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  • Biden ‘misunderestimated’ Kevin McCarthy, and it led to a major conservative victory

    06/02/2023 9:31:06 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 56 replies
    The Hill ^ | 06/02/2023 | MATT MOWERS
    When debt ceiling negotiations reached a fever pitch, President Biden made a crucial mistake. To steal a word coined by former President George W. Bush, he severely misunderestimated the strategic prowess of Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (Calif.). In doing so, Biden inadvertently paved the way for McCarthy and the Republican Congress to achieve remarkable conservative victories that will have a lasting impact on the nation. House Republicans’ shrewd maneuvering resulted in the largest reduction in spending in history — a rollback of nondefense spending to fiscal 2022 levels, the implementation of work requirements for government benefit programs, and the...
  • Joy Reid: Media Were ‘Enchanted’ with Palin, Bush While Finding Obama

    07/09/2018 5:53:38 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 44 replies
    brietbart ^ | 07/08/2018 | Trent Baker
    MSNBC’s “AM Joy” host Joy Reid lamented Sunday how the media viewed former President George W. Bush and Sarah Palin as authentic and enchanting because of their speech while also “disparaging” former President Barack Obama for “being almost too erudite and articulate.” “There is a thing in Republican Party politics where not being erudite as a speaker is seen as a virtue,” said Reid. “It was with George W. Bush, the idea that he’s plain-spoken, and so, when he would mangle the language — even the media would read that as authentic and great, right? He would make up words...
  • The Pathology of Evil in Politics (Guess Who)

    11/28/2009 5:37:35 AM PST · by no-llmd · 15 replies · 623+ views
    American Thinker ^ | 11-28-2009 | Andrew Thomas
    Do purely evil individuals exist who can hide their true nature from the rest of the world? And are these individuals drawn into politics as a conduit for dominating an unsuspecting and acquiescent populace? There is a theory that evil is a pathological disorder. The observation that psychopaths, including sociopaths and narcissists, all exhibit chronically evil behavior is a persuasive argument toward that theory.
  • Glenn Beck - We Have Been Underestimated Before

    08/29/2009 5:23:53 AM PDT · by Phree Non-Phixion · 72 replies · 3,604+ views
    Common Sense 2020 ^ | 2009-08-28 | LukeAmerica2020
    In the final episode of a record-breaking ratings week, Glenn Beck presented an inspiring music video produced by his staff on Friday. He simply entitled it "A 912 Music Video." From King George to the 911 Terrorists to the current attempt at a socialist takeover of our country by the non-representing Congress and Administration, WE have been underestimated. In each case, the purveyors of tyranny failed to recognize the will of the American people. After watching this video, you may be more inclined to name it "We Have Been Underestimated Before." Video: Glenn Beck - We Have Been Underestimated Before
  • History will say that we misunderestimated George W Bush

    06/21/2008 11:41:14 AM PDT · by knighthawk · 90 replies · 129+ views
    uk ^ | June 21 2008 | Andrew Roberts
    As he leaves the White House at the end of his second term, the President has a poll rating of only 23 per cent, and is widely disliked and even despised. His foreign policy has been judged a failure, especially in view of the long, painful, costly war that he declared, which is still not over. He doesn't get on with his own party's presidential candidate, who is clearly distancing himself, and had lost many of his closest friends and staff to scandals and forced resignations. The New Republic, a hugely influential political magazine, writes that his historical reputation will...
  • Pelosi Asks for Closed House Session

    09/26/2006 10:25:39 AM PDT · by SmithL · 14 replies · 1,346+ views
    AP ^ | 9/26/6 | KATHERINE SHRADER
    WASHINGTON -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi asked her colleagues Tuesday to close the House's doors for a highly unusual secret session to discuss a classified intelligence analysis on global terrorism. Such a session hasn't happened in the House since July 1983, when the chamber went into a closed session to discuss the United States' support for paramilitary operations in Nicaragua. In an interview with The Associated Press, Pelosi, D-Calif., said the secret session is necessary to allow members to better understand the intelligence community's most recent assessment on global terrorism. She said she hoped House Republicans would recognize the...
  • Pelosi asks for closed House session (UPDATE - Request Denied - See #182)

    09/26/2006 10:12:20 AM PDT · by Lunatic Fringe · 304 replies · 15,067+ views
    AP_ ^ | 9/26/06 | KATHERINE SHRADER
    <p>WASHINGTON (AP) House Democrats ask for rare closed session to discuss intelligence on terrorism.</p>
  • Strategery - webcast w/Bill Sammon

