george bush and the republican -- -- >> not just george bush. i don't like this idea that barack obama in less than two years has how bankrupt our country when our economy is not bankrupt first of all. the recession started in december 2007. the recession started december 2007, ended in june 2009, six months after barack obama took office. >> keith, i hate to break -- >> you said you want facts. >> hate to break the bubble with facts. you start with the repel of glass degreele in 1998 changed the way banks operate as institutions, chakds the way the economic bubble grew and built and burst. we have the housing problem with fannie mae and freddie mac. that's now vested almost, what, $160 billion of taxpayer money. we have a lot of problems not just bound to obama, not just bound to bush. >> that's not what caused the deficit. the deficit was caused by funding two wars and two tax cuts that cost trillions of dollars and doubled our national debt and were not paid for. that's why we have a deficit. that had happened under bush's administration not

looking through the polling today, the question is who has been a better president, barack obama or george w. bush people are now split on this question, 47% for barack obama, 45% for george w. bush. just a year ago it was lopsided 57% to 34% in obama's favor. i think that says it all about what the past year has been for this president. >> wow. that's really something. i'm shocked. but, you know, i think i'm shocked. i think it's more a referendum on obama than it is on a reappraisal of george w. bush. >> we're shocked by it. we're living with pinpaul politician. last year we were uphoric action and we need to get some grounding, take these things seriously, not throw people overboard so quickly. the president has to govern, let's give him some support. >> we did this to president bush as well. we do have a tendency to have to measure every little thing, and it's nonsense. no offense to cnn, because it's a great poll, really. >> polls are accurate snapshots of the movement. think back to george bush the first and how he was after the gulf war, and he didn't win reelection. these things crash over

it worked for one guy in this century, george w. bush. george bush's father rather. generally, it is very hard to get a 12th year in if you are a democrat or a republican administration. after two terms, the public generally wants to switch it out. the only chance you have is running independently from somewhere else and being a different kind of democrat. you can't do that if you are on the ticket.

these are the things that george bush did. these are the tax cuts. so george bush did this.you made $10,000 you got a tax cut. i don't know how you got a tax cut. because if you're making $10,000, you don't pay taxes. so what george bush did is he took some of the money. almost like a progressive thing to do. for a republican, that's strange. he took some of the money here and gave the money -- redistribution of wealth. he gave money to people who didn't pay taxes. okay. so these are the tax cuts that george bush gave everybody. all right? just so you understand that. the people making over $1 million having a bigger circle than those making $10,000, they pay $100,000. he paid nothing. but you know they have a circle. he has almost lost me here, but i think i may be able to keep up. go ahead. >> obama would preserve a couple thousand dollars a year tax cuts for virtually all americans. and even for people who make a lot. they get to keep the tax cut on the first $250,000 of their income. >> glenn: wow! wow, they're living pretty, aren't they? that is so pretty. the concept o

we'll talk to one of those who is a key player this year-- karl rove, one-time strategist for george bush, now a key fund- raiser and fox news contributor. and the top strategist and fund- raiser for house democrats, congressman chris von holen of maryland. i'll have a final word about new orleans, the city that is coming out of a nightmare and showing the rest of us a thing or two. but first, karl rove on "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs "face the nation" with cbs news chief washington correspondent bob schieffer. and now from cbs news in washington, bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning again. and we welcome to the broadcast this morning, fox news contributor karl rove, who has emerged as one of the key players and fund-raisers in this election, which the center for responsive politics estimates will cost $3.7 billion. mr. rove, thank you for joining us. let me just do a little shorthand here, because if you add up the money raised by the congressional committees and the two national parties, democrats have raised $750 million to the republicans' $500 million. but when

that is what george bush did and that is why our economy is the way it is. we need to focus on job creation initiatives. the new york times has said this is one of the best programs in america to take people out of work and put them on a job that they can support their family with. >> thank you. out of time. >> do either of you plan on appointing one hispanic person elected to? >> i do. we have someone with the human rights commission who is hispanic. another person has been working fuente. i have tried to make sure that reveals goals here in chicago and across the illinois, more building and rebuilding of schools. that is important to our hispanic children. i have a person who believes strongly in education as i do. i honor of those soldiers of illinois who have given their lives for our country. i went to a high school where three young hispanic marines gave their lives for our country. i went to the school there to make sure that we honor their lives. >> i believe the brady in administration needs to represent the population of illinois. we have been in t

