoke in a garden where the pontiff prays daily, not in the library where Benedict greets most world leaders. “What an honor!” said Bush, who has been called the most “Catholic-minded” president since JFK. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Italy • Catholic Church • Pope Benedict XVI • Vatican • Catholicism • Jeb Bush
- Don't Be So Happy to See Bush Go, Europe
  
  newser | Times (UK) | Jun 13, 08 5:00 PM CDT
  
  President Bush might be touring Europe to yawns and boos, but its citizens and pundits alike will miss their favorite political punching bag when he’s gone, Gerard Baker writes in the Times of London. “They'll miss, first, having a villain in the White House,” Baker explains. “It's a really convenient excuse to avoid doing anything yourself on pressing global concerns.” More »
  
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  Barack Obama • John McCain • George W. Bush • Bush administration • global warming • European Union • Europe • scapegoat

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