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President Bush delivered a speech in Israel, saying: There are good and decent people who cannot fathom the darkness in these men and try to explain away their words. It's natural, but it is deadly wrong. As witnesses to evil in the past, we carry a solemn responsibility to take these words seriously. Jews and Americans have seen the consequences of disregarding the words of leaders who espouse hatred. And that is a mistake the world must not repeat in the 21st century.
Some seem to believe that we should negotiate with the terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along. We have heard this foolish delusion before. As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: "Lord, if I could only have talked to Hitler, all this might have been avoided." We have an obligation to call this what it is -- the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history.
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Spokepersons for President Bush say the speech was not directed at any one particular person. Some people have speculated he was talking about Barack Obama who has said he would meet with the President of Iran with no preconditions.
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President Bush announces $770 million in increased international food aid
5/1/2008 4:03 PM
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President Bush said today that more needs to be done to address the global food shortage, so today he is asking congress for an additional $770 million to support food aid and development programs.
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John McCain distances himself from George Bush
5/1/2008 2:50 PM
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Republican Presidential candidate John McCain attempted to distance himself a bit from the President today, saying "I objected strenuously to the way the war in Iraq was being conducted. I believe that climate change has got to be addressed meaningfully". He said there are a number of issues where he disagrees with Bush, but "At the end of the day, people are going to judge me on what they think I will be as President of the United States, not on anybody else."
An NBC/WSJ poll shows that 43% of Americans have major concerns to McCain's ties to President Bush. McCain has to be very careful how far he goes. If he distances himself too much, he runs the risk of alienating the Republican base. If not enough, he looks like Bush, the sequel.
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President Bush advocated opening the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration during his news conference today. Senator Charles Schumer responded afterward that such a move will do nothing to alleviate high gasoline prices, as it will take ten years before new oil could be produced and then only reduce the price of gas by a penny a gallon. President Bush also chided the congress for blocking efforts to reduce electricity prices in the country by expanding clean, safe nuclear power production.
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Bush presses Congress on student loan reform
4/29/2008 2:45 PM
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In his news conference today, Bush urged congress to act on a bill that would temporarily give the federal government greater authority to buy student loans. He asserted that the plan would safeguard student loans without permanently expanding the government's role in their financing.
Students have lost access to over 6.9 billion per year in student loans. Many lenders have left the market since the federal government cut their subsidies. Many investors who were hurt by the mortgage crisis are avoiding buying student loan backed bonds.
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Bush Throws Pope Massive Whitehouse Party
4/16/2008 3:37 PM
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President Bush is throwing quite the party for the Pope tonight, and, according to the Associated Press, all five Roman Catholic Supreme Court justices will be there, along with Sen. John McCain.Clinton and Obama weren't even invited, the AP reports, but it may be because they already had a debate scheduled and not for being abortionists.
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