Tag Archives: Laura Bush

Bush Revisited

BY JOHN FEEHERY
Reprinted from TheFeeheryTheory.com

Thousands of Republicans are on their way to Dallas, Texas to commemorate and celebrate 8 consequential years at the turn of the 21st century.

President Bush is opening his Presidential library, which runs counter to his self-image as a simple, country bumpkin.

Bush was always smarter than he let on in his public image, which I have always thought was a big mistake on his part. People don’t want a simple, country bumpkin as their President. Well, I should rephrase that. Many people don’t want a simple, country bumpkin as their President, me included. Continue reading →

The Mosque in Manhattan

BY RICH GALEN

Reprinted from mullings.com

I’m a little uncomfortable about this because my instinct – my strong instinct – is to stay far, far away from religious issues.

But, this business about the proposal to build Mosque in lower Manhattan has become big enough so that the Washington Post made it a front page story in its Sunday edition. Here was the lede:

One day after President Obama defended the freedom of Muslims to build an Islamic complex near New York’s Ground Zero, he offered a less forceful version of that position on Saturday: Yes, Muslims have that right, Obama said – but that doesn’t mean he believes it is the right thing for them to do.

Doesn’t exactly qualify President Obama for a chapter header in a new edition of “Profiles in Courage,” does it?

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