Bush Seeks ‘False Comfort Of Appeasment,’ Makes ‘Most Significant’ Contact With Iran Since 1979

The Bush administration has decided to “send a senior American official to participate in international talks with Iran this weekend,” effectively abandoning “its longstanding position that it will only meet face-to-face with Iran after it first suspends uranium...

Think Progress | more posts | 8 days | Wed., July 16, '08

Oil down, dollar up since Bush rescinded drilling restrictions | Hot Air » Top Picks

The not talkin’ policy is working out well preemptively for McCain

On the embarrassing trip abroad taken just before this embarrassing trip abroad, George Bush made a point of implying that those who talk to "certain" people are appeasers: Some seem to believe that we should negotiate with the terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will...

Firedoglake | more posts | 37 days | Tue., June 17, '08

McCain's Foreign Policy Frustration | TIME.com: Top Stories

McCain Mocks Idea Of Presidential Talks With Enemies, Despite Fact That Majority Of Americans Favor It

Speaking at the America Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) meeting today, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) derided the idea of direct talks with the Iranian leadership, as favored by Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), mocking “the hope that we can talk sense into them“: [W]e hear talk of a meeting...

Think Progress | more posts | 52 days | Mon., June 2, '08

McCain Talks About Anbar Awakening...Before The Surge | The Jed Report

McCain Camp Talks of Speedier Iraq Withdrawal - Or Not | The Caucus

Down The Memory Hole

by hilzoy Via The Plank, a NYT piece about George W. Bush from 2000: "Gov. George W. Bush of Texas said today that if he was president, he would bring down gasoline prices through sheer force of personality, by creating enough political good will with oil-producing nations that they would increase...

Obsidian Wings | more posts | 62 days | Fri., May 23, '08

McCain: Bush ‘Exactly Right’ On ‘Appeasement’ Remark, Praises Reagan’s Handling Of Iran Hostage Crisis

Referring to President Bush’s notorious comments, MSNBC’s Pat Buchanan asked this morning: Will Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) “endorse this statement about Barack Obama that in effect he is an appeaser?” Today, McCain confirmed that he would. The New York Times reports that McCain...

Think Progress | more posts | 70 days | Thu., May 15, '08

Bush's Explanation For Credit Crisis: Booze | The Business Sheet

Chalabi's Revenge On Bush/McCain | PoliticalBase.com Blog

FT columnist: generals prefer Obama to McCain on Iran | The RBC

Slip Of The Tongue: Chris Matthews Calls McCain 'Bush'! | The Jed Report

Bush 2007: ‘If [the Iraqis] Were To Say Leave, We Would Leave’ - McCain 2004: ‘It’s Obvious We Would Have To Leave’ | Pensito Review

Bush’s treachery endorsed by McCain, Lieberman

Following up on an earlier item, the president spoke to the Israeli Knesset this morning, and instead of using the occasion to honor the 60th anniversary of the birth of Israel, Bush took ugly and cheap shots at Barack Obama and Democrats, equating their foreign policy with Nazi appeasement. The...

The Carpetbagger Report | more posts | 70 days | Thu., May 15, '08

Chalabi's Revenge On Bush/McCain | PoliticalBase.com Blog

Slip Of The Tongue: Chris Matthews Calls McCain 'Bush'! | The Jed Report

Bush 2007: ‘If [the Iraqis] Were To Say Leave, We Would Leave’ - McCain 2004: ‘It’s Obvious We Would Have To Leave’ | Pensito Review

As Obama is to McCain, bin Laden is to Bush? | The Campaign Spot

McCain Advisor Tied To Bush’s Pay-For-Play Influence Peddler | Crooks and Liars

Obama Gets Triple-Teamed on 'Appeasement' | Daily Kos