Time To Go

If Time had any balls and/or honesty they'd do a better cover than the one they put out this week. Nobody in the MSM has a spine anymore...just like Lieboy Bush. (Keith Olbermann is the MSM exception.) The article states Bush is isolated now. As opposed to when? He has ALWAYS spoken only in front of donors, Republicans or troops ordered to attend. He hides from real Americans because he can't handle the truth. Every appearance is a carefully staged photo op to sell his lies or raise money for other crooks.

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Dick Says Torture is a No-Brainer

Dick interview by Scott Hennen, WDAY at Radio Day at the White House
The Vice President's Office
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Q Would you agree a dunk in water is a no-brainer if it can save lives?

THE VICE PRESIDENT: "It's a no-brainer for me, but for a while there, I was criticized as being the Vice President "for torture." We don't torture. That's not what we're involved in. We live up to our obligations in international treaties that we're party to and so forth. But the fact is, you can have a fairly robust interrogation program without torture, and we need to be able to do that.

And thanks to the leadership of the President now, and the action of the Congress, we have that authority, and we are able to continue the program.
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Follow-up
Remarks by the Vice President to the Travel Pool
On Board Air Force Two, En Route Washington, D.C.

Q ...we'd like to ask you to clarify those comments that have now been in the news today concerning...

THE VICE PRESIDENT: I was being interviewed by a talk show host. I don't talk about techniques and I wouldn't. I have said that the interrogation program for a select number of detainees is very important. It has been I think one of the most valuable intelligence programs we have. And I believe it has allowed us to prevent terrorist attacks against the United States. I did not talk about specific techniques involved...

Q So it was not about water boarding, even though he asked you about dunking in the water?

THE VICE PRESIDENT: I didn't say anything about water boarding. Those were all his comments. He didn't even use that phrase.

Q He said dunking in the water.

THE VICE PRESIDENT: I didn't say anything, he did.
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Dunk...immerse into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate.
Waterboarding...it never goes out of style.


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Fascist Fashionistas

Charming Condiplomacy


Pickles is busting out all over


Work wife Harriet shows her love


Snowjob workin' it



Whore-a O'Donnell toes the line


Bar struts it


Contd.

Fat Coulter


Malevolent Malkin


Lynne Cheney, porn queen


Laura Ingraham pushes Bush


Waste of skin


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Arrrrrrgggghhhhhhh!

blogger status
Rove must have infiltrated blogger...totally unreliable.



Update...November 1 after several more days of bullshit. Let me guess...the day after the elections these "glitches" will be suddenly fixed.
blogger status

Blogger Status
Wednesday, November 01, 2006

There are currently problems with photo uploading, we are working on fixing them.

Posted by Pal at 11:24 PST
Monday, October 30, 2006

We have been working through a series of publishing issues since Saturday morning. The problems have been transient: for some users they were more frequent than for others. We are still working to resolve this completely and will post updates.

Posted by Pal at 09:25 PST
Sunday, October 29, 2006

There are problems with publishing to blogs. We are working on fixing this. Blogs on the beta are not affected.



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Another update...this sucks!!!!!
Blogger Status
Thursday, November 02, 2006

Photo uploading is having problems currently on www.blogger.com. We are working on fixing the problem.

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Bush is a Big Fat Liar, of Course

As a matter of fact, we will win in Iraq so long as we stay the course —Bush, July 11, 2006.
What the hell is wrong with Bush's handlers? Have they simply decided to send him out with bald faced lies and a smirk? Oh, right, nothing's changed. Bush claims "We've never been stay the course" on Iraq, a blatant lie, and Steffi the wonder dog didn't pursue it.

STEPHANOPOULOS: That's exactly what I wanted to ask you about because James Baker says he's looking for something between --
BUSH: Cut and run --
STEPHANOPOULOS: -- cut and run and stay the course.
BUSH: Listen, we've never been stay the course, George. We have been -- we will complete the mission. We will do our job and help achieve the goal, but we're constantly adjusting to tactics.
STEPHANOPOULOS: And that's exactly --
BUSH: Constantly.
Transcript (ABC)
Video via Crooks and Liars here.

Where's the "But you and your henchthugs have used that phrase again and again, how can you say that?" and "You're telling lies again, Mr. Bush!" No, not from Steffi the whore, no such real questions from that little skunk. Speaking of "We will complete the mission" didn't that happen three years ago? Bush will say and do anything to keep his disgusting party in power.

