How George W. Bush exposed Trump's biggest failure. How is it possible that I've come partially to respect and admire George W.
Bush? Maybe you've been wondering the same thing about yourself. If you're like me, you were a severe critic of Bush during his presidency. You disliked the irresponsible tax cuts for the upper class that turned a budget surplus under his predecessor into a deficit. You rolled your eyes when he relied on his "gut" in dealing with foreign leaders. Yet here we are, more than 11 years since he left office, and more than three years into the appalling presidency of Donald Trump, and Bush no longer seems quite so bad. Bush on Bush: Dubya’s frequently touching, often maddening portrait of his father. For all the stylistic differences between George H.W.
Bush, the genteel New England patrician, and his swaggering, drawling, thoroughly Texan son George W., the two men share a common aversion to introspection. Constantly admonished by his indomitable mother, Dorothy, never to brag, the elder Bush was so allergic to navel-gazing that he never wrote a presidential memoir, opting instead to publish a collection of his letters. George W. Bush Once Went On A Blind Date With Richard Nixon's Daughter. DALLAS, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Young George W.
Bush once had a blind date with the daughter of President Richard Nixon. It didn't go so well. Portrait of a failed president: Inside the art of George W. Bush. Former President George W.
Bush’s first public art exhibit, “The Art of Leadership: A President’s Personal Diplomacy,” opened at his presidential library in Dallas on Saturday. The left largely greeted his never-before-seen portraits of world leaders with a mix of derision and fascination. It would be easy to merely rag on these paintings. Of course they’re terrible; Bush is an amateur painter, and very literal-minded. Commentators have compared the works to coloring-book images and kitsch. They’re bad partly because he sees the leaders as a child would. The first painting in the exhibit is Dubya’s self-portrait. In office, he swaggered about, telling the planet that he and the U.S. were in the right.
Indeed, that’s the whole idea of a presidential library: legacy. 5 of the best George W. Bush paintings of all time. Have you seen George W.
Bush’s latest paintings? The former president has a new exhibit at his presidential library devoted to dozens of portraits of famous world leaders that were painted by none other than himself. He’s really graduated from dogs and cats and self-portraits! And people seem to be pretty into them — Business Insider called his Putin portrait “haunting,” and BuzzFeed has a full run-down, which is sure to note that Bush is “extremely humble” when it comes to his art. And if you wanna know what was going on inside W’s mind while he was hard at work, you don’t need to settle for the interview he sat down for with his daughter; National Journal‘s got you covered.
Anyway, since everyone is pumped-up over these paintings, we figured we might as well throw in our two cents and share a quick rundown of our favorite works of the 43rd president of the United States. Here, then, are some of our favorite Bush paintings, in no particular order: George W. Bush sheds a tear over vets suffering from his wars: ‘I’m in there with them’
By David EdwardsSunday, February 23, 2014 12:43 EDT Former President George W.
Bush described himself as “emotional” recently when he talked about how he was trying to make a difference for the veterans who are trying to put their lives back together after serving in the wars waged by his administration. At a Military Service Initiative Summit last week, the former president had explained that his institute was going to take steps to assist the veterans who were trying to transition into civilian life after coming home from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. In an interview that aired on Sunday, ABC’s Martha Raddatz asked the former president if the new initiative helped him cope with the 6,800 service members killed, and 51,000 wounded.
Dan Rather is right. The story was true. -- Dan Rather, September 20 At first, I was wondering whose blood was boiling hotter last week when former CBS news anchor Dan Rather announced he had filed a $70 million lawsuit against his former employer in response to Rather's unceremonious CBS exit following the botched 60 Minutes II story about President Bush and his military service.
Was it executives at CBS News who now face the prospect of reliving one of the network's darkest chapters via endless depositions from a plaintiff who says he won't accept a cash settlement? Or was it right-wing bloggers, some of whom likely punched their TV sets in frustration watching Rather go on national television and claim, correctly, that nobody has ever proven that the memos he used in his report were fake, and pointing out that the basic facts of the Texas Air National Guard story -- that Bush walked away from his military commitment during the Vietnam War for months at a time--are still not in dispute. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
George W. Bush to Raise Money for Group That Converts Jews to Bring About Second Coming of Christ. Update (11/8/13): After this story published, the Messianic Jewish Bible Institute removed references to George W.
