updated Sun. January 14, 2024
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Monroe County Reporter
January 4, 2018
Political scientists tell us that Barack Obama's presidency was made possible by the presidency of George Bush. The reason given is Bush's unpopularity gave rise to an “anybody but Bush” mentality. Regardless of Bush's popularity, one thing true about him was he loved America, and it showed.
TheBlaze.com
October 25, 2017
People have a tendency to remember past experiences more positively than they actually felt about them at the time they occurred. It's a psychological phenomenon sometimes referred to as “rosy retrospection.” Maybe that's why, according to a recent Economist/YouGov poll, Democrats have a significantlyÃâà...
Center for Research on Globalization
May 19, 2017
…during the 2004 Presidential campaign, Benjamin's message and tone began to shift dramatically into what came to be known as the “ABB” movement—Anybody But Bush. She and eighty fellow prominent leaders who once formed the one hundred-thirteen member “Nader 2000 Citizens Committee” putÃâà...
Socialist Alternative
November 2, 2016
By the time the 2004 election came around, Nader returned to electoral politics, but a lesser evilist “Anybody but Bush” mood had developed. This was an understandable reaction to the experience of Bush's “War on Terror,” but it was consciously utilized by the Democratic Party establishment to wage warÃâà...
Salon
October 4, 2016
I'm probably not voting for Hillary Clinton, but I hope that she wins. I agree with the argument that the lesser of two evils is, by definition, less evil. But my claim here is not about evil versus evil, it's about organizing and building mass movements: the left will do better with Clinton in the White House than withÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
July 30, 2016
Heckling a public speaker is not often encouraged by the event organizers. That's not the case at the Bughouse Square Debates, a 30-year tradition in Chicago hosted by the Newberry Library in Washington Square Park where a healthy debate is the point. Hosted by the Newberry Library since 1986, theÃâà...
PYMNTS.com
March 8, 2016
is not exactly an unfamiliar part of politics for regular watchers — “anybody but Bush,” “anybody but Obama” have been popular refrains on and off for the last 16 or so years — generally speaking, it is usually a notion that is directed to the other party. This time around, though, things are a little different.
New Republic
December 15, 2015
Well, almost. No one hit anybody. But Bush finally challenged Trump as forcefully as he needed to three debates ago. And Trump gave us some beautiful facial expressions showing the strength and maturity he would bring to the White House. The fight began when Trump defended his call to kill the family members ofÃâà...
Socialist Worker Online
September 30, 2015
But the Democrats' counterattack against the Nader challenge took a heavy toll. Many of the well-known political and cultural leaders who backed Nader in 2000 fell in line with the "Anybody But Bush" slogan used to justify voting for the pro-war candidate John Kerry in order to defeat a worse one in Bush.
CNN
October 9, 2009
For many Europeans, the chief concern through the long, drawn-out race for the Democratic nomination and through the presidential election was that the result should give them anybody but Bush. Watch reaction in Europe to Obama's award Ãâ÷ Video. They were uneasy about his missile defense shieldÃâà...
Socialist Worker Online
November 5, 2004
All this was justified by antiwar movement leaders as "tactical"--and their approach relied entirely on Anybody-But-Bush sentiment to turn out the Democrats' traditional constituencies. Organized labor went much further down this road, pouring tens of millions of dollars into the Kerry operation throughÃâà...
The Dominion
October 23, 2003
"Whenever there's a Republican administration in power it's more difficult for Canadian governments." photo: Fire Marshals Association. The relationship between Canada and the US has been rocky since George W. Bush took office. Some have blamed this on a personal disconnect between JeanÃâà...