we have -- [ as george w. bush ] >> there's george. george bush -- there's george w. bush. salute. damn it, they were aiming at me. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: there you go. that's what i thought. >> aiming at me. [ applause ] terrible. terrible. >> jimmy: how about this gentleman here? [ as bill clinton ] >> well, then there's bill clinton, of course. yeah, bill clinton. you know, if you took -- if you took all the interns at the white house and laid them end to end on the floor, that'd be a start. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that would be a start. [ cheers and applause ] how about a little jimmy carter, maybe. [ as jimmy carter ] >> jimmy carter. you know, when i was president of the united states, i was a peanut farmer, a peanut farmer. and i made a deal one time with the arabs, and i said to them, i said, "listen, you give us all the oil that our country needs, and i will personally give you all the nuts that your country needs." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: there you go. >> and then -- [ cheers and applause ] -- wait. and then if you cut off your oil, then we'll just cut off your -- >

anin 2000, when george w. bush finally won the nomination from john mccain, mccain was dragged kicking and screaming. >> it may not be love, but in politics it's the next best thing. today texas governor george w. bush was formally endorsed by shistrongest opponent, arizona senator john mccain. it was only recently that mccain decided to endorse what one rerter called taking your medicine now, not later. >> i think you take the medicine now and that's probably a good description. chris: the shoe was on the other foot eight years later when president bush endorsed mccain. here's how that played on "the daily show." >> senator mccain -- >> let me just ask kelly -- >> given president bush's low approval rg,atin how much do you hope he'll campaign for you on the trail? >> i hope that president will find time from his busy schedule. he'll campaign for me as much as is keeping with his busy schedule, in keeping with his schedule as it fits into his busy schedule. [laughter] chris: yeah, busy schedule. >> did you see wave

i did not support george bush. i inherited this recession. senator brady supported george bush. he was to bring this policies to our state. he was to deregulate banks and give tax breaks to special interests. that is what george bush did. that is why our economy went into a ditch in america. i want to work with businesses on job creation initiatives. "put illinois to work" is a great program. it takes people and puts them on a job so they can support their family. >> out of time. thank you. rebecca sanchez, your question goes to mr. brady. >> i have appointed hispanic citizens of our state to many important positions. i appointed the head of our human relations commission, who happens to be hispanic. we have a great movement in our education. 20% of the children in illinois is a good to school happen to be hispanic children. one thing i had done related to that is make sure that we built schools. we announced the building of more building and rebuilding of schools. that is important for our hispanic children. we had the head of the state board of education. he is someone i trust

i did not support george bush. i inherited this recession. senator brady supported george bush. he was to bring this policies to our state. he was to deregulate banks and give tax breaks to special interests. that is what george bush did. that is why our economy went into a ditch in america. i want to work with businesses on job creation initiatives. "put illinois to work" is a great program. it takes people and puts them on a job so they can support their family. >> out of time. thank you. rebecca sanchez, your question goes to mr. brady. >> i have appointed hispanic citizens of our state to many important positions. i appointed the head of our human relations commission, who happens to be hispanic. we have a great movement in our education. 20% of the children in illinois is a good to school happen to be hispanic children. one thing i had done related to that is make sure that we built schools. we announced the building of more building and rebuilding of schools. that is important for our hispanic children. we had the head of the state board of education. he is someone i trust