Just some staying of the course...(far too many to post)
Bush "We will stay the course"
Snowjob ..."you've got to stay the course"
And, yet, we must stay the course, because the end result is in our nation's interest.
U.S."Will Stay the Course" in Iraq, Bush Says
Stay the course, no matter what.

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Further illumination of the cretin-in-chief's lack of character...

Bush:"I Have Not Read One Book About Me"
BUSH: George, I have not read one book about me. I read a lot of books this year. But not one about myself. You know, I just — I feel uncomfortable reading about myself. It’s — it’s hard for you to relate, I think. But my — I’m still in the midst of my presidency. And people are writing books about my presidency. It is so myopic in many ways. The true history of my presidency won’t be reflected until way after I’m gone.
STEPHANOPOULOS: But you don't think there's anything you could learn from these books in real-time?

BUSH: No.

And he's not in the least bit curious? The history of his presidency is already there for all to see. It's criminal. Bush and his band of thieves have repeatedly broken the law and then re-written the laws to fit. He's the worst president ever. And Helen Thomas would know! Hearings by Christmas I say!

An accidental morsel of truth....
Alberto Fernandez, director of public diplomacy in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs at the State Department offered an unusually candid assessment of America's war in Iraq.

"We tried to do our best but I think there is much room for criticism because, undoubtedly, there was arrogance and there was stupidity from the United States in Iraq," he said.

"We are open to dialogue because we all know that, at the end of the day, the solution to the hell and the killings in Iraq is linked to an effective Iraqi national reconciliation," he said, speaking in Arabic from Washington. "The Iraqi government is convinced of this."

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Boosting Denny




Hastert was informed

The former clerk of the House of Reps., Jeff Trandahl, who testified for more than four hours before the House Ethics Committee today, is believed to have testified that a top aide to House Speaker Dennis Hastert was informed of "all issues dealing with the page program," according to a Republican familiar with the investigation. (Rest of text below fold)

Update:

Hastert Meets With Ethics Panel:Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and his attorneys are currently meeting with the House ethics panel investigating the page scandal surrounding former Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.)

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Roll Call
Palmer Appears Before Ethics Panel
Monday, Oct. 23; 2:46 pm

Scott Palmer, chief of staff to Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and a critical player in the Congressional page scandal involving former Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.), is being interviewed by the House ethics committee this afternoon.

Palmer, who has denied being warned by Foley’s former top aide, Kirk Fordham, and Jeff Trandahl, the former Clerk of the House, about concerns regarding Foley’s interactions with Congressional pages, entered the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct office at 2 p.m., accompanied by his attorney.

There is no information yet on when Hastert or his other senior aides will testify. Sally Vastola, executive director of the National Republican Congressional Committee and a longtime staffer for Rep. Tom Reynolds (R-N.Y.), appeared before the panel earlier today.

Who is Scott Palmer?
Palmer, 1999 with a less obese Fatty Hastert.


Update:

Photo:Tom Williams/Roll Call
Scott Palmer, chief of staff for Speaker Dennis Hastert, makes his way through the Capitol with his attorney, Scott Fredericksen.
Palmer, Vastola Tell Their Sides
October 24, 2006

Text below fold....


TRANDAHL:

The Republican source said Trandahl planned to name Ted Van Der Meid, the speaker's counsel and floor manager, as the person who was briefed on a regular basis about any issue that arose in the page program, including a "problem group of members and staff who spent too much time socializing with pages outside of official duties." One of whom was Mark Foley.

Trandahl's testimony before the House Ethics Committee could provide additional evidence that key members of the speaker's staff were aware of problems involving the page program for years.

Van Der Meid declined to comment to ABC News, but a source close to Van Der Meid says he expects to be called to testify before the House Ethics Committee next week and plans to answer all questions.

Last week, Foley's former chief of staff, Kirk Fordham, testified before the Ethics Committee about his public allegations that the speaker's chief of staff, Scott Palmer, was told about problems with Foley at least three years ago.

Palmer has said that Fordham's version of events "never happened."

Trandahl was known as a strict and protective overseer of the page program. He was mentioned in one instant message exchange obtained by ABC News that occurred between a former page and Foley in early 2003, when the teen was planning a trip to Washington to visit with other former pages.
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PALMER:

The four-member House ethics subcommittee looking into the activities of former Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) heard testimony on Monday from Scott Palmer, chief of staff to Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), and Sally Vastola, a top aide to National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Reynolds (N.Y.), even as the panel is scheduled to hear from Reynolds himself today.

Vastola, executive director of the NRCC, declined to comment following her three hours of testimony. She was accompanied by counsel, Robert Kelner of Covington & Burling, a specialist in election and political law.

