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Boston Globe
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Aug 19, 08 3:45 PM CDT
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The Georgian war crystallizes the failure of the Bush administration's foreign policy, writes HDS Greenway in the Boston Globe . Besides the ready-made justification the Iraq war provides to any invading country, America has stoked Georgian boldness, "and now America's client is wiping blood from its nose," he writes. "The wreckage of Georgia's towns and countryside, however, is not as complete as the ruin of Bush's policies."
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Politico
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Aug 19, 08 11:20 AM CDT
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Bob Woodward’s fourth book on the Bush White House, originally a mere 352 pages, has ballooned into 496 pages of inside dope and is due in stores Sept. 8, Politico reports. And the mystery-shrouded volume, which focuses on the Iraq conflict, officially has a name: The War Within: A Secret White House History 2006-2008 . Simon & Schuster says it plans to print 900,000 copies.
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Washington Post
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Aug 18, 08 9:26 AM CDT
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The administration’s slow response to the Russia-Georgia conflict has conservatives fuming, with onetime true believers openly questioning President Bush's commitment to the foreign policy of the first 7 years of his term. And they're not keeping their dissatisfaction quiet, reports the Washington Post . The latest blast from a once-unexpected source came from the Wall Street Journal.
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New York Times
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Aug 17, 08 9:19 AM CDT
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“America’s back in the cold war and W.’s back on vacation,” writes Maureen Dowd in the New York Times , observing that as another global crisis begins, the president is again failing to take it seriously. After condemning Russia’s push into Georgia, Bush skipped off to his ranch—where he’s spent 469 days of his presidency. His trip to China, likewise, saw little work and a lot of play in a celebration of China's ascension on the world stage.
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Los Angeles Times
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Aug 15, 08 12:13 PM CDT
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“There are many things George W. Bush should do after his presidency,” writes Joel Stein of the LA Times , “most of which involve apologizing.” But since that’s not the Decider’s style, Stein has another career suggestion: motivational speaker. No one knows how to look on the bright side like Bush—Iraq is boffo, the economy sturdy, and 9/11 recovery just called for a little shopping spree. Here are some folks in need of mindless optimism:
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New York Times
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Aug 15, 08 9:40 AM CDT
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Russia's military action in Georgia was a rude awakening for the White House, forcing the Bush administration to reconsider the relationship it thought they had, the New York Times reports. President Bush has famously touted Vladimir Putin a reliable friend and diplomatic partner, despite policy differences, but cooperation across a wide range of spheres—what Defense Secretary Robert Gates calls the “ongoing and long-term strategic dialogue”—now looks to be in jeopardy.
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Salon
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Aug 14, 08 1:48 PM CDT
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President Bush's "howls of outrage" at Russia's unilateral action and calls for regime change in the Caucasus ring more than a little hollow to Juan Cole of Salon, who remembers all too well a similar situation not long ago. "Vladimir Putin's invoking Bush's Iraq adventure points directly to the way in which Bush has enabled other world powers to act impulsively," Cole writes.
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Guardian (UK)
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Aug 13, 08 2:06 PM CDT
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By now you’ve probably encountered “LOLcats,” the photos of cats with superimposed text designed to make people “laugh out loud,” as the kids say. Now, the fine folks at the Guardian have turned some highlights from President Bush’s visit to Beijing into “LOLBushes” ... and dragged daughter Barbara and Henry Kissinger into the fray. Click the link below to see what England thinks of the Commander in Chief.
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Newsweek
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Aug 10, 08 1:25 PM CDT
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Today's Bush administration isn't pursuing all the disastrous policies it was 5 years ago, writes Fareed Zakaria in Newsweek, and unlike Dubya himself, his successor would do well to pay attention to what he's gotten right. Though both John McCain and Barack Obama keep their distance from the deeply unpopular incumbent, they won't find success in simply reversing all his policies.
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Bloomberg
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Aug 7, 08 8:19 AM CDT
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President Bush landed in Beijing today for the Olympics’ opening ceremony, but not before outlining his “deep concerns” about human rights in the Chinese regime. “America stands in firm opposition to China's detention of political dissidents, human-rights advocates, and religious activists,” Bush said in a speech in Bangkok hours before boarding the plane.
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San Francisco Chronicle
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Aug 6, 08 7:10 PM CDT
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Americans who voted for George W. Bush have much atoning to do, Mark Morford writes in the San Francisco Chronicle . And a simple apology (or vote for Obama) won't cut it—those who "supported the dark armies" of our 43rd president must seriously repent—and that includes singing a different tune about topics such as gay marriage, the war in Iraq, and gas-guzzling SUVs.
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Wall Street Journal
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Aug 6, 08 1:41 PM CDT
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The Bush White House has wasted billions of taxpayer dollars on corrupt deals and unaccountable contractors, Hillary Clinton writes in the Wall Street Journal . If America is going to regain fiscal stability, it must "increase transparency" and put an end to practices like "rewarding companies that exploit tax shelters" and "giving bonuses to contractors for work never performed."
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Bloomberg
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Aug 6, 08 6:19 AM CDT
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President Bush urged North Korea to keep its pledge to end its nuclear program ahead of a looming American deadline, reports Bloomberg. Speaking in Seoul alongside South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, Bush said that Pyongyang must either "verifiably do what you say you are going to do, or you'll continue to be the most sanctioned regime in the world."
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CBS
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Aug 5, 08 8:44 AM CDT
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The Bush administration forged a letter linking Saddam Hussein to the 9/11 attacks, author Ron Suskind alleges in his new book. In December 2003, a letter surfaced from Saddam’s intelligence chief, describing a meeting between Saddam and one 9/11 hijacker. The letter was actually drafted by the White House, Suskind’s sources say. The intelligence chief, then in CIA custody, was then paid $5 million to handwrite and backdate it, he claims.
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CNN
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Aug 1, 08 7:20 AM CDT
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Only 24% of Americans think the country is on the right track in a new CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll. That number is the lowest since 1980. The other times it has dipped below 30% were during Watergate, the Iran hostage crisis, and the economic slump of 1992. As recently as April 2007, 49% were optimistic about the country's direction, CNN reports.
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