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Bush Asks, ‘Miss Me Yet?’

February 9, 2010 – 11:04 am

A new billboard in Minnesota is causing quite a ruckus. It seems the ghost of presidents past may be sending a little hello to Obama from Bush the Younger.

By Brad Jackson | Posted in Blogs, Politics, The Whip | Also tagged Barack Obama | Comments

Who Saw THIS Coming?

February 4, 2010 – 10:38 pm

Apparently, Andrew Sullivan had to be told to ease up on the Bush-is-a-crazy warmonger meme by . . . Mother Jones.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Andrew Sullivan, Bush Administration, Bush Derangement Syndrome, Foreign Affairs, foreign policy, Georgia, Mother Jones, National Security, War | Comments

No Professional Misconduct Allegations For Yoo

February 1, 2010 – 10:46 pm

And none for Jay Bybee, either.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Bush Administration, Jay Bybee, John Yoo, Justice Department, Obama Administration, torture, torture memos | Comments

A State of the Union in Contradiction

January 28, 2010 – 7:23 am

A President calling for bipartisanship and an end to the permanent campaign gave a speech that was–in tone and in substance–a campaign speech. A President calling for unity gave a speech that practically cried out “all the bad stuff that happened was George W. Bush’s fault!”. A President calling for a renewal of national purpose spent large amounts of time playing class warfare games, and seeking to turn Americans against Wall Street. That latter activity is an easy one to engage in. But just because something is easy, does not make it right.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Features, Politics | Also tagged Banks, Barack Obama, budgets, deficits, health care, Samuel Alito, SOTU, State of the Union, Wall Street | Comments

James Carville’s Plans For A Democratic Political Renaissance

January 25, 2010 – 3:04 pm

Blame Bush.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged 2010 Midterm Elections, Barack Obama, Bush Administration, Bush Derangement Syndrome, James Carville, Martha Coakley, Massachusetts, Obama Administration, Politics, Polls, Scott Brown | Comments

More Ways To Help Haiti

January 16, 2010 – 3:32 pm

As expected, and in keeping with recent American governmental practices in responding to natural disasters, President Obama today selected Presidents Clinton and Bush (the Younger) to head up the American effort to help Haiti in the aftermath of the utterly cataclysmic earthquake it suffered.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, Earthquake, Earthquake Relief, Foreign Affairs, foreign policy, Haiti, Obama Administration | Comments

We Can’t Trust Kim Jong Il, Or the People Who Do

January 11, 2010 – 1:25 pm

Who still denies that the North Koreans are trying to develop a uranium bomb? Two groups, mainly: inflexible North Korea apologists, and those who are still so obsessed with hating George W. Bush that they’re willing to overlook Kim Jong Il’s flaws. The latter group is rapidly fading into irrelevance. The former group ought to.

By Joshua Stanton | Posted in Features, Politics | Also tagged Bill Clinton, foreign policy, Kim Jong Il, North Korea, Nuclear Proliferation, South Korea, uranium | Comments

Shorter Associated Press Report

January 9, 2010 – 12:28 pm

“Barack Obama blames George W. Bush for every bad thing that happens, except in situations where he finds it in his interest to sound like George W. Bush.”

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Bush Administration, Bush-Bashing, Obama Administration | Comments

I Am Proud To Call Chris Badeaux My Friend

December 17, 2009 – 11:27 am

Here is why.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Africa, AIDS, baby bust, Malthusian nonsense, misanthropy, Uganda | Comments

Millions of Babies Born HIV-Free and Capable of Breathing in Uganda: Blame Bush

December 14, 2009 – 8:19 pm

Christmas time, as we all know, is the perfect time of year to lament the fact that there are new humans coming into the world. Who can help it? What with all the joy over the celebration of the Nativity, folks are bound to get swept away suggesting there would be more holly and ivy if only there were fewer humans. After all, one of the great philanthropists of literature once famously opined that Christmas is the perfect time to decrease the extra humans competing for scarce resources.

By Christopher Badeaux | Posted in Blogs, Hegemon | Also tagged Africa, AIDS, baby bust, Malthusian nonsense, misanthropy, Uganda | Comments

Making Mischief (Presidential Legacy Edition)

December 10, 2009 – 12:49 am

My colleague, Dan McLaughlin, suggests via e-mail that perhaps it is now time to repeal the 22nd Amendment. It may make the Presidential race in 2012 interesting:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Bush Administration, John Yoo, Obama Administration, Politics, Presidential Legacy | Comments

Obama’s Foreign Policy: Shakedown 1979

November 24, 2009 – 1:46 am

The evidence suggests that Obama foreign policy is like Obama campaign promises: destined to be realized in some shadowy future likely – but not certain – to come, yet already awarded rich accolades merely for promise. It appears to be premised on the idea that the Carter Administration was not inherently wrong on anything – just well ahead of its time.

By Christopher Badeaux | Posted in Features, Politics | Also tagged Asia, Barack Obama, China, Diplomacy, foreign policy, Iran, Iraq, Myung-Bak, South Korea | Comments

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