At press time, Palmer was still being questioned by the committee after more than three hours of testimony. He made no comment to reporters as he entered the committee room and was accompanied by his attorney, Scott Fredericksen of Foley & Lardner LLP.

Reynolds is set to appear today and it is anticipated that two additional senior aides to Hastert will also appear this week, but Hastert’s office has declined to announce the schedule. Mike Stokke, deputy chief of staff, and Ted Van Der Meid, staff counsel, are expected to provide key testimony in the investigation.

Two weeks out from Election Day, the timing of the investigation potentially is seen as most politically damaging for Reynolds, who is facing a tougher-than-expected re-election bid against Democratic candidate Jack Davis, who also tried to unseat Reynolds in 2004. Davis has now sought to make the Foley scandal a central point in the campaign, and Reynolds was forced to go on the air with a TV ad apologizing for the handling of the Foley incident.

Immediately following the Foley revelation, numerous polls showed Reynolds down in his district by as many as 15 points, but recent polls indicated that Reynolds has rebounded and is running closer to a statistical dead heat with Davis. The Republican National Committee has also directed funds to his district to bolster his re-election effort.

Reynolds’ public statements have often been at odds with those of Hastert since Foley resigned on Sept. 29. Reynolds said he discussed the initial e-mail exchange with Hastert earlier this year, but Hastert maintains he does not recall such a conversation. That particular e-mail exchange was characterized only as “over-friendly” and was unrelated to a series of sexually explicit online communications that were first revealed last month. It did, however, prompt enough concern to cause officials to ask Foley to cease communication with the former page, at the request of the teenager’s parents. The page was sponsored by Rep. Rodney Alexander (R-La.), whose office first brought the e-mails to the attention of senior Hastert aides.

It also was reported shortly after the story broke that tensions were high between the Hastert and Reynolds camps as leadership offices sought to coordinate a timeline of events and a unified message on the Foley matter.

That effort was not particularly successful as Reynolds and Majority Leader John Boehner (Ohio) continued to offer conflicting accounts, as did Kirk Fordham, a now-resigned former top aide to Reynolds. Fordham testified before the ethics panel last week and stated publicly that he informed Palmer as early as 2003 of potentially inappropriate behavior from Foley toward male pages. Palmer denied the account in a online statement and has made no further public comments.

It is unclear if Hastert will be questioned by the ethics committee. Spokesman Ron Bonjean said the Speaker attended a fundraiser for Tennessee Republican David Davis, who is challenging Rep. Bart Gordon (D), on Monday, but said his schedule for the remainder of the week was not available.

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Rummy is EVIL

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Dark Times

The smirky Torturer-in-Chief got to sign his Torture Bill. The Decider and his designees can determine who is an enemy combatant (person of interest) for any reason, using his "with us or against us" mentality. Detainees have no rights and can be brutally treated, it's lawful, but un-American. The most insulting aspect:"And now, in memory of the victims of September the 11th, it is my honor to sign the Military Commissions Act of 2006 into law" How many 9/11 victims would approve of the United States without Habeas Corpus? Should George Bush have the right to detain people and do to them whatever strikes his fancy? Including waterboarding? The Bush Administration's war crimes and violations of the Geneva Convention are now covered retroactively by Diablo's stroke of a Sharpie. Torture first, change the laws to cover your asses later. This is working out well for them.


Bush signs into law S. 3930, the Military Commissions Act of 2006, during a ceremony Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2006, in the East Room of the White House. Joining him on stage, from left are: Utah Rep. Chris Cannon, Indiana Rep. Steve Buyer, Wisconsin Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, California Rep. Duncan Hunter, and Sen. John Warner of Virginia. General Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales are in the background. White House photo by Paul Morse

Now, remember those GOP names...they're torturers. Coincidentally, Chris Cannon (R-Ut)is the gem who called Pages precocious.Cannon was outdone by Chris Shays (R-Ct)who said Abu Ghraib was a sex ring. Conspicuously absent is Torturer and Religious Right Asskisser, John McCain. He must have had unexpected changes in his schedule like the day before when he mysteriously couldn't make it to speak at Erie County's Rep dinner. As reported by the conservative Buffalonews.com:
At the urging of Rep. Thomas M. Reynolds, Rove - who is called "Bush's brain" - is slated to fill in for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., at the Erie County Republican Committee's black-tie dinner in the Statler Towers.
McCain suddenly backed out, claiming a "scheduling conflict," even though the GOP presidential front-runner couldn't say what he had on his dance card that conflicted with it.