and george bush, why do you think everybody is saying that barack obama is doing the same thing george bush did. they were both progressives, fabianism. you need to look the word up, america, because their shield is a wolf and it's got a sheep's clothing wrapped around it. host: thanks for the call. another caller saying we welcome our viewers outside the united states. rod is joining us from south brunswick, new jersey. democrat's line. good morning. caller: good morning. i wish obama had some tough decisions to make. i wish the republicans, the leadership would take a course in comics 101 and really come out with some answers that are realistic and which really happening. this has been a tough recession and it's not going to be instant gratification for the problems to be solved. as far as passing the information that's not accurate, that should be really examined and stopped and the american public should take a look and say am i being told the truth? host: another comment from ronald johnson. jim joining us from south bend. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for taking m

once you spoke about george w. bush as the devil. how would you call the current president obama yes i didn't say george george bush was a devil i said it was smelling of. a man but i was there that was not exactly something that may be accompanied by the devil but not exactly where the devil now was just of the moment because of his politics and a lot of wars and aggressions that's imperialists of all it takes they will just take a look at what he has left us after all the wars and. suffering. and war of words and he was trying to fight terrorists but he was not talking about real terrorists he was talking about people who are against the imperialist politics of his country . and you are asking me to describe obama you're going to this in the us and i started saying maybe a year ago i started answering this question actually and he reminded me of some. article by the greats also garcia marcus of course one hundred years of solid w. i met him well together with fidel castro in turn down a new home in a quarter and there was maybe elev

in congress ehrlich voted wi george bush 90% ofhe time, protecting the special interests., increased college tuition by 40%, and vetoed an increase in the minimum wage. and after losing his election, bob ehrlich joined a lobbying firm and got paid $2.5 milln to represent casin and wall street banks. bob ehrlich--24 years of putting the special interests first. sy: i did as ged my property taxes 60 percent. woman 1 syi didn't owatrnor man 3: he worked for ak 10 billn doanother bamillion.apsed.axers7 h big s don't need help. middle class marylanders do. >>> whether you're inside keeping warm for the cooler weather or in need of a page-turner for your nt trip, there are plenty of good picks. we have book critic and author of the bestseller "strange but true" and "boytill missing." john searles, i just learned your middle name is lester. a little bit of trivia. you ve an eclectic mix of books here. the first is "room." the description, it sounds disturbing. >> it is. i have been carrying it around for 15 dais and never before have people stopped me so often. it's getting to mu

in congress ehrlich voted with george bush 90% of the time, protecting the special interests. as governor, ehrlich cut education, increased college tuition by 40%, and vetoed an increase in the minimum wage. and after losing his election, bob ehrlich joined a lobbying firm and got paid $2.5 million to represent casinos and wall street banks. bob ehrlich--24 years of putting the special interests first. >> even in a notoriously violent border town, the unthinkable happens. people were killed at a birthday party. police say people stormed the homes and opened fire on four partygoers. they had gathered to celebrate a 15-year-old boy's birthday. the gunmen remain at large. the founder of wikileaks may not be able to take as good as he gives. julien set down for an interview with cnn, but he stormed out when the interview turned personal. she asked about race allegations he is still facing. >> we are going to contaminate 112,000 people. >> i am asking how you see it bowman -- how you see it? >> he previously denied allegations against him. britain is reacting to the release of the

from george bush's ideas, not one. >> reporter: but the bush line didn't resonate, so in september he shifted gears. >> you put it in d. when you want to go backwards, what do you do? you put it in r. >> reporter: and now his focus is on republican outside groups taking advantage of a new campaign finance law. >> the american people deserve to know who is trying to sway their elections. >> reporter: analysts aren't convinced this latest attack will work. >> it can energize the base, but as a broad message of appeal to independent voters and swing voters, i just don't think it has the clout. it smells of desperation. >> reporter: then there's the democratic strategy of using controversial statements or background of specific tea party nominees, like new york's carl paladino, to paint the entire republican party as out of the main stream. >> i don't want them to be brainwashed into thinking homosexuality is a valid or successful option. it isn't. >> reporter: paladino on the "today" show, toned down the rhetoric. >> my feelings on homosexuality are unequivocal. i have absolutely no prob

