{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"This F*cking Guy: George W. Bush","description":"In our 47th episode of This F*cking Guy, What A Day’s Jane Coaston joins Erin to relive the destruction caused by the witless war criminal, George W. Bush. From his early years of drunken antics, relying on his dad’s help to trip upwards, to leaving MANY children behind as Governor of Texas, to squandering his 9/11 approval ratings by invading Iraq and permitting war crimes, to gaslighting the media about his preparedness for Hurricane Katrina, this may be our most moronic man-child guy, yet.\n\nYou can request a transcript by emailing transcripts@crooked.com (mailto:transcripts@crooked.com) . Include the podcast name, episode title, and air date. Please allow 48 hours for delivery.\n\nBush reacts to latest Middle East violence (AP Archive (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HZ3Tjohwqo) )\n\nGeorge W. Bush after rehearsing a speech, 2001 (Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/Presidents/comments/1t869mj/george_w_bush_after_rehearsing_a_speech_2001/) )\n\nGeorge W. Bush’s Paintings Cannot Redeem Him (Hyperallergic (https://hyperallergic.com/george-w-bushs-paintings-cannot-redeem-him/) )\n\nShoe-Throwing Reporter Tells Tale Of Torture (NPR (https://www.npr.org/2009/09/15/112841010/shoe-throwing-reporter-tells-tale-of-torture) )\n\nBush acknowledges 1976 DUI charge (CNN (https://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/02/bush.dui/) )\n\nSharon Bush denies Kitty Kelley account (NBC (https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna5946246) )\n\nKitty Kelley defends sources of new Bush book (Today (https://www.today.com/news/kitty-kelley-defends-sources-new-bush-book-wbna6000597) )\n\nKitty Kelley's bad magic (Chron (https://www.chron.com/life/article/Kitty-Kelley-s-bad-magic-1679239.php) )\n\nMan Says He OK'd Bush for Guard (Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/19990927/aponline190140_000.htm) )\n\nGo East, Young Man (Texas Monthly (https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/go-east-young-man-2/) )\n\nThe Guard Years (The New Yorker (http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/03/01/040301ta_talk_mayer) )\n\nBush fell short on duty at Guard (Boston.com (http://boston.com/) )\n\nAuthor Examines the Legendary 1968 Harvard-Yale Game (Valley News (https://vnews.com/2018/11/30/the-game-football-as-a-microcosm-of-the-dramatic-1960s-21882943/) )\n\nBush Spent Undergrad Years Away From Politics (The Harvard Crimson (https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1999/11/17/bush-spent-undergrad-years-away-from/) )\n\nBush's Life-Changing Year (Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/wh2000/stories/bush072599.htm) )\n\nGeorge W. Bush DUI Arrest Record (The Smoking Gun (https://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/celebrity/george-w-bush-dui-arrest-record) )\n\nGeorge W. Bush on his DUI arrest (Salon (https://www.salon.com/2000/11/03/bush_transcript_2/) )\n\nBush's Disdainful Presidency (Consortium News (https://consortiumnews.com/2006/082606.html) )\n\nWas Dubya Drunk? (Slate (https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2000/08/was-dubya-drunk.html) )\n\nHow team Bush took an airbrush to the Chosen One’s misdeeds (The Times (https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/how-team-bush-took-an-airbrush-to-the-chosen-ones-misdeeds-mwt7pr95jk3) )\n\nLittle Did We Know (Texas Monthly (https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/little-did-we-know/) )\n\nWhat Price Baseball? (Austin Chronicle (https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/what-price-baseball-11735902/) )\n\nGovernor Deadbeat  (Austin Chronicle (https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/1998-01-16/519405/) )\n\nBush and the Texas Environment (Texas Observe (https://www.texasobserver.org/871-bush-and-the-texas-environment/) r)\n\n Capitol Offenses (Texas Obserber (https://www.texasobserver.org/670-capitol-offenses-smoke-and-mirrors/) )\n\nThe Myth of the Texas Miracle in Education (DOAJ (https://doaj.org/article/cf4c5a95beed4075ac5d133e5c3f585f) )\n\nDeath in Texas (The New York Review (https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2005/01/13/death-in-texas/) )\n\nRead My Chips (Austin Chronicle (https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2000-09-01/78466/) )\n\nYears