WASHINGTON — President Bush has told his sensitive father, former President George H.W. Bush, not to pay any attention to the news, especially all those painful Bush-bashing reports.
Author: Helen Thomas
Helen Thomas: Is a Wider War In The Cards?
WASHINGTON — Is President Bush going to attack Iran?
Helen Thomas: Congress Should Weigh In On The War
WASHINGTON — President Bush apparently could care less whether the House votes for a non-binding resolution opposing his escalation of U.S. troops in Iraq, now that the Senate has tied itself into knots because so many senators have chickened out on the No. 1 issue in America.
Helen Thomas: Cheney The Irrelevant
WASHINGTON — Sometimes you wonder what planet Vice President Dick Cheney is living on.
Helen Thomas: Sen. Clinton May Regret Her War Vote
WASHINGTON — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., the leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination next year, must regret her support for President Bush’s decision to invade Iraq back in 2003.
Helen Thomas: Congress Gives Its First Response To Bush’s Iraq Plea
WASHINGTON — President Bush picked Iraq as his preemptive battleground nearly four years ago and now is asking a war-weary country to give his military escalation a chance to work.
Helen Thomas: War Won’t End On Bush’s Watch
WASHINGTON — It’s time for Congress to reassert its sole constitutional authority to declare war. But do the newly-empowered lawmakers have the courage?
Helen Thomas: U.S. School program puts the wrong emphasis on testing
WASHINGTON — The highly touted federal “No Child Left Behind” Act is flawed and needs overhauling.
Helen Thomas: Ford
WASHINGTON — The passing of President Gerald Ford is a reminder that the Republican Party was once led by political moderates who have now been replaced by members of the radical right (read that “neocons”) and evangelicals.
Helen Thomas: Bush Is Writing The Recipe For More War
WASHINGTON — President Bush has alerted the American people that the war in Iraq will go on for a long time — easily into the next presidency.
