| − | '''George Walker Bush''' (born New Haven, [[Connecticut]] July 6, 1946, age 77) was the Governor of [[Texas]] (1995–2000) and served as the 43rd [[President of the United States of America]] from 2001 to 2009. Campaigning on a theme of "[[compassionate conservatism]]" and promising "to restore honor and dignity" to the office of President after the Clinton years,<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9507E3DC153FF931A2575BC0A9669C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all THE 2000 CAMPAIGN: THE TEXAS GOVERNOR; Bush Calls on Gore to Denounce Clinton Affair,] By Frank Bruni, [[The New York Times]]'', August 12, 2000.</ref> he won the office by a narrow margin in the decisive State of [[Florida]] in the [[United States presidential election, 2000|2000 Presidential election]]. Legal challenges to the certified vote count went all the way to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] when [[liberal]] [[Democrat]]ic contender [[Al Gore]] contested the outcome for weeks until the Supreme Court case ''[[Bush v. Gore]]''. But when [[Republican]] [[Donald Trump]] faced a similar situation in 2020, Bush pandered to the [[liberal media]] by calling [[Joe Biden]] to congratulate him on his fake victory.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/nov/8/george-w-bush-congratulates-joe-biden/</ref> Bush was also stingy and slow in his pardons, and declined a special written request by [[Boris Spassky]] to drop a tyrannical federal attempt to extradite [[Bobby Fischer]] on [[globalist]] charges of playing harmless [[chess]] in a disfavored country in violation of so-called international law.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/chess-champ-spassky-urges-mercy-for-fischer] Bush's attempt to extradite Bobby Fischer from [[Japan]] was ultimately unsuccessful as [[Iceland]] granted him asylum.</ref> | + | '''George Walker Bush''' (born New Haven, [[Connecticut]] July 6, 1946, age 77) was the Governor of [[Texas]] (1995–2000) and served as the 43rd [[President of the United States of America]] from 2001 to 2009. He campaigned on a theme of "[[compassionate conservatism]]" (hypocritically, he nearly always denied [[Pardon Clause|pardon]] requests) and promised "to restore honor and dignity" to the office of President after the scandalous Clinton years.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9507E3DC153FF931A2575BC0A9669C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all THE 2000 CAMPAIGN: THE TEXAS GOVERNOR; Bush Calls on Gore to Denounce Clinton Affair,] By Frank Bruni, [[The New York Times]]'', August 12, 2000.</ref> Bush won the presidency by a very narrow margin in the decisive State of [[Florida]] in the [[United States presidential election, 2000|2000 Presidential election]]. Legal challenges to the certified vote count went all the way to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] when [[liberal]] [[Democrat]]ic contender [[Al Gore]] contested the outcome for weeks until the Supreme Court case ''[[Bush v. Gore]]''. But when [[Republican]] [[Donald Trump]] faced a similar situation in 2020, Bush pandered to the [[liberal media]] by calling [[Joe Biden]] to congratulate him on his fake victory.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/nov/8/george-w-bush-congratulates-joe-biden/</ref> Bush was also stingy and slow in his pardons, and declined a special written request by [[Boris Spassky]] to drop a tyrannical federal attempt to extradite [[Bobby Fischer]] on [[globalist]] charges of playing harmless [[chess]] in a disfavored country in violation of so-called international law.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/chess-champ-spassky-urges-mercy-for-fischer] Bush's attempt to extradite Bobby Fischer from [[Japan]] was ultimately unsuccessful as [[Iceland]] granted him asylum.</ref> |
| | Cronyism is the hallmark of Bush politics, and that of his [[neocon]] vice president, [[Dick Cheney]]. If you're family or friends, you're in, and if not, you're out of luck or will be opposed. [[Conservative]] furor over Bush's nomination of crony [[Harriet Miers]] to the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] was necessary to compel Bush to replace his nomination with [[Sam Alito]], who subsequently led the overturning of ''[[Roe v. Wade]]''. | | Cronyism is the hallmark of Bush politics, and that of his [[neocon]] vice president, [[Dick Cheney]]. If you're family or friends, you're in, and if not, you're out of luck or will be opposed. [[Conservative]] furor over Bush's nomination of crony [[Harriet Miers]] to the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] was necessary to compel Bush to replace his nomination with [[Sam Alito]], who subsequently led the overturning of ''[[Roe v. Wade]]''. |