he served under george w.h. bush. he's a republican. mineta who served president clinton and president george w. bush. he is a democrat. i repeat, a democrat who served in the cabinet of the george w. bush administration. infrastructure is so bipartisan, it's not even bipartisan. it's not even nonpartisan. it's like apartisan. and it often looks like that. we have often had cross-party transportation secretaries, democrats serving republicans, republicans serving democrats. it's because infrastructure, particularly transportation infrastructure, has been one issue that both sides have, in the big picture, sort of agreed on. even as recently as the very partisan fight over the stimulus, many republicans argued, we need more infrastructure. >> we do need more money on infrastructure spending. we need more on the infrastructure. we need more on the infrastructure. >> there's 7% of this onç infra -- on infrastructure out of $825 billion. we have an opportunity to double the amount of infrastructure money. >> we had an $825 billion bill, ab

in congress ehrlich voted with george bush 90% of the time, protecting the special interests. as governor, ehrlich cut education, increased college tuition by 40%, and vetoed an increase in the minimum wage. and after losing his election, bob ehrlich joined a lobbying firm and got paid $2.5 million to represent casinos and wa streebanks. bob ehrlich--24 years of putting the special interests first. >>> at least 13 people were killed in a hail of gunfire during a house party in juarez, mexicoast night. investigators found more than 70 bullet casings at the scene. the victims were between 14 and 20 years old. 15 other people were wounded, including a 9-year-old. no arrests have been made, and so far this year, more than 2,000 people have been killed in juarez amid a turf war between drug cartels. >>> the search is on in southern sweden for a gunman who appears to be targeting immigrants and minorities. police believe one man could be behind a string of up to 15 shootings. the latest happened on thursday. two women were hurt by shots fired through an apartment window. investigato

can follow or does he have a different path where like for instance jimmy carter perhaps or even george bush in his second term where the numbers just went down and he never could pull back up. host: this is what it looks like, the education of a president by peter baker. in your story you refer to the president's comments in milwaukee. let's watch. >> some powerful interests who have bn dominating the agenda in washington for long time are not always happy with me. they talk about me like a dog. that's not in my prepared remarks. it's just -- but it's true. host: harry truman said if you want a friend in washington, get a dog. did those comments surprise you? guest: a little bit. i think he's expressing his frustration on the trail. he said some thing that is sound perhaps defensive even or frustrated. he said at a recent fund raiser, look, it takes time. it took time to free the slaves, it took time to give women the vote. which is comparison, equating what he is doing with some pretty big things in american histy. but i think it must be tough to be a president given all of the things that

you said george bush came here with the hope of getting something done. so what happened, josh, in your case? why did not this idea -- i am familiar with george bush and i grew up in texas. in texas, he did govern pretty much from the center. i think most political analysts would say that. but i also remember, in the campaign, you got to the new hampshire primary. you thought you would win and win big. the campaign had been pretty much a centrist candidate, pretty much the politics he ran in texas. he lost and it surprised everybody in the campaign. from that moment for, the campaign adopted a new strategy. it was no longer a campaign down the middle, but one that ran from the right, it seems to me. and it proved successful. do you think that had anything to do with the attitude of your administration? you were not the chief of staff at that point. but the attitude of the administration and how it approach to governing became about? it seemed to be much different campaign to me from that point. >> no. [laughter] but i say that with all civility. bob, you

just like george bush won. >> george bush won. >> and clinton. president obama will have to put a page out of that but. but spending is out of control. >> dysfunctional democracy? >> yes. >> all right. you are a father, grandfather. let's say there is a child that is 10 years old. and it is 2010. so he will be 30 years old in 200030. >> that is correct. >> 2010. >> it will be 20 more years. >> yeah, so he is going to be 30 years old. what is his tax burden going to be or her tax burden going to be at that point if we continue to spend in this or reckless manner that we're spending? >> between 2013 and 2014, the federal tax burden alone will double. >> will double? >> will double, if we wait until then to make the tough choices. here is the problem. we will never get there. our foreign lenders will not lend us the amount of money that we're going to have to borrow at reasonable interest rates. my view is we have less than five years to be able to demonstrate that we're going to get serious. i actually believe less than two, to demonstrate we're go

