GeorgeH.W.Bush

Matthews Dismisses Mitchell's Defense of Bush 41 Over Scanner Non-Gaffe

On Sunday's syndicated Chris Matthews Show, host Matthews dismissed NBC's Andrea Mitchell when she tried to correct his claim that President George H.W. Bush had never seen a checkout scanner ...

Bruni Forwards Supermarket Scanner Urban Legend About George H.W. Bush

Frank Bruni: "But he walks a tightrope, wanting to broadcast his success without seeming out of touch. A wealthy candidate's aides guard against tone-deaf admissions of privilege while opponents ...

Union Boss Sweeney Among Those Who 'Have Worked on Behalf of Equality for the Poor and Struggling'

Reporter Michael Shear gets carried away in praise of John Sweeney, former head of the AFL-CIO, and highly partisan Democrat.

Like Obama, Bill Clinton Also Idolized on Time Covers, But Not GOP Presidents

How unusual is it for a new President to be featured seven times on Time's cover, as Barack Obama has been (with Michelle Obama snagging her own solo appearance)? A look back finds Bill Clinton ...

The Great George Bush Sr. "Grocery Scanner" Urban Legend Lives On

Reporter Garry Shih in a story on bar codes writes: "They even played a role in the 1992 presidential race, when then-President George H. W. Bush, at a campaign stop, seemed surprised by what had ...

An Anti-Bush Sr. Urban Legend Lives On - "Overly Impressed" at Grocery Scanner

It's awful to spread myths about Barack Obama, but just fine to spread them about Bush Sr.? "Mr. McCain's sense of wonder evoked the episode in the early 1990s when George H. W. Bush became overly ...

Saluting Dick Darman's Tax-Hiking "Pragmatism"

Douglas Martin in the obituary for George H.W. Bush's budget director Richard Darman: "National Review, the conservative magazine, called Mr. Darman's work 'the most catastrophic budget deal of ...

Celebrating Ann Richards' Personal Attack on George Bush Sr.

"Her acidic, plain-spoken keynote address was one of the year's political highlights and catapulted the one-term Texas governor into a national figure."
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