President George W. Bush // Current

There Went Sarah Palin's chance to the Senate

Democrat Mark Begich took a 3-vote lead Wednesday in his effort to topple 40-year Republican Sen. Ted Stevens, a titan of Alaska... more

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Bush's last push to deregulate

The White House is working to enact a wide array of federal regulations, many of which would weaken government rules aimed at... more

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The most spine chilling McCain video you will ever see.

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The (Oval) Office

George W. Bush and Tony Blair star in "The (Oval) Office," a "Super News" takeoff on the popular show.

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Donald Trump: Impeach Bush For Iraq!

Donald Trump thinks impeaching Bush would be "a wonderful thing." If Bill Clinton got impeach then, Bush definitely... more

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Turtle Island Project: President Bush doesn't understand Native American Tribal Sovereignty

President George W. Bush's apparent lack of understanding on tribal sovereignty is examined by Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard,... more

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Bush might bomb Iran if he thinks Obama will win?

On Fox News Sunday, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol implied that President Bush is more likely to attack Iran before leaving... more

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Bush: "Lots of work to do" before leaving office

"It looks like I'm going to have a lot of work to do between today and when the new president takes office," Bush... more

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Bush Confident in Financial Crisis

“He said that if it was going to happen at all, he was glad it was happening under his presidency, because he had a good... more

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Judge orders Bush to release 17 Guantanamo prisoners

Release of Chinese Muslims Ordered By WILLIAM GLABERSON Published: October 7, 2008 WASHINGTON — A federal judge on... more

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Senate Lifts Offshore Drilling Ban In Huge Spending Bill

Senators have passed a spending bill that aids Gulf Coast disaster victims and subsidizes federal loans for automakers. President... more

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Bush On The Economy

President George W. Bush addresses the economic problems facing the United States and what America needs to solve the problems.

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Obama Calls Bailout a "Blank Check"

Sen. Barack Obama heaped criticism Sunday on President Bush's mortgage-bailout blueprint, calling it a "blank... more

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OMG!! US to bail out foreign banks!

WHAT IN THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE??? Bush continues to screw the American people!! _____ U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson... more

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Funny President Bush Addressing Pakistan

A funny video of President Bush addressing Pakistan while on a officila visit.

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President Bush goes AWOL

Where’s George? The president, I mean. You remember him. Dubya. No. 43. Won a second term a few years ago. It was in... more

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Biden: We might pursue criminal charges against Bush administration if elected

Democratic vice-presidential nominee Joe Biden said earlier this week that he and running mate Barack Obama could pursue criminal... more

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Epitome of Lame Duck?

As the world sees the events now occurring in Georgia unfold we look to those that lead us for answers. Does anyone think... more

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Next President Must Keep What Bush Got Right

For the next president, simply reversing this administration's policies is not the answer.

President George W. Bush now enters his 23rd consecutive month with an approval rating under 40 percent. (It currently stands at 32 percent.) No matter what he does, or what happens in the world, the public seems to have decided that Bush has been a failure.

A broad shift in America's approach to the world is justified and overdue. Bush's basic conception of a "global War on Terror," to take but the most obvious example, has been poorly thought-through, badly implemented, and has produced many unintended costs that will linger for years if not decades. But blanket criticism of Bush misses an important reality. The administration that became the target of so much passion and anger—from Democrats, Republicans, independents, foreigners, Martians, everyone—is not quite the one in place today. The foreign policies that aroused the greatest anger and opposition were mostly pursued in Bush's first term: the invasion of Iraq, the rejection of treaties, diplomacy and multilateralism. In the past few years, many of these policies have been modified, abandoned or reversed. This has happened without acknowledgment—which is partly what drives critics crazy—and it's often been done surreptitiously. It doesn't reflect a change of heart so much as an admission of failure; the old way simply wasn't working. But for whatever reasons and through whichever path, the foreign policies in place now are more sensible, moderate and mainstream. In many cases the next president should follow rather than reverse them.

The next president will inherit the world as it is in 2009. He will have to examine the Bush administration's policies as they stand in January 2009—not as they were in 2001 or 2002 or 2003—and decide how to accept, modify and alter them. There was a U.S. president who came into office convinced that everything his predecessor had done was feckless, stupid, ill-informed and venal. He rejected and tried to reverse everything that he could, almost as an article of faith. Before he had even examined the policies carefully, he knew that they had to be changed. The base of his party was delighted by his clarity and fighting spirit.

That president, of course, was George W. Bush. His decision to blindly repudiate anything associated with Bill Clinton is what got us into this mess in the first place. Let's hope that the next president, no matter how much he despises Bush, will take a careful look at his administration's policies, America's interests, and the world beyond and do the right thing for the country and its future.

What did Bush get right?

[Click the link to read the full article]For the next president, simply reversing this administration's policies is not the answer. President George W. Bush now... more