Then there's McCain's strange absence from the Senate floor during the sham of a debate on the torture bill. His partners in crime, Warner and Graham, both spewed justification in the name of protecting us, McCain absent. He was attending a friend's funeral. How convenient. McCain is seriously damaged goods, and an asshole. His presidential aspirations have blinded him to reality. No way in hell can he win. He's being played by the White House again. Sucker.

Bush Moves to Firm Up Support with rabid right wing shrieking head radio and TV sycophants.
The rotten little chickenshit can't face REAL Americans. Instead he's gathering his paid-for "press" to make sure they've got the right talking points directly from the horse's ass.

Bush discussed his policies with conservative radio hosts last month at the White House, including, from left, Mike Gallagher, Neal Boortz, Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity and Michael Medved.

Speaking of other chickenshits, five deferments got himself a tough interview with Pilonidal RushCyst. They've got a lot in common.
Cheney gave Rush an interview. Cut out the cumbersome middle men...straight into the deepest thick bullshit propaganda. Rush is carried ALL over the place, loud and clear. Catapulting Big Time's lies. If you will.
Cheney on Iraq:
"Look at the general overall situation they're doing remarkably well"
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"We're engaged there...this is sort of at present the major front on the war on terror, that's what Osama Bin Laden said, and he's right."


Some protesters arrested for blocking a gate. Land of the free, home of the brave, country of the shredded Constitution.

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Liars Club

Bush is standing by his enormous man. Hastert is a known liar. Bush is a known liar too. They've got a perfect relationship. Bush has nothing to lose by backing up H'asstert. Fewer problems for him with his pal Dennis in place.

Bush strongly backs embattled House leader amid sex scandal
"I am proud to be standing with the current speaker of the House who is going to be the future speaker of the House," Bush said in Chicago as he campaigned for two Republican candidates. "Speaker Dennis Hastert has a long record of accomplishments. He is not one of those Washington politicians who spew a lot of hot air. He just gets the job done," he said."He has delivered results for the people," Bush said. "This country is better off with Dennis Hastert as a speaker."


Bush Is Said to Have No Plan if GOP Loses
Well, we knew they were arrogant and smug but does this mean they've got the machines rigged, the disenfranchisements complete, another dastardly distractive plan? When they're happy, something's up. I don't trust them AT ALL. There are always plans. Always contingency plans.
The script thickens.
At the president's news conference on Wednesday, allies of his father complained that the president seemed dismissive of former Secretary of State James Baker, who remains close to his dad and is cochairman of a bipartisan panel studying the war in Iraq.
"I think it's good to have some of our elder statesmen–I hate to call Baker an elder statesman–but to go over there and take a look, and to come back and make recommendations," Bush said. Baker fans felt this made the former secretary seem part of a bygone era. There is also considerable criticism of Bush for making little or no news in his 63-minute encounter with the press. "He had nothing to say at the press conference," says a prominent GOP insider. "My question is, why call it?"


Hastert ISN'T really taking any responsibility.
Media Matters
CNN's Malveaux: Bush "lifeline" to Hastert followed Hastert's "taking responsibility" for Foley scandal (Video at link)

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No matter what comes up...they can always BLAME CLINTON!




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Well-Oiled Bush Machine

Under the tightly-run Titanical standards of Josh Bolten Lieboy gave a press show on N. Korea. Nothing by chance. Everything carefully planned. Of course, no press questions during this serious and terrorificationizing time. Heck, the press is down the street in a different building and need escorts to get onto the White House grounds. Freedom of the press.
Speech Video and Transcript
The Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House. Did he really want to stand under Washington's portrait to lend credence? Books, to remind us he's now a reader. Hahahaa. Unh, hunh. Hahahahaha.
Laura Bush was pressed into watching/concerned mode, the "feminine touch" and "family values" slant. Usually it's a seated line of scary white men in suits, Rove, Snow, Bolten, Hadley...Cheney, Rummy, Condi, misc. hard core rubber stamping congressthings, misc. cabinet members. Another Commercial White House moment...not the Chimp's finest. Nervous fumbling speech, awkward delivery, tension, lip licking, scrunching of lips, darting eyes. He's not ready to go solo on this topic. Hence the short protected speech and photo op props.



In the meantime, send out the assholes to blame Clinton. Yeah, that's the ticket. Blame Clinton, blame Clinton, make another docudamner. Video at crooks and liars. McCain wore fresh lipstick and groveled for some sick demographic that blames current problems in N. Korea on Bill Clinton. Un-bloody-believable. Rebuttals,John Podesta-"By virtually every measure, Bush's North Korea policy has been a failure."

