Person: Dubya

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

opinion

Coming to terms with Bush trumping Donald

I’ve been writing this column since Bill Clinton lied about a blow job in the Oval Office, spurring my sister to write her doctoral thesis about the role of the special prosecutor, then Kenneth Starr.

general

Why do we give nicknames and what does yours say about you?

general

Dubya puts his thumb in it

Why electorates the world over are simply revolting

Bush’s successor may have a softer bark, but the bite will be the same

Dubya’s pig ignorance was what failed him, not his dubious pronouncements

EU committee snatches Shannon veil from the nod-and-wink Aherns

I’M not sure which is the greater indignity: that Shannon is used for so-called rendition flights, or that we have a Government prepared to tell the world it believes the Bush administration when it says they don’t happen.

Fri, 01 Dec, 2006

Don’t let Dubya dupe you

US President George W Bush’s recent spate of high-profile press conferences leading up to the mid-term elections have attempted to justify his administration’s presence in Iraq as part and parcel of the ‘war on terror’.

Wed, 01 Nov, 2006

Instead of toppling the regime, Bush should study Cuban health system

ONE would have imagined US President George W Bush had enough on his plate in Iraq and Afghanistan, but it is characteristic of the man that he is now concerned with the democratisation of Cuba.

Fri, 11 Aug, 2006

Bush is hearing voices again, so keep a close eye on your SSIAs

IF, as Shakespeare once almost remarked, you have any SSIAs to shed, prepare to spend them now.

Thu, 27 Apr, 2006

Bush is hearing voices again, so keep a close eye on your SSIAs

IF, as Shakespeare once almost remarked, you have any SSIAs to shed, prepare to spend them now.

Fri, 21 Apr, 2006

Willie the Kid takes on Uncle Sam - but is our hero shooting blanks?

THE image of our Defence Minister Willie O’Dea levelling his big guns against the CIA defies credulity.

Fri, 20 Jan, 2006

Our Dermot needs a few lessons from the First Lady of Comedy

WE didn’t realise it, but there are two comedians in the White House. The other is Laura Bush.

Fri, 06 May, 2005

Welcome to China, Mr Ahern - just don't mention human rights

IT'S just as well that Dubya's attention was focused on blowing up balloons for his inauguration party yesterday, or he might have noticed that Taoiseach Bertie Ahern was trying to slip a fast one by him.

Fri, 21 Jan, 2005

America’s old friends fear another bumpy ride for the next four years

I DON’T know what’s more confusing — the American electoral system or the controversy over whether or not Cian O’Connor’s horse, Waterford Crystal, was drugged.

Fri, 05 Nov, 2004

The power of the rust belt

RUSTY, rusty state. The woods of rural Ohio are bursting with autumnal hues of rust.

Mon, 01 Nov, 2004

Republicans grab golden moment to push Bush re-election hopes

ALL the Republican convention in Manhattan was short of this week was a guest appearance by the eccentric former priest Neil Horan.

Fri, 03 Sep, 2004

George Dubya makes me glad there isn’t a drop of oil here

WATCHING the interview with former US president Bill Clinton on the BBC’s Panorama programme the other night, it was inevitable to compare him with the present incumbent. George Dubya Bush came third.

Fri, 25 Jun, 2004

Out with the dead sheep in with clarity

What does a US politician under severe pressure do to counter the welter of negative publicity and resignation demands?

Sat, 15 May, 2004

McDowell shoots himself in the foot before Dubya’s hitmen arrive

WHEN Justice Minister Michael McDowell gratuitously gave the nod to US security men to take target practice during their upcoming visit to Ireland, he probably did so with members of Sinn Féin in mind.

Fri, 26 Mar, 2004

Bush might as well be on Mars as far as global security is concerned

THE Martians may not realise it, but they are part of US President George W Bush’s re-election plans to hang onto the lease on the White House for another term.

Fri, 16 Jan, 2004

Saddam would have done much better up a tree in north Dublin

USUALLY, good advice is that when you realise you’re in a hole, you should stop digging.

Fri, 19 Dec, 2003

Huge deficits are the real threat to US economy

THE analysis of the American economy that appeared in last week’s Money & Jobs section (Irish Examiner, October 10) was clearly drafted using spectacles manufactured in a room overlooking the White House rose garden.

Fri, 17 Oct, 2003

Dubya making history while Hillary lives it

WHEN your correspondent, Janet Campbell from Ludlow, Maine (Irish Examiner, June 6) quotes Herr Goering to the effect that people can always be brought to do their leader’s bidding, she must realise he was only half Reich.

Fri, 13 Jun, 2003

Bertie’s Dubya talk

THE Taoiseach said he would state his views on the Iraq situation when he met President Bush last Thursday.

Mon, 17 Mar, 2003

Dubya is hearing voices and his pals are getting the $30bn message

IT WAS with a certain sardonic smile that I scanned the headline in one of the Sunday papers last weekend: “Bush to tell IRA it must renounce violence.”

Fri, 14 Mar, 2003

Bertie stumbles into a land bank as he searches for the common good

WHEN he announced this week in the Dáil that he was contemplating a referendum to cap the price of housing land, it seemed that our revered Taoiseach had finally qualified for a grant to retire to a home for the bewildered.

Fri, 14 Feb, 2003