Bush then and now, the “threat of Iraq” and the “failing economy”

Jon Stewart's team does a great job of editing George W. Bush speeches from five years ago and from recent days.   It does seem to be the same speech. Consider this earlier post, and the opening lines from the BBC's terrific documentary: “The Power of Nightmares: The Shadows In The…

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Sarah Palin’s foreign policy knowledge gained through osmosis.

I sleep with a lot of books near my bed so that I can learn by osmosis, I joke.  Now, check out this surreal statement by Sarah Palin on why Alaska's proximity to Russian and Canada bolsters her foreign policy credentials. And notice another reference to the impending attack on…

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George Bush has fixed our ailing economy!

Thanks, President Bush, for taking care of the problem!  Now all let's get back to our wasteful, ignorant, self-indulgent American lives!  Let's add another new big screen TV to the credit card! What else is a reader of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch supposed to think when scanning this headline: "Stock…

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