President Bush Played Golf Today

07 Dec, 2023

President Bush Played Golf Today

September 2, 2005September 2, 2005 Jon Ponder

As the saying goes, “It is good to be the king.” Before he jetted off to the hurricane-ravaged Deep South today for a day of photo ops and mumbling keyword-laden “speeches,” President Bus played golf. No kidding.

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Poetic Justice

Verbatim

– Anonymous caller’s voicemail message to the wife of an unnamed Republican congressman who voted against Jim Jordan for House speaker.

— Tom Nichols, on the Bulwark podcast.

“It’s been 5 years since we have seen one another. I look forward to the reunion. I hope Donald does as well.”

— “Donald Trump will back in court next week for his New York civil fraud trial, setting up a potential face-to-face showdown with fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen, who is expected to testify,” the AP reports.

“Citizens of Israel, we are at war. Not an operation, not a round of fighting, at war. I am initiating an extensive mobilization of the reserves to fight back on a scale and intensity that the enemy has so far not experienced. The enemy will pay an unprecedented price.”

— Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, quoted by the Times of Israel.

“Republican 2024 presidential candidates blamed the Biden administration for the attacks Hamas terrorists launched against Israel on Saturday, pointing to the deadly developments as evidence of U.S. weakness on the world stage and claiming that the administration is partially responsible.”

— NBC News

Numerati

$71 million

86%

Percentage of Israeli Jews who said the surprise attack from Gaza was a failure of the government of Prime Ministers Bibi Netanyahu. Among coalition government supporters, 79% blamed the leadership.

336,000

+$1 million

Atlanta Journal Constitution: “In all, the Georgia GOP has spent more than $1 million on legal fees since the beginning of last year, most of it for the Trump election interference case.”

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