Bush refuses to talk unless it's to threaten.

We need real leadership.

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He's going to get us all killed.....

Great, just great, Lieboy. Another fine mess you've gotten us into.
N. Korea tests a nuke.
Conflicting reports about the size of the explosion.
South Korea's geological institute estimated the force of the explosion to be equivalent to 550 tons of TNT, far smaller than the two nuclear bombs the U.S. dropped on Japan in World War II. France's atomic energy commission similarly estimated the blast measured about 500 tons, but did not confirm it was caused by a nuclear device.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said it was far more powerful, equivalent to 5,000 to 15,000 tons of TNT.

The head of South Korea's spy agency said the blast was equal to less than 1,000 tons of TNT, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported. National Intelligence Service chief Kim Seung-kyu also told lawmakers signs of suspicious movement were spotted at another suspected test site, Yonhap said.


Lieboy's response: Transcript


The United States condemns this provocative act. Once again North Korea has defied the will of the international community, and the international community will respond.

This was confirmed this morning in conversations I had with leaders of China, and South Korea, Russia, and Japan. We reaffirmed our commitment to a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula, and all of us agreed that the proclaimed actions taken by North Korea are unacceptable and deserve an immediate response by the United Nations Security Council.


The Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House.


No questions.

It's haaard work callin' China.

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What's Up Dick?

Hatespeak, it's what Dick does best. Fundraising and fearmongering. Sarasota Florida, fundraising for Vern Buchanan $318,000 breakfast. (Katherine Harris' old seat)
"If Democrats take control and the tax cuts expire, American families will face immense tax increases and the economy will sustain a major hit," he said. "The tax reductions are doing exactly, exactly what we expected. President Bush's tax plan is right for America, and it's working."
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According to Dick Cheney the worst enemies and threats to American Democracy are Democrats. If Democrats win, yikes, run for your lives. It'll be mayhem in the streets. Democrats WANT the terrorists to come here and kill your children because Democrats are eeeeeeeevilllllll. Democrats want to spend all your money and let illegal gay terrorist immigrants rape your daughters. You are not safe, go forth in fear. Spread division, feel the hate. He's a masterful liar. No questions. Canned audiences only.
"Wars are not won on the defensive" "America is safer today because we've conducted this war on the offense." "The stakes are high...." Transcript

Vice President Dick Cheney told about 200 people at a fundraiser that voting for Democrats in November threatens the economic and military security of the country.
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Photo Op with assembled military personnel.
Oct. 4, Fort Hood

Fundraising and spreading fear, as usual. Things are so grim for Dick he needed the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders open for him at Fort Hood. A grim speech from a grim liar; no chance to ask why he enjoys sending American troops into harm's way. He lied going in, he lied once we were there, and he's lying now. He's making money for his retirement on our troops. Security guards for his contractors, Halliburton, et al. Green Zone guards. They deserve some answers for being asked to die.

Protester sues Dick's SS Guards.
“I think your policies in Iraq are reprehensible,” or as the lawsuit itself describes the encounter, “words to that effect.”...spokesman for the Secret Service, Eric Zahren, said Mr. Howards “wasn’t acting like other folks in the area,” and that he became “argumentative and combative” when agents tried to question him. Mr. Howards said Tuesday that he was never threatening and did not become upset until his arrest. “This was not about anything I did — this is about what I said,” he said.


Dick's second Michigan trip in two weeks More than $150,000, most for U.S. House candidate Tim Walberg, Michigan's 7th District.
In a speech to donors in Bath, near Lansing, Cheney said the No. 1 campaign issue is national security, and Republicans are stronger than Democrats on fighting terrorism. "The United States is at war," Cheney said, "and wars are not won on the defensive."

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Time's GOPretendephants

Time's Cover
What a Mess.

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Bush Family Outing

Doro tries waterboarding


Bar isn't happy


Doro improves her swing


Bushes share stage
On Saturday, the two Bushes took part in the christening of the Navy's newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, named the USS George H.W. Bush after the 41st president. Amid rainfall and the crackle of thunder, the current president stood under the carrier's bow and said his 82-year-old father "exemplifies the great character of our country." Said the elder Bush, "I'm very proud of our president. I support him in every single way with every fiber of my body."
No mention of poor Doro, the one who did the actual christening of said carrier. Lieboy needs more photo ops with the old man since Woodward's book came out with allegations of a "strained" relationship. All Dubya's relationships are screwed up from his family to the rest of the world.

USS George H.W. Bush Christened


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