March 16, 2012 11:10 am ET filed under Foreign Policy Matters
Making Sense Of Jennifer Rubin’s Iran “Engagement” Rhetoric
January 23, 2012 10:39 pm ET filed under Video
Gingrich: "Most Economists Agree" We'd Be Worse Off Without Bush Tax Cuts
From the January 23, 2012, NBC News Republican presidential debate in Florida:
January 05, 2012 5:06 pm ET filed under Foreign Policy Matters
Mitt Romney Embraces the Neocons
January 03, 2012 2:30 pm ET filed under Blog
Ambitious Republicans Conveniently Discover Opposition To Abortion Just In Time To Woo Conservative Voters
September 21, 2011 10:36 pm ET filed under Fact Check
What Happened To The Republican Consensus On Climate Change?
In May right-wing activist Marc Morano said Republican candidates "can believe in the science of global warming ... if you keep your mouth shut about it and you advocate no quote-unquote solution to the problem." By contrast, the following statements show that in previous years, prominent Republicans spoke about both the robust body of evidence indicating that human activities are changing the climate and the need to address the problem. While the political discourse has since regressed, the scientific consensus has not.
September 09, 2011 3:34 pm ET filed under Foreign Policy Matters
WaPo's Michael Gerson: Bush Was Not A Neoconservative
September 02, 2011 2:35 pm ET filed under Blog
Why Did Republicans Stop Acknowledging The Economic Importance Of Demand?
August 31, 2011 12:25 pm ET filed under Video
Cheney Misrepresents Record On Torture And Bin Laden
From the August 30, 2011, edition of Fox News' Hannity:
August 31, 2011 10:43 am ET filed under Blog
Cheney Misrepresents Record On Torture And Bin Laden
August 25, 2011 3:10 pm ET filed under Blog
Time-Traveling Rick Perry: Obama Policies Have Us 'At The Precipice Of Defaulting'
August 11, 2011 6:40 pm ET filed under Fact Check
GOP Social Security Schemes Would Only Harm Retirees
As the anniversary of Social Security nears, it's important to remember how Republicans have approached the program. Beginning with a Bush-era commission on Social Security reform and continuing up through Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's (R-WI) "Roadmap for America's Future," Republicans have sought over the last decade to disrupt the Social Security system via a variety of schemes. Their proposals, which have often included privatization plans and "progressive price indexing," would introduce uncertainty into retirees' lives by attaching payouts to the ups and downs of the market, and would amount to substantial benefit cuts for many Americans.
July 29, 2011 10:22 am ET filed under Fact Check
Rep. Camp Blames Obama For Debt From GOP Policies Camp Supported
During a July 28 speech on the House floor, Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI) produced a chart comparing the debt accumulated under the Obama and Bush administrations. According to Camp, "President Obama's actions" have led to "twice the debt in half the time" as his predecessor. However, Camp's wildly misleading assertion blames President Obama for a projected FY 2009 deficit that was already over $1 trillion when he took office, while ignoring the fiscal impact that Bush's policies are still having. Not surprisingly, Camp voted for the Bush policies that caused the deficit to explode.
June 27, 2011 5:15 pm ET filed under Blog
Heritage Foundation Has Different Standards For Bush And Obama
June 07, 2011 10:01 am ET filed under Fact Check
Bush Tax Cuts: A Decade Of Failure
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the first of the two massive tax cuts signed by President George W. Bush and is yet another great opportunity to illustrate that both tax packages failed to deliver on their promised results. Bush told the country that the tax cuts would result in economic growth and sustained prosperity, but the economy got neither. In fact, from 2001 to 2007, the economy experienced the weakest job growth since the end of World War II. While the nation's millionaires and billionaires were enriched, average household income fell for the first time on record. Worse, since the Bush tax cuts did not pay for themselves — as many conservatives claimed they would — the two tax packages added trillions to the nation's deficit. During the current debate on deficits and debt, it's important to remember just how much the Bush tax cuts accelerated the fiscal troubles we're now facing.
May 03, 2011 11:34 am ET filed under Video
Condoleeza Rice: Bush At Ground Zero 'Probably The Most Important Moment In American History'
From the May 3, 2011, episode of Fox & Friends on Fox News:
May 03, 2011 11:32 am ET filed under Blog
Condoleezza Rice: Bush's Bullhorn Speech "Probably The Most Important Moment Maybe In American History"
May 02, 2011 1:42 pm ET filed under Blog
FLASHBACK: Bush Insisted U.S. Needed "To Be Invited" To Pursue Bin Laden In Pakistan
January 31, 2011 12:19 pm ET filed under Foreign Policy Matters
Neocons Take Credit For Egyptian Uprising
July 30, 2010 3:53 pm ET filed under Blog
The Modern Republican Party: Brought To You By Fraud & Tax Evasion
March 08, 2010 4:05 pm ET filed under Blog
On National Security, Americans Prefer Obama To Bush
February 12, 2010 11:36 am ET filed under Fact Check
Rep. Ryan's "Roadmap" Mixes & Matches The Worst Policies Of Bush And McCain
On January 27, 2010, Republican Rep. Paul Ryan, the ranking member on the House Budget Committee, released a "Roadmap for America's Future" budget proposal. Despite Ryan's efforts to frame the plan as fresh and new, a quick glance shows his ideas are simply mixed and matched from the worst policies of President George W. Bush and Sen. John McCain.
August 11, 2009 4:51 pm ET filed under Blog
Emails Show Bush White House Staffers Joked About Following Orders Like Nazis
June 16, 2009 10:43 am ET filed under Fact Check
Rep. Latta Echoing Failed Policies Of President Bush
On June 15, 2009, Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) wrote an op-ed in The Hill in which he echoed the failed energy policies of President Bush.
June 10, 2009 3:07 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Republican "American Energy Act" Is Identical To President Bush's Failed Plan
At a time when Americans are seeking new solutions to rebuild our economy and break our dependence on foreign energy sources, House Republicans have proposed the same tired policies embraced by President Bush.
May 28, 2009 2:10 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Senate Republicans Echo Bush on Nuclear Power
By urging the construction of "100 new nuclear plants by 2030," Senate Republicans are once again echoing the Bush/Cheney energy plan.
