What Are the Checks and Balances?
This election year makes a mockery of past complaints about the "lesser of two evils." That cliche has been trotted out in every election of my lifetime.
Category Archives: George Bush
Obama, Netanyahu meeting a capstone to years of testy ties
Frustrated after years of fraught diplomacy, President Barack Obama will seek Wednesday to cast the U.S. partnership with Israel as on solid footing, even as he openly weighs using the final stretch of his presidency to ramp up pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to finally make peace with the Palestinians. Obama's meeting Wednesday with Netanyahu will likely be his last before leaving office, the White House said.
Trump Can Run His Company From the OvalBy Tim Mak
Traditionally presidents have turned over their day jobs to a blind trust once they become Commander-in-Chief. But nothing in the law say they have to turn over the reigns to anyone.
George H.W. Bush Will Defy Party With Vote for Clinton, a Kennedy Claims
Former President George H.W. Bush , who lost a second term to Bill Clinton in 1992, will be voting for the wife of his former bitter rival, according to reports. Kathleen Hartington Kennedy Townsend, daughter of Robert F. Kennedy, recently visited the 42nd president and later posted a picture of herself and Bush to Facebook with the surprising revelation.
First on CNN: Adelson to spend at least $45 million on 2016 races in boost for GOP
Conservative megadonor Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam, have committed roughly $45 million so far to Donald Trump's presidential campaign and downballot Republicans' attempt to control Congress, according to a person familiar with Adelson's thinking. The billionaire on Tuesday will disclose having given $20 million to the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC linked to George W. Bush hand Karl Rove and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Donald Trump presidency could mirror Eisenhower
With swing-state polls reportedly driving some nervous Hillary Clinton supporters to check out housing prices in Canada, attention is turning to what many in both parties thought the impossible - a Donald Trump presidency and what it might look like. Though the temperament and personality hardly match, there are enough parallels between the high-energy business tycoon and Dwight D. Eisenhower to make the avuncular Ike's Oval Office tenure six decades ago a predictor of a Trump presidency's features.
GOP mostly powerless in stopping Obama ‘midnight regulations’ – Mon, 19 Sep 2016 PST
Republican lawmakers are bracing for a slew of last-minute rules and regulations, as well as more executive actions to place swaths of land under federal protection, during President Barack Obama's final months in office. "Midnight regulations" are a feature of any lame-duck administration and represent a president's last opportunity to lock in rules on legacy issues.
BTW, you can’t just move to Canada if your candidate loses
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are particularly loathsome people. But that doesn't mean you can just move to Canada if the one you hate wins in November.
George W. Bush paintings book coming in 2017
"Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief's Tribute to America's Warriors" will feature 66 oil paintings and a four-panel mural by Bush of military veterans and those in active service, the Crown Publishing Group told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The book is scheduled to come out Feb. 28, 2017, and will include an introduction by Bush and forewords by former first lady Laura Bush and by Gen.
Ex-Defense Chief Gates: Trump ‘Beyond Repair’ on Foreign Policy, But Hillary Needs Work
The next president is most likely to face an international crisis shortly after taking office - and both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton "have a credibility problem in foreign affairs," former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday. "Clinton was the senior-most advocate for using the U.S. military to bring ill-fated regime change in Libya and, further, failed to anticipate the chaos that would follow," Gates, who has served eight presidents over 50 years, wrote in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal.
FBI trying to build legal cases against Russian hackers: sources
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is intensifying efforts to find enough evidence to enable the Justice Department to indict some of the Russians that U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded are hacking into American political parties and figures, U.S. law enforcement and intelligence officials said on Thursday.Building legal cases is difficult, largely because the best evidence against foreign hackers is often highly classified, they said. Still, some White House and State Department officials think legal action is the best way to respond to what they said are growing Russian attempts to disrupt and discredit the November elections, without sparking an open confrontation with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Colin Powell: Trump is ‘a national disgrace’
Leaked emails from former Secretary of State Colin Powell show him strongly criticizing Donald Trump, labeling him a "national disgrace and an international pariah." "That's what the 99% believe.
Political odd couples make for insights in PBS’ ‘Contenders’
In this July 29, 2016 file photo, Howard Dean participates in "The Contenders: 16 for 16" panel during the PBS Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif.
James Kirchick: HIllary was right about the basket of deplorables
Hillary Clinton was way off base Friday night when she claimed that "half" of Donald Trump supporters are "deplorable" racists, sexists and nativists. Unsurprisingly, Trump leapt on the remark, calling it "the worst mistake of the political season," and Clinton quickly apologized.
Jodey Arrington with former President Bush
"It feels like only three years ago," Arrington said. During September 11, 2001, Arrington lived in Washington D.C. and served in the White House for President George W. Bush.
Mainstream Media Sensationalizes Incident, Embraces Clinton Health Conspiracy
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton waves after leaving an apartment building Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, in New York.
Editorial: Americans must never forget the 9/11 terror attacks and…
It's hard to believe that 15 years have passed since Muslim terrorists murdered 3,000 people on American soil, grimly shattering the illusion that America and Americans were somehow immune from terror attacks that daily threatened residents in the Middle East and parts of Europe, Africa and Far East. Indeed, the only constants today are that the world is a dangerous place, and that our national security is more important than ever.
Coffee, Cigarettes, and the Fog of War: Air Force One on 9/11
One of the untold stories of 9/11 has been a comprehensive telling of what it was like for the President, his staff, the Secret Service, members of the military, guests and the traveling press corps who were aboard Air Force One that day. Bits and pieces have come out.
15 years after reporting on 9/11
Washington Examiner senior defense and national security writer Jamie McIntyre was working at CNN with an office at the Pentagon. Because of how large the building is, he didn't even feel the impact when the plane hit, but quickly jumped on air and began reporting from the scene.
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Saturday 10 Sep 2016
Hillary Clinton told an audience of donors that half of Donald Trump's supporters fall into "the basket of deplorables". The Democrat hopeful said: "To just be grossly generalistic, you can put half of Trump supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables.