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Business Insider
April 4, 2018
As this 2014 New Yorker article points out, a message aired prior to the show's premiere in 1971 warning viewers that the show sought "to throw a humorous ... man who routinely shows discomfort with progressive ideas, cries when his truck is dying, and is disappointed to find that George W. Bush has a weak handshake.
Westword
April 4, 2018
We see, for example, the parallels between Britain's actions during the 1956 Suez crisis and George W. Bush's criminal invasion of Iraq. We also see how the ... But the queen is the star, and Deborah Persoff has all the humor, presence and majesty needed to carry both the role and the evening. She has toÃâà...
KIIITV.com
April 4, 2018
He voted against President George W. Bush's sweeping tax relief package in 2001, but voted in 2006 to extend those tax cuts. ... His edgy and sarcastic sense of humor — even when it's schtick — helped cement his media image as a straight-talking "maverick" and made him a hit with late-night TV hostsÃâà...
Gwinnettdailypost.com
March 27, 2018
Former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush shared a pew and a pulpit Tuesday at a Buckhead church, where hundreds of mourners remembered former Georgia Gov. and U.S. Sen. ... I will never forget the lessons he taught me, his witty sense of humor, or his contagious smile.
Us Weekly
March 27, 2018
George W. Bush is no wallflower. The 43rd U.S. president, 71, tore up the dance floor at nephew Pierce Bush's wedding in Colorado Springs, Colorado, ... And then there's his famous struggle with the inauguration poncho that caused a rush of memes to flood Twitter. He had a good sense of humor about it.
Hollywood Life
March 26, 2018
George W. Bush, 71, showed himself in a very different light as he danced the night away at his nephew, Pierce Bush's wedding in Colorado Springs over ... During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last year, he showed off his humorous side by making fun of the way he says made up words such asÃâà...
Dallas Observer
March 23, 2018
Turtle Creek Chorale has chosen anthems of past and present "to help bring peace and harmony to our chaotic humanity" in its program at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Moody Performance Hall, 2520 Flora St. "We Shall Overcome" and the premiere of a new commissioned piece,Ãâà...
Jackson Sun
March 23, 2018
Every president since has been lampooned - from Chevy Chase's bumbling Gerald Ford to Will Ferrell's malaprop-prone George W. Bush. But, except for some dark Nixon humor, notably by the comedian David Frye, modern presidents have generally been mocked with a gentle wink, not a snarl. Trump isÃâà...
Bainbridge Island Review
March 23, 2018
Every president since has been lampooned — from Chevy Chase's bumbling Gerald Ford to Will Ferrell's malaprop-prone George W. Bush. But, except for some dark Nixon humor, notably by the comedian David Frye, modern presidents have generally been mocked with a gentle wink, not a snarl. Trump isÃâà...
RollingStone.com
March 21, 2018
Robert Grossman at his studio on Crosby Street in New York City, 1968. Jan Welt/Courtesy of the Grossman Family. Robert Grossman, the artist and illustrator whose musician portraits and madcap political caricatures featured on the cover and in the pages of Rolling Stone, died March 15th at the age of 78.
New York Times
March 20, 2018
Robert Grossman, a prolific and outlandish illustrator who made President Richard M. Nixon into Pinocchio, put President George W. Bush in a dunce cap ... While at Yale he edited the humor magazine The Yale Record, creating a parody issue of The New Yorker and drawing its spot-on cover, which hadÃâà...
Legacy.com (blog)
March 3, 2018
Known as "Bucky" Bush, the brother of President George H.W. Bush, uncle of President George W. Bush and youngest son of Sen. Prescott Sheldon Bush of Connecticut was also active ... Bush's September 1989 trip to Malta received some humorous notoriety. His brother, then president, asked him aboutÃâà...
Youngstown Vindicator
February 28, 2018
Upending a decades-long tradition of tears, nervous humor, thank-yous and general good will, he sent actress Sacheen Littlefeather in his place to the 1973 ... The filmmaker ascended the stage to a standing ovation, but the mood soon shifted as he attacked George W. Bush as a “fictitious president” andÃâà...
Civilized
February 28, 2018
"The FBI guys were like snickering quietly. 'So, um, sir, we have to ask you about not being funny enough.' Yeah, that was a real thing." Luckily they had a sense of humor. As did members of the outgoing administration. When Penn ran into one of President George W. Bush's senior advisers in Washington,Ãâà...
Ladders
February 19, 2018
Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin speaks about President Abraham Lincoln's knack for humor and storytelling in a talk at TED2008, where she .... Former presidents Bush and Clinton were interviewed at the 2017 Graduation of Presidential Leadership Scholars at the George W. Bush Presidential Center.
Variety
February 9, 2018
According to Michael Wolff's book “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” staffers worried that Trump didn't have the self-deprecating sense of humor to pull off such a dinner appearance. Ari Fleischer, press secretary under President George W. Bush, does not think that Trump should go.
TIME
January 9, 2018
George W. Bush once used his self-deprecating humor to come to the aid of Lea's daughter. Lea and her daughter were at a farewell dinner the Bushes threw her when she left the White House, and her daughter, Alice, then 14 years old, was seated next to the president. He asked her how school wasÃâà...
The Linfield Review
December 31, 1999
However, Cottrell did not shy away from using humor to express his political opinions when he described President George W. Bush as “the squinty one” and Trump as “an embarrassment.” But the lecture was not entirely comprised of humor. Cottrell devoted a considerable portion of his speech toÃâà...
newsindiatimes.com
December 31, 1999
NEW YORK – Vilas Tonape, an Indian American artist, was recently invited by President George W. Bush to his mansion in Dallas, Texas. After serving the people of the U.S. ... Tonape described the lesson to be a fun and lively one as President Bush has a great sense of humor. During their break for lunch,Ãâà...
New York Times
December 31, 1999
Showing that God does indeed have a sense of humor, He gave them Mr. Trump. Yet in God's ... George W. Bush was the evangelical candidate in 2000: He pushed traditional conservative policies, but he doesn't come close to Mr. Trump's courageous blunt strokes in defense of evangelicals. EvangelicalsÃâà...
Florida Today
December 31, 1999
18 column, Bill Mick lamented that our "overly sensitive society" couldn't find humor in a scene from the children's movie "Peter Rabbit." In this scene a character is pelted with ... It was signed into law by President George W. Bush in the guise of too many frivolous lawsuits. There are narrow exceptions builtÃâà...
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