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Walt Harrington’s reflections on how George W. Bush grew over the years that Harrington knew him. As many people have pointed out, President Bush was far smarter than people thought. (That doesn’t mean that he was always right, just that he wasn’t an idiot.)

And he began to talk—and talk and talk for what …

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The Tax Foundation crunches the numbers to see if it’s true that “the economic downturn, President Bush’s tax cuts and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq explain virtually the entire deficit over the next ten years.”

1) Tax revenues have fluctuated largely with the economy, dropping precipitously in the aftermath of the 2008 recession, …

There are many things not to like about Governor Palin. Her sense of humor isn’t one of them. The same goes for President Bush.

When I read political memoirs, I’m typically looking for one of two things: a much better understanding of the politician or a much better understanding of the decisions that were made and the day-to-day, nitty-gritty detail of events that led into the decisions. Sadly, with this book from “43″, I got neither.

President George W. Bush was the biggest spending U.S. President since President Lyndon Baines Johnson. He ”he presided over an 83-percent increase in overall federal spending, which includes defense, domestic, entitlements, and interest. Even without TARP and Fannie/Freddie, spending was up a huge 70 percent under Bush over eight years. By contrast, total spending under …

Red State updates an old MoveOn.org ad, questioning who will pay for the President’s massive amount of deficit spending. Remember when the Democrats were against deficit spending? Boy do I miss those days.

Now, Social Security is projected to go into deficit as early as fiscal 2010. And the President’s budget has increased the national debt …

I don’t know about you, but I think there’s something creepy about the way Obama carries his teleprompters with him where ever he goes.

President Barack Obama doesn’t go anywhere without his TelePrompter.

The textbook-sized panes of glass holding the president’s prepared remarks follow him wherever he speaks.

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Barack Obama and the Democrats have been hammering the Bush tax cuts ever since they were signed into law. Over the last 6 years we’ve heard an endless litany of complaints about the tax cuts. Most complaints center around the claim that Bush cut taxes for the wealthy, gave away huge amounts of money to …

Earlier today, I received an e-mail from a friend:

National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive

I know the liberals are screaming over this … and I understand why — but please for the love of god explain to me why this is in ANY WAY good from your point of …

”I’m feeling pretty chipper tonight — I survived the White House shake-up.” — President Bush, at a recent White House Dinner.

Now that’s funny.