ago, Texas hustled to get kids on state health care. Now it’s kicking them off. (Texas Tribune (https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/02/texas-chip-medicaid-enrollment) )\n\nCHIP Enrollment (texas.gov (http://texas.gov/) )\n\nTexas Governor George W. Bush’s Record on Taxes (Citizens For Tax Justice (https://ctj.org/analysis-of-bush-tax-record/) )\n\nState's budget crunch haunting Bush (Chron (https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/State-s-budget-crunch-haunting-Bush-1994672.php) )\n\nGov. Rick Perry says in 2003, Texas cut $10 billion from the budget yet increased spending for public education and health and human services (Politifact (https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2010/may/05/rick-perry/gov-rick-perry-says-2003-texas-cut-10-billion-budg) )\n\nDevil May Care (Talk Magazine (https://archive.org/details/TuckersFirstInterview) )\n\nBush’s revealing interview (The Baltimore Sun (https://www.baltimoresun.com/1999/08/12/bushs-revealing-interview/) )\n\nMistakes Loom Large as Handover Nears (University of Delaware (https://www1.udel.edu/globalagenda/2005/student/readings/rajivseries.html) )\n\nHoyer, Waxman Ask Rumsfeld For Investigation into CPA Hiring (Steny Hoyer (https://leaderarchive-hoyer.house.gov/content/hoyer-waxman-ask-rumsfeld-investigation-cpa-hiring) )\n\nGetting the Facts Straight (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (https://www.cbpp.org/research/getting-the-facts-straight) )\n\nHow Projected Surpluses Became Deficits (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (https://www.cbpp.org/research/how-projected-surpluses-became-deficits) )\n\nThe Changing Budget Picture (The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (https://www.frbsf.org/research-and-insights/publications/economic-letter/2002/03/the-changing-budget-picture/) )\n\nFrom Riches to Rags: Causes of Fiscal Deterioration Since 2001 (Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (https://www.crfb.org/papers/riches-rags-causes-fiscal-deterioration-2001) )\n\nFiscal Fact Checker: What Caused the Swing From Surplus to Deficit? (Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (https://www.crfb.org/blogs/fiscal-fact-checker-what-caused-swing-surplus-deficit) )\n\nPhase II Report (govinfo.gov (http://govinfo.gov/) )\n\nSenate Intelligence Committee Unveils Final Phase II Reports on Prewar Iraq Intelligence (U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/2008/06/05/press-senate-intelligence-committee-unveils-final-phase-ii-reports-prewar-iraq-intelligence/) )\n\nCommittee Study ofthe CentralIntelligenceAgmcy 's Detention and Interrogation Program (U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/press/executive-summary_0.pdf) )\n\nReport of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Committee Study of the Central Intelligence Agency's Detention and Interrogation Program, Together with Foreword by Chairman Feinstein and Additional and Minority Views (congress.gov (http://congress.gov/) )\n\nSenate Session 10/25/01 (C-Span (https://c-span.org/program/senate-proceeding/senate-session/128665) )\n\nStatement of Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice before the House Judiciary Committee concerning “The FBI's Use of National Security Letters and Section 215 Requests for Business Records” (U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (https://oig.justice.gov/news/testimony/statement-glenn-fine-inspector-general-us-department-justice-house-judiciary-2) )\n\nStatement of Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice, before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary concerning reauthorizing the USA Patriot Act (senate.gov (http://senate.gov/) )\n\nThe Contentious ‘No Child’ Law II: Money Has Not Been Left Behind (EducationWeek (https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/opinion-the-contentious-no-child-law-ii-money-has-not-been-left-behind/2004/03) )\n\nNo Child Left Behind: An Overview (EducationWeek (https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/no-child-left-behind-an-overview/2015/04) )\n\nReauthorize the No Child Left Behind Act with More Funding, Better Enforcement, and Additional Supports for Struggling Schools (The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (https://civilrights.org/resource/reauthorize-the-no-child-left-behind-act-with-more-funding-better-enforcement-and-additional-supports-for-struggling-schools/) )\n\nDepartment