    04/03/2006 4:57:07 PM PDT · by the invisib1e hand · 3 replies · 199+ views
    RNC ^ | RNC
    Well, here's the link again for those who missed it above.The little chat is about 11 minutes and it's a nice bit of relaxing, uplifting, republican chit chat.
  • Newsweek:Bush and Republicans Have Little Margin for Error,Have Weakened Reputation

    10/02/2005 6:36:48 PM PDT · by My Favorite Headache · 64 replies · 2,060+ views
    Newsweek ^ | 10-3-05 | Howard Fineman
    <p>Delay's Public Denials on Knowledge of Handling of Campaign Cash 'May Have Some Holes In It'</p> <p>NEW YORK, Oct. 2 -- Last week DeLay proclaimed his innocence of the charge leveled against him: that he had funneled streams of laundered corporate cash into legislative races in Texas. When it came time to discuss precisely what would happen next, discipline broke down. Members demanded full-scale elections sooner rather than later for a new permanent leadership, and if DeLay doesn't escape his legal problem by January -- hardly a certainty -- that vote will occur and he won't be in the race report Chief Political Correspondent Howard Fineman and Contributing Editor Eleanor Clift in the October 10 issue of Newsweek (on newsstands Monday, October 3).</p>
  • Radio Address by the President to the Nation, 02-19-05

    02/19/2005 8:08:26 AM PST · by Salvation · 10 replies · 365+ views
    WhiteHouse.gov ^ | 02-19-05 | George W. Bush
    For Immediate ReleaseOffice of the Press SecretaryFebruary 19, 2005 President's Radio Address      Audio THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Tomorrow I leave on a trip to Europe, where I will reaffirm the importance of our transatlantic relationship with our European friends and allies. Over the last several weeks the world has witnessed momentous events -- Palestinians voting for an end to violence; Ukrainians standing up for their democratic rights; Iraqis going to the polls in free elections. And in Europe, I will talk with leaders at NATO and the European Union about how we can work together to take advantage of...
  • Bush Proves He's a Poker Master (Vanity)

    12/31/2004 1:13:15 PM PST · by BreitbartSentMe · 165 replies · 3,567+ views
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    Once again, Dubya proves he's a poker master: Devastating tsunami hits, may be the world's worst disaster. This is shaping up to be a moster round of poker. Initial ante is 15 million, Bush immediately raises to 35 million. Everyone wonders, what is he thinking, that's not too big of a raise, he should have come in for more than that - obviously displaying that he has a weak hand. Each country looks at their stack of chips, and decides to join in the game, looking to knock the US out - France jumps in for 42 million, thinking they...
  • Kristol: Misunderestimated

    11/05/2004 10:30:58 AM PST · by RWR8189 · 40 replies · 2,642+ views
    The Weekly Standard ^ | November 15, 2004 | William Kristol
    The hair-pullers and teeth-gnashers won't like it, of course, but we're nevertheless inclined to call this a Mandate.IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN. Here at home, a great many people who fashion themselves his moral and intellectual superiors turn out once more--as he might put it--to have misunderestimated George W. Bush. And it has happened abroad, as well, where the president's opponents and enemies--which is to say America's opponents and enemies--must now be pulling their hair and gnashing their teeth with frustration and resentment. The exit polls said Kerry would win. The New Yorker had endorsed him. And still those idiot Americans...
  • BookTV Schedule, 16-18 Oct (Sammon, Horowitz, Wirthlin, Hardy, Michael Moore and more)

    10/16/2004 4:18:46 AM PDT · by leadpenny · 9 replies · 461+ views
    C-SPAN2 BookTV ^ | Various Dates | Various Authors
    http://www.booktv.org/schedule/ Of note: At 9:00am Sat: Description: Bill Sammon, Senior White House Correspondent for the Washington Times, spoke at the National Coil Coating Association conference in Chicago. The NCCA is an association of more than 100 manufacturers committed to the efficiencies and value of precoated sheet metal. Bill Sammon is the author of "Misunderestimated: The President Battles Terrorism, John Kerry, and the Bush Haters." Mr. Sammon asserts that the liberal media has misrepresented President Bush and says that the president's leadership should be taken more seriously. At 10:00am Sat: Description: Coverage of last Saturday's National Book Festival on the mall...
  • Bush jumps on Kerry war backtrack

    08/10/2004 1:50:43 PM PDT · by ambrose · 38 replies · 1,333+ views
    Bush jumps on Kerry war backtrack Aug 11, 2004 US president Bush has claimed political vindication after Democratic rival John Kerry said he would have authorised military action in Iraq even knowing what he knows today. "Almost three years after he voted for the war in Iraq, and almost 240 days after switching position and declaring himself the anti-war candidate, my opponent has found a new nuance," Bush told a campaign rally here. "He now agrees it was the right decision to go into Iraq," said Bush, whose handling of the military operation has been a major issue in his...
  • It's YOUR FAULT the Left is so bold.