economics introduced into america was called by george bush sr due to economics and we're doing now which is are often scary they come out of hollowing was just coming up greenspan says us creating scary deficit as borrowing rises there's a warlock for you. were at rock to crawl out from under greenspan i mean seriously here's a guy who threw the entire u.s. economy under the bus so they could win you know a knighthood from the queen of england i mean if that's tyranny for american i don't know what is and now he's saying you know what actually i did cause this catastrophe and i want to buy more of my books well his quote is we're involved in a dangerous game where increasing the debt held by the public at a pace that is closing the gap between our debt and the measures of borrowing capacity will stop borrowing just like he acts like it's the public doing its these bankers his cronies his friends yeah again that is the ideology of a psychopath that and we need witches and government to break the spell of the economics is exactly right christine o'donnell should play out that she's away an

barack obama is dull as dull as gordon brown was yeah at least with the republicans you know you had george bush falling off a segway and choking on pretzels you have christine o'donnell i don't know if you saw this the senate candidate for the republican party in delaware this is just the first two seconds of her recent political ad her first ever i'm not a witch wow that's says a lot she's not a witch. if you have to deny it of course openly for america however they may just need a witch so it might be good news if she is because look everybody is relying on magical thinking and you see that in the headline global finance chiefs task i.m.f. with calming currency tensions so all these you know american and european countries are seeking help from the i.m.f. here's the first thing that i am left comes out with the past week and i.m.f. calls. for a new round of huge bank bailouts shock that's a new sudden and magical thinking that happens lenders across europe in the u.s. according to the i.m.f. are facing a four trillion dollar refinancing hurdle in the coming twenty four months and may still ne

george bush's new memoir. why he actually thought his order brought down united 93 on 9/11. >>> full body. starting tomorrow, will you choose those revealing airport scans or a very personal patdown? >>> and, fulfill a dream. a young man changing the world, one wish at a time. >>> good evening. tonight, just five days from the midterm elections that will help set the course for the country for another two years. new polls show president obama's core supporters, those from 2008, have drifted further and further away from the days of bold optimism. so, last night, when one of their icons, comedic gladiator, jon stewart, questioned the president, his questions seemed to reverberate across the country and across that shift since the election two years ago. jake tapper spent the day assessing it all and with us tonight. jake? >> reporter: good evening, diane. well, that's right. president obama went on the jon stewart show last night. stewart frequently assails and critiques the right with wit. and he is often seem

former president george h.w. bush and george w. bush will do the honors before game 4. before he was our last president, george w. bush was part owner of the texas rangers. >>> checking headlines around the bay area, final touches are being put on the new eastern bay bridge tower. the fourth and final tower started going up this morning. it will be a 16- to 20-hour process. crews were worried about wind delays and now rain might be the problem. >>> as tempting as it is to look, caltrans is warning drivers to keep your eyes on the road. >> 2, 3, all right! >> there we go. >>> bart breaking ground on the new line in the east bay today. it will run from the pittsburg- bay point station to antioch. the trains will be smaller than regular bart trains and will be scheduled to meet regular trains at the bay point station. service is expected to start in 2015. >>> this is what city official in san francisco don't want to see this halloween. they put the word out, there will be no party in the castro. it's the fourth year in a row the party has been cancelled after violence broke

that was the world that george h.w. bush inherited. and his skill and his ability to bring people together and to gently lay the soviet union to rest was a tremendous, tremendous achievement. but george w. bush was of course president in a very different world. and i was also in the white house on 9/11. and 9/11 was the beginning of a big historical epic, a period in which an enemy that we did not know well, an enemy that had done something unthinkable, attacked the united states with its own planes 3,000 people dead, people jumping out of a 80 story window to try to avoid the inevitable, shadowy networks, a place called afghanistan where they were hiding the thought of a 9/11 with weapons of mass destruction, that was a very different world and a new historical epic. and it took a different kind of leadership, not ending that epic on our terms but beginning it on our terms. and i know that many of the things that we did were yal, and i know that history will judge the degree to which some of them worked. but when i think now about wher