of Education--Contract to Obtain Services of Armstrong Williams (Government Accountability Office (https://www.gao.gov/products/b-305368) )\n\nGAO: Armstrong Williams PR Contract Violated Law  (EducationWeek (https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/gao-armstrong-williams-pr-contract-violated-law/2005/10) )\n\nWhy Armstrong Williams Wants Us To Forgive and Forget (Center for Media and Democracy (https://www.prwatch.org/node/3632) )\n\nReading First: Scandalous and ineffective (The Center for Public Integrity (https://publicintegrity.org/politics/reading-first-scandalous-and-ineffective/) )\n\nUltimate Sacrifice: Bush Quit Golf For The Troops (Crooks and Liars (https://crooksandliars.com/2008/05/14/ultimate-sacrifice-bush-quit-golf-for-the-troops#google_vignette) )\n\nGeorge W. Bush Announces Mission Accomplished (C-span (https://www.c-span.org/clip/white-house-event/user-clip-george-w-bush-announces-mission-accomplished/5156479) )\n\nW.’s Greatest Hits (Slate (https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2009/01/the-top-25-bushisms-of-all-time.html) )\n\nGeorge W. Bush ‘Didn’t Care’ When People Made Fun of Him as President, Jenna Bush Hager Says: ‘He Loved It’ (People (https://people.com/george-w-bush-sense-humor-jokes-president-8608617) )\n\nTop 10 failures of the Bush administration (The Center for Public Integrity (https://publicintegrity.org/politics/top-10-failures-of-the-bush-administration/) )\nBush 'Not Insulted' by Thrown Shoes (ABC (https://abcnews.com/Politics/BushLegacy/story?id=6460837&page=1) )\n\nBush administration scandals (EBSCO (https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/law/bush-administration-scandals) )\nEnron's Close Ties to Bush (ABC (https://abcnews.com/Politics/story?id=121269&page=1) )\n\n9 US presidents who faced sex scandals before, during, or after their time in office (Business Insider (https://www.businessinsider.com/us-presidents-sex-scandals-white-house-and-beyond-2023-1#george-w-bush-was-accused-of-assault-by-a-woman-who-later-died-by-suicide-8) )\n\nA Woman Accuses Bush of Rape, Later Dies of Aparent Suicide (Daily Kos (https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2006/3/13/193803/community/A-Woman-Accuses-Bush-of-Rape-Later-Dies-of-Aparent-Suicide/) )\nFor Bush, Thrill Was in Father's Chase (NY Times (https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/082900wh-bush.html) )\n\nBush Election Stirs Political and Legal Controversy (EBSCO (https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/law/bush-election-stirs-political-and-legal-controversy) )\n\nSearch the 935 Iraq War false statements (The Center for Public Integrity (https://publicintegrity.org/politics/search-the-935-iraq-war-false-statements/) )\n\nThe Other “Big Lie” and Our Democratic Fragility (The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation (https://ash.harvard.edu/articles/the-other-big-lie-and-our-democratic-fragility/) )\n\nThe Iraq Invasion 20 Years Later: It Was Indeed a Big Lie That Launched the Catastrophic War (Mother Jones (https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/03/the-iraq-invasion-20-years-later-it-was-indeed-a-big-lie-that-launched-the-catastrophic-war/) )\n\nHuman Rights Watch World Report 2003: United States (HRW (https://www.hrw.org/legacy/wr2k3/us.html) )\n\nThe Supreme Court is Giving George W. Bush the Last Laugh on Guantanamo (Politico (https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/09/22/why-we-should-still-care-about-guantanamo-513103) )\n\nNo Child Left Behind: The oral history (Politico (https://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2015/09/no-child-left-behind-education-law-history-000241/) )\n\nNo Child Left Behind: What Worked, What Didn't (NPR (https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/10/27/443110755/no-child-left-behind-what-worked-what-didnt) )\n\nThe paintings of George W. Bush (ArtForum (https://www.artforum.com/columns/the-paintings-of-george-w-bush-220429/) )\n\nGeorge W. Bush in the eye of a hurricane (Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/ripple/2025/10/13/george-w-bush-in-the-eye-of-a-hurricane/) )","author_name":"Hysteria","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5166619-hysteria","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43835192/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}