    07/17/2004 12:15:08 PM PDT · by olde north church · 61 replies · 1,794+ views
    trentonrevolution ^ | 7 17 2004 | trentonrevolution
    I recently finished reading Bill Sammon's "Misunderestimated". It's a microbiography of President George W. Bush's FIRST TERM. I don't want to give away more of storyline than necessary, so let's just say Mr. Sammon describes a confrontation that occured when President Bush appeared in Washington State. If it were simply a solitary event, one might say it was one of those things. But if you start to think about how many violent protests have occured, how much venom is spewed forth at President Bush and the American conservatives in general, it leaps from anecdotal to a broad pattern of violence,...
  • Misunderestimating Bush

    06/17/2004 2:43:52 PM PDT · by swilhelm73 · 2 replies · 156+ views
    FPM ^ | June 16, 2004 | Shawn Macomber
    Misunderestimated is meant to serve as a seemingly unique purpose: amid the sea of raging screeds attacking President George W. Bush, this book is meant to be a balanced, polite and positive look at the past two years of George W. Bush’s presidency. It is a mission Bill Sammon accomplished with skill and verve. In a larger sense, however, the book is a stinging indictment of a press that is less and less content to simply report the news, favoring instead to put each story “in context.” Due to the overwhelmingly liberal nature of the fourth estate, this has amounted...
  • Misunderestimating Bush

    06/16/2004 1:16:27 AM PDT · by kattracks · 10 replies · 183+ views
    FrontPageMagazine.com ^ | 6/16/04 | Shawn Macomber
    Misunderestimated by Bill Sammon is available from the FrontPage Magazine Bookstore for $22.95.Misunderestimated is meant to serve as a seemingly unique purpose: amid the sea of raging screeds attacking President George W. Bush, this book is meant to be a balanced, polite and positive look at the past two years of George W. Bush’s presidency. It is a mission Bill Sammon accomplished with skill and verve. In a larger sense, however, the book is a stinging indictment of a press that is less and less content to simply report the news, favoring instead to put each story “in context.” Due...
  • Bush makes case for second term (Some Press for Bill Sammon's New Book)

    05/10/2004 12:13:58 PM PDT · by jmstein7 · 13 replies · 313+ views
    PMSNBC ^ | 5-10-04
    --SNIP-- The Washington Times said it was the first of a series of reports based on a new book “Misunderestimated: The President Battles Terrorism, John Kerry and Bush Haters,” written by its White House correspondent, Bill Sammon. The title is based, in part, on a remark Bush made on Nov. 6, 2000, the final day of his first presidential campaign. “They misunderestimated me,” Bush said at the time, of his detractors.
  • Bill Sammons' 'Misunderestimated'

    05/10/2004 12:06:38 PM PDT · by publius1 · 27 replies · 205+ views
    Just got the book, but I read the first chapter and want to recommend it to my colleague Freepers. I read "Plan of Attack," which is okay, well reported but badly written. By contrast, I've finished Sammons' first Chapter--"Rise of the Bush-Haters"--and it's terrific: well-written, well-conceived, exciting (which "Plan of Attack" never was). Not just thumbs up on this--my whole hand!
  • ON THE RECORD: BUSH, ROVE, CARD RIP KERRY IN NEW BOOK;

    05/05/2004 12:26:32 PM PDT · by NYC Republican · 49 replies · 214+ views
    DrudgeReport ^ | 5/5/04 | DrudgeReport
    President Bush vows to make John Kerry “regret” disparaging the coalition that liberated Iraq, a new book set for release next week will reveal.In exclusive interviews with President Bush and lengthy, one-on-one, on-the-record sessions with his closest aides, bestselling author Bill Sammon threatens to “out-Woodward” Woodward, who convinced only Bush and Donald Rumsfeld to speak on the record. MISUNDERESTIMATED: The President Battles Terrorism, John Kerry, and the Bush Haters," has been obtained by the DRUDGE REPORT. Hot on the heels of a wave of Bush-bashing tomes, MISUNDERESTIMATED, released next week by REGAN BOOKS, takes readers inside the Oval Office for...