don't blame that on george bush. it was bush's bill -- >> thank you. >> that's all that we need to know. >> gentlemen -- >> the only other thing that i would say to that. >> we're going to get one more subject in here tonight. >> okay. >> the nominee for governor in maine tells the crowd that he's going to tell the president to go to hell. here it is. let's listen to it. >> and as your governor you're going to be seeing a lot of me on the front page saying, governor page, president obama, go to hell. >> i don't know if this moves the dialogue further but joe madison, your thoughts on that? no thoughts? >> well, it's -- you know, it's really absolutely sad not only to hear a person who's governor stoop that low in political rhetoric, but to hear an audience applaud. president obama is president of the united states. you don't tell the president of the united states to go to hell. but you know what, when they will need assistance when there's a flood or a fire or an emergency and the governor comes with his hat in his

george w. bush's memoir "decision points" hits bookstores november 9th.ready pitching the book on youtube. here's an excerpt. >> when i sat down to write my memoirs, i decided to take an untraditional approach. rather than providing an exhaustive chronological account of my life and years of office, i wanted to give readers a glimpse of the presidency from my perspective. that man focusing on the most demanding and focusing part of the job, making decisions. >> larry: he's keeping out of the race so far, penn jillette. good idea? >> oh, yeah. i think so, yeah. i think you're still able to blame everything on bush and you're still probably right to do it. >> larry: what do you think, ben stein? >> i don't think he would help the republicans a lot by being in the race, all though he is still a hero in texas, i think he's made the right decision. by the way, mr. bush, i love you but the word is nontraditional not untraditional. >> and the book should be called "bad decisions," by the way. and just a point of order on this florida race, thought going into ira

he worked close presidents clinton and george w. bush. his new book without hesitation, he draws sharp contrast between the two men from their partying habits to their wartime leadership. he does not hold back when it comes to criticizing them or top members of their administrations. joining me is the man himself the outspoken general hugh shelton. thank you for being here. had you an accident. you fell off a ladder, you almost refused medical help. your wife god bless her wanted to take out to hospital, what happened? >> i was trimming a tree after 450 parachute jumps my feet instead of being 24 feet in the air only five feet off the ground and hit the wrong way. bad parachute landing fall. >> sean: were you told you might not walk again. >> totally paralyzed the initial doctor said you will never walk again. you will be lucky to use your hands to the degree you can manipulate a wheelchair. walter reed went to work on me and 83 days later, i worked out unassisted. >> sean: they are some of the most amazing people i've ever met and what t

george w. bush in 2006 signed the national cemeteries act essentially in response to what your group has been doing. is -- are those, in your view, constitutional laws? guest: well, incidentally, i picketted president bush within 10 minutes of him signing that law, by the way. i read all those laws and 80% of them are grossly unconstitutional, but almost none of them put us as far away as we put ourselves. so we can comfortably continue to function and therefore we let the law stand. we challenged a few of them when they've been just simply misapplied. but look at this inconsistency. so you got these soldiers allegedly going over to afghanistan and iraq, which is a war that has nothing to do with our constitutional democracy, but even if you assume for the sake of argument that they're dying for their right to speak and then you get one of these military folks and we get this on the streets all the time saying, i died for your right to speak only don't say words i don't like. how un-american could t

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remember, from the first day george walk took office until the day george w. bushst office, less debt was accumulated from all 43 presidents than what president obama accumulated in one year. and the st. you -- estimate you just read is identical to the previous number in obama. we are drowning if a save red ink and we have a chance in less than 30 days to take our country back. >> it is $100 billion a month. that is the math. thank you very much, congress wop. that will do it here. i will seen you tomorrow on the fox business network and our special guest is california governor arnold schwarzenegger and the state has a bailout. stay tuned. how are those flat rate boxes working out? fabulous! they ga me this great idea. yea? we mail documents all over the country, so, what if there were riority mail flat rate... envelopes? yes! you could ship to any state... or a low flat rate? ! a really low flat re. like $4.90? yes! and it uld look like a flat rate box... only flatter? like th?