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A former White House speechwriter, Mark Thiessen, has jumped to the defense of his former boss, writing for the Washington Post that George W. Bush “established a conservative record without parallel.” Even by the loose standards of Washington, that is a jaw-dropping assertion. I’ve been explaining for years that Bush was a big-government advocate, even writing a column back in 2007 for the Washington Examiner pointing out that Clinton had a much better economic record from a free-market perspective. I also groused to the Wall Street Journal the following year about Bush’s dismal performance. “Bush doesn’t have a conservative legacy”...

Let's face it, this is shaping up as George W. Bush's best month in years. The last time the 43rd president enjoyed this kind of vindication was when a bedraggled Saddam Hussein was pulled from a hole in the ground by American soldiers in 2003. All of Barack Obama's efforts to cast the Bush administration as an immoral stain on American history have not merely collapsed, but collapsed on the heads of Bush's most public and vocal critics.Here's a non-stammering Nancy Pelosi talking about Bush last July: "God bless him, bless his heart, president of the United States -- a...

Today the President Signsed H.R. 7222, the Andean Trade Preference Act Extension Pray for President Bush -- Day 2955 - McCain/Palin--Day 49. The First lady Laura Bush spoke at the launching of the Iraq Cultural Heritage Project at the Iraq Embassy in Washington, she also spoke with Ladies in White during a video teleconference in the Situation Room of the White House. Today vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin spoke at Rallies in Bangor Maine and Elon, N.C Enjoy Sanity Island

AMERICA was reintroduced this week to one of its most charming, gifted, relaxed, wily, plainspoken and ruthless politicians: George W Bush, the candidate. If the US president loses his re-election bid on November 2 - a fate that is a real possibility - it will not be because he lacks the skills needed on the stump. Love him or loathe him, the past ten days have reminded voters and political journalists just what an effective campaigner Mr Bush is. As he and John Kerry, his Democratic opponent, have engaged in the first intensive round of election-year combat, sparring with each...

WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites) retains an advantage with voters on such qualities as decisiveness and strength of leadership despite the Democrats' effort to promote John Kerry (news - web sites) as a strong leader, a poll this week finds. "The Kerry campaign spent $80 million to $100 million on advertising and then held the convention in July, all to showcase John Kerry as a strong leader," said Bush campaign strategist Matthew Dowd. "When the polls showed very little movement, they said the goal was to change the public perception of his attributes." When asked which candidate...