George Bush

President Obama To WHCD Crowd: "All Of You Voted For Me" (Except Fox) - Posted May 10, 2009
WHCA President Jennifer Loven and President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. President Barack Obama was certainly a hit last night, opening with a teleprompter joke and cracking himself up. Here are some highlights: On his Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: "Arlen, you know what I always say, 'If you can't... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 01.22.09 - Posted January 22, 2009
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

Obama Water for Sale at Hollywood Corner Store - Posted January 12, 2009
We went into Whitley Market on the corner of Highland and Franklin on Saturday to buy some over-priced breath mints and there across from the Marilyn Monroe wine and the Elvis lighters was Obama Water. The water could go nicely with the George Bush toilet paper our cousin sent us for Christmas.... [FishBowlLA]

Morgan To Tackle Tony Blair Again - Posted December 16, 2008
Peter Morgan -- whose "Frost/Nixon" is not only filling theaters around the country but is in line for plenty in the statuette department (as in Golden Globes and Oscars) -- is setting up his next politco project which looks to create (or re-create, as it were) the "Special Relationship" between former... [FishBowlLA]

Mayerson's Open Letter to Fox News - Posted November 12, 2008
WaPo columnist Harold Meyerson wrote an open letter to Fox News who suddenly seems...uhm...as unpopular as their president...George Bush not Rupert Murdoch...well maybe both: In that sense, your work remains dangerous and disintegrative to the nation. But it is also, more narrowly, tactically, for now, a great gift to liberals and Democrats.... [FishBowlLA]

As Barack Obama Wins, Los Angeles Listens - Posted November 5, 2008
As Barack Obama gracefully transitioned from Presidential Candidate to President Elect, the city of Los Angeles watched in awe, admiration and befuddlement. More than 17,000 supporters were expected at the major Obama Support Party at the Century Plaza Hotel in Century City. FBLA watched the election returns at a less august venue, a... [FishBowlLA]

CNN/TIME Politics '08: Greenfield, Graydon and More - Posted October 14, 2008
The CNN/TIME Politics '08 conference kicked off yesterday with Time Warner CEO Jeffrey Bewkes saying, "There has never been and never will be a substitute for quality." TVNewser twittered the first panel, moderated by Campbell Brown, and featuring this line of from Vanity Fair's Graydon Carter that got the biggest laughs (on... [TVNewser]

Hurricane Gustav Touches Down - Posted September 1, 2008
This fishie's people are from Louisiana. Cajun. Whole pig roasting, gator killing, gumbo gulping, cracklin eating Cajuns. If we start talking about Katrina, we start foaming at the mouth talking about people standing on their roof tops while corpses floated by. "Heck of a job!" "Heck of a job!" John McCain was... [FishBowlLA]

Dubya's Olympic Outing - Posted August 11, 2008
NBC has other weird shots of George Bush (still the president of these United States) with athletes. We think the photo editor maybe a little pissed about $5 gas...... [FishBowlLA]

What is Funny?: Fallout from the New Yorker Obama Cover - Posted July 15, 2008
It's been 24 hours since The New Yorker's Barack Obama "Politics of Fear" cover hit newsstands, which means the print world has had time to weigh in. Also, FBNY readers!: 55% percent of the couple of hundred of you who voted found it more offensive than not, which may mirror the... [FishBowlNY]

Barry Blitt: A Modest Retrospective - Posted July 14, 2008
So yeah, this week's New Yorker cover. Everyone is shocked! shocked! Or at least everyone who works in a Presidential campaign. Obama (who recently approved Bush's Constitutionally questionable warrantless wiretapping bill) thinks it's "tasteless and offensive." The McCain camp concurs. Totally understandable, since as we all... [FishBowlNY]

Barry Blitt: A Modest Retrospective - Posted July 14, 2008
So yeah, this week's New Yorker cover. Everyone is shocked! shocked! Or at least everyone who works in a Presidential campaign. Obama (who recently approved Bush's Constitutionally questionable warrantless wiretapping bill) thinks it's "tasteless and offensive." The McCain camp concurs. Totally understandable, since as we all... [FishBowlNY]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted June 18, 2008
How to Be Successful: It seemed to us when He's Just Not That Into You author Liz Tuccillo eschewed the chance to be a dating pundit that she was throwing away a shot at fame, fortune and permanent job security. Not so. News to Her: The lede of Rachel Abramowitz's story today:... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted June 4, 2008
'YouTube Is Becoming the World's Biggest Focus Group': Just when you thought the democratic sandbox of lowest-common-denominator entertainment was safe from the prying eyes of marketers and information-seekers, comes this. Oh well. Most Unexpected Paragraph(s) of the Day: In her op-ed piece about the Rob Lowe case, Rachel Abramowitz raises the specter... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted February 5, 2008
Yes We Clicked Through The Entire Thing: The LAT has been reading our wish-book again, this time posting a picture-book-thingy about Matthew McConaughey's predilection to show of his pecks. When we got to the last frame we were miffed to find a totally clothed Matt Damon, but then we played the... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 11.15.07 - Posted November 15, 2007
Good morning Washington. Most of you don't count religious services as a regular activity. An ABC release announces, "On Tuesday, November 20, ABC News' Charles Gibson will conduct an exclusive, wide-ranging interview with President George Bush and First Lady Laura Bush at Camp David, the private presidential retreat. The interview, just days... [FishBowlDC]

Us Weekly: Now 100% Paris Hilton-Free! - Posted June 27, 2007
Well, for this week anyway. We thought it was cute when the AP tried this experiment, but for Us Weekly to eschew Paris (especially the week of her release) is kinda like Fox News saying they've had it up to here with that George Bush character. Without the butter, Us Weekly,... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 05.02.07 - Posted May 2, 2007
Good morning Washington. Dana Perino on life at the top. An ABC release announced that "World News with Charles Gibson" was "the #1 evening newscast among Total Viewers, Households and Adults 25-54 for the week of April 23." Averaging 8.20 million Total Viewers, "World News" outperformed NBC's "Nightly News" by 310,000 Total... [FishBowlDC]

New MTV Show Spoofs 9/11 With Children - Posted April 16, 2007
MTV's new comedy troupe Human Giant, the network's latest attempt at programming something other than a Laguna Beach spin-off, has put together something called Lil' 9/11, a mock film about the September 11th attacks featuring children playing the roles of George W. Bush and Osama Bin Laden. The trailer [above] includes... [FishBowlNY]

Conservapedia: A Wikipedia Fox News Can Love - Posted February 28, 2007
Perhaps George Bush will finally be able to "correct" that approval rating First they wanted their own Daily Show. Now it appears Fox News and its liberal-media-correcting followers are getting their own Wikipedia, too. From Conservapedia's mission statement: Conservapedia is a much-needed alternative to Wikipedia, which is increasingly anti-Christian and anti-American. On Wikipedia, many... [FishBowlNY]