"That was last week's issue." White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer
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"I will restore honor and integrity to the White House"
(Note: Sometimes it's 'honor and integrity' and sometimes it's 'honor and dignity.' He's such a hypocrite he can't even be consistent in his hypocrisy.)
- Also see The Enron Bubble (separate page)
- White House on Autocrats: Malaysian Sí, Cuban No
David E. Sanger, New York Times, 15 May 2002
- From Bush's Lips, a Vow He Could Not Renege On
Raymond Hernandez, New York Times, 10 March 2002
- Bush White House releases transcripts of Clinton conversations — but only the parts that make Clinton look bad
Joshua Micah Marshall, Salon, 7 February 2002
- Bush's Insistence of Privacy for Presidential Records Doesn't Apply to His Predecessor
Don Van Natta Jr., New York Times, 1 February 2002
- Bush overturns rule banning law-breaking business from federal contracts
Kent Hoover, Sacramento Business Journal, 11 January 2002 issue
- Former POWs held by Japan are betrayed by the White House
Iris Chang, New York Times, 24 December 2001
- U.S. Seeks New Use for Secret Evidence Against Immigrants
William Glaberson, New York Times, 9 December 2001
- Bush's Mocking Inaugural Address
Joyce Marcel, Albion Monitor, 29 January 2001
- For some, Bush loyalty is a one-way street
Paul A. Gigot, Wall Street Journal, 12 January 2001
- Hobbled from the start
Alan Wolfe, Salon, 15 December 2000
No decision on Yucca Mountain until research results are available
Free trade
- A High-Risk, Two-Faced Trade Policy
Richard S. Dunham, Business Week, 25 March 2002
- Bush's Costly Meltdown on Steel
Christopher Farrell, Business Week, 18 March 2002
- Treasury Official Is Said to Fault Steel Tariff Move
Joseph Kahn and Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 16 March 2002
- US should drop steel doctrine
Victor Keegan, Guardian (UK), 7 March 2002
- U.S. Users of Steel Worry That Tariffs Will Be Costly
Claudia H. Deutsch, New York Times, 7 March 2002
- Steel Tariffs Weaken Bush's Global Hand
Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 6 March 2002
- Bush to Announce Steel Tariffs Amid Worries About Reaction of Allies
David E. Sanger And Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 5 March 2002
"I'm a compassionate conservative"
- What has George W ever done for women?
Laura Flanders, The Guardian, 26 March 2004
- Under New Bush Rule, Emergency Rooms May No Longer Be Required to Treat Patients
Robert Pear, New York Times, 2 September 2003
- Deborah Cook Is the Typical Bush Judicial Nominee — So Watch Out
Adam Cohen, New York Times, 25 February 2003
- Aid to Poor Faces More Scrutiny
Robert Pear, New York Times, 5 February 2003
- Bush vs. Women
Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times, 16 August 2002
- Devastated Women
Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times, 26 April 2002
- Budget Would Cut Medicaid Payments
Robert Pear, New York Times, 2 February 2002
- Bush regime may renege on Andrew Cuomo's pledge to rehabilitate housing
Terry Pristin, New York Times, 2 April 2001
- The Mask Comes Off
Bob Herbert, New York Times, 26 March 2001
- The cruelty of compassionate conservatism
Jennifer Foote Sweeney (editor of Life, Salon, 23 March 2001
- The 'Having It All' Lie
Marjorie Williams, Washington Post, 21 February 2001
- A mother's anguish - and a President's profits
Observer (UK), 17 December 2000
"Leave no child behind"
- Words, Actions at Odds on Children's Health Care
Ceci Connolly, Washington Post, 25 September 2004
- Defying Bush, Senate Increases Child Care Funds for the Poor
Robert Pear, New York Times, 31 March 2004
- Reauthorization Bill Contains Less Child Care Funding Than White House Claims
Sharon Parrott, Jennifer Mezey, Mark Greenberg and Shawn Fremstad, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 15 December 2003
- School officials slam Bush plan to eliminate school funding for military kids
CNN, 7 February 2003
- Thousands of Schools May Run Afoul of New Law
Sam Dillon, New York Times, 16 February 2003
- Bush's Plan for Head Start Worries Supporters
Diana Jean Schemo, New York Times, 12 February 2003
- 'No Child Left Behind' Is Hit Song With Bush Team
Diana Jean Schemo, New York Times , 23 June 2002
- Bush Seeking to Squeeze School Loan Program
Philip Shenon, New York Times , 28 April 2002
- Bush's Proposal on Welfare Draws Fire From Democrats for Putting Children at Risk
Robin Toner, New York Times (requires registration to view), 13 March 2002
- Democrats: Bush's Education Budget Is Less Than Promised
Robert Pear, New York Times, 13 February 2002
- Bush's War on Children
Jonathan Rowe and Gary Ruskin, AlterNet, 3 July 2001
- Bush uses organizations for photo ops and then cuts funding
Jake Tapper, Salon, 13 April 2001
"I'm a uniter, not a divider"
"President of all the people, not just those who voted for me"
- Bush jibe angers black leaders
Matthew Engel, The Guardian, 10 July 2002
- Bush moving to eliminate government offices that look after women's rights
Tamar Lewin, New York Times, 19 December 2001
- Shutting Public Out, Letting the Elite In
Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times, 3 November 2001
- Bush is restricting tour groups' access to the White House
Elaine Sciolino, New York Times, 12 May 2001
- Women's groups blast Bush's policies
Lyn Berry, Denver Business Journal, 13 April 2001
- Texas Dems get Bush-whacked
Jake Tapper, Salon, 14 December 2000
"A reformer with results"
- Report Disputes Bush Approach to Bridging 'Digital Divide'
John Schwartz, New York Times, 11 July 2002
- Critics
Say Bush Broke Vow on Superfund Site in Edison
Robert Hanley, New York Times, 2 July 2002
- Reversing Course, Bush Signs Bill Raising Farm Subsidies
David E. Sanger, New York Times, 14 May 2002
- White House Ends Environmental Fellowship
New York Times, 13 April 2002
- Bush Budget to Seek Job Training Cut
Robert Pear, New York Times, 31 January 2002
- Bush's Lobbying Style Provides Little Leadership
Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times, 24 December 2001
- Prospects Dim for Medicare Drug Benefit
Robin Toner, New York Times, 5 November 2001
- Guns and Bitterness (all other campaign promises subjugated to the tax cut)
Paul Krugman, New York Times, 4 January 2001
Election Reform
Reforming the Military
Reversing Course
Often, We the People don't want Bush to keep his promise.
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