Bush's scheduled appearance from its website. But Freddy Ford, a spokesman for the former president, told Mother Jones on Friday afternoon that Bush's plans "haven't changed," and he will appear at the event. Update 2 (11/11/13): On Monday, Abraham Foxman, the national director of the Anti-Defamation League, released a statement on this story. George Bush On Assad: 'He's Made Mischief.' George W. Bush Having Trouble Finding Decent Cocaine Since Leaving White House. CRAWFORD, TX—Citing his dramatically reduced level of influence and his separation from old acquaintances in Washington, former president George W.
Bush complained Monday that he has had trouble finding decent cocaine since leaving office in 2009. “I had some real good hookups in D.C., but the shit down here is just terrible,” Bush said from his ranch in Crawford, TX, noting that while he could previously count on the White House kitchen staff or top aides for the good stuff, he now has to drive half an hour to Waco and waste his money on “junk cut with Benzo.” “I just don’t get as high, you know?
Sucks, because I could really use some good coke right now. Book: Bush was arrested for cocaine in 1972. A new book by Texas author J.H. Hatfield claims that George W. Bush was arrested for cocaine possession in 1972, but had his record expunged with help from his family’s political connections. In an afterword to his book “Fortunate Son: George W. Bush and the Making of an American President” (St. Martin’s), Hatfield says he took a second look at the Bush cocaine allegations after a story in Salon reporting allegations that Bush did community service for the crime at the Martin Luther King Jr. Bush's Art Forces Liberals to Contemplate Bush's Soul - Politics. Bush Family Photos. George Bush Self-Portraits Perplex Art World. WASHINGTON -- Many hailed the unveiling of former President George W.
George W. Bush Returns To America After Spending 4 Years In The Himalayas. JACKSONVILLE, FL—Garbed in unwashed robes and wearing a long, gray, wispy beard, former president George W. Bush returned to the United States this morning after spending four years on a spiritual journey in the Himalayas. Sources said Bush, who hasn’t been seen in America since abandoning his Crawford, TX ranch and Secret Service detail at the end of his presidency, appeared on the shore in Jacksonville, FL, emerging from what appeared to be a crude self-built wooden boat and exhibiting a gentle, placid countenance as he addressed surprised onlookers.
“Nearly four years have passed since I embarked on my search for the answers to life's mysteries, and now the complex passages of time have returned me here once more, to my homeland,” said the bedraggled yet serenely smiling 43rd president of the United States, accompanied by a young monk named Dawa whom he met during his two years studying in a Tibetan monastery, and by a mountain goat he reportedly adopted as a spiritual companion. Stewart: Bush Library the 'Hard Rock Cafe of Catastrophic Policy Decisions'. How to debunk George W. Bush’s attempts at revisionism. Every dog goes to heaven and every former president should get a shot at repairing his legacy, especially when it’s as tattered as George W. Bush’s. With the opening of his presidential library and museum this week, observers from former Bush officials to mainstream outlets were taking a fresh, rosy look at the Bush legacy.
Some offered dopey and facially ridiculous cheerleading, while others offered more compelling suggestions to return to the Bush era with an open mind. After all, other presidents left office in a cloud only to be redeemed by history years later. So, is this week making you feel a bit nostalgic for the Bush era? 1) Bush kept us safe: The biggest myth of the Bush presidency, by far, is that the president kept the country safe. History Licking Its Chops To Judge George W. Bush. CRAWFORD, TX—Claiming it can barely wait any longer to weigh in on the former president’s eight years in office, history, the branch of knowledge consisting of the recorded past, reported today that it’s licking its chops to render a definitive judgment of George W.
Bush. “Oh man, I’ve been holding out a while for this one—just let me at that fucker once and for all,” said the ongoing timeline of human events, which acknowledged it’s been champing at the bit to properly evaluate the 43rd president since he left office in January 2009. “I’m raring to get that son of a bitch in my crosshairs, carefully analyze each of his foreign and domestic policies, and develop a consensus view of his administration that will endure in the annals of American politics.
George W. Bush’s art teacher says he’ll “go down in the history books as a great artist” Bush: Terrible President, Also Not a Smart Man. Bush is back. George W. Bush Is a Swell Guy, Just Ask His Friends. The opening of the George W. Bush library later this week is already kicking up some coverage discussing the rehabilitation of the former president's image. But some of the coverage doesn't merely talk about the issue–it contributes to the effort to cast the Bush years in a more positive light.