George W. Bush Did the Ice Bucket Challenge
The Ice Bucket Challenge, America's favorite (wasteful) viral water dumping campaign to raise money for ALS research, can now include a former president amongst the soaked.
The Bush White House Employed 70+ Gay Staffers
Today Politico Magazine’s Timothy J. Burger looks back at the “gay underground” of the George W. Bush administration, whose leaders famously supported amending the U.S. Constitution to federally ban gay marriage, and even paid off newspaper columnists to defend the amendment. So how big was the Bush White House’s…
George W. Bush got all of his painting inspiration from Google images. But you have to admit the fella's got a lot more talent and heart than George Zimmerman.
"Two dozen never-before-exhibited" paintings by George W. Bush will anchor "The Art of Leadership," an exhibition opening April at Bush's presidential library in Texas. Reserve your tickets now. Outsider art is so hot these days.
George W. Bush Unveils New Painting, Discusses Putin Dog Diss on Leno
Everyone's favorite retiree George W. Bush appeared on The Tonight Show on Tuesday, ostensibly to promote his new library but also to show off one of his new paintings, which he gave to host Jay Leno. The painting, a portrait of Leno, marks something of an artistic shift for Bush, who has spent the past several months…
What's George W. Bush Been Up to These Days?
George W. Bush has been out of office for five years now, and it's been a low-key five years, spent painting watercolors, opening his presidential library, and undergoing minor heart surgery. But apart from these occasional updates, 43 has stayed well under the radar — and that probably won't change.
These New George W. Bush Paintings May Herald a "Cat Period"
Two new paintings by former president George W. Bush, published for the first time here on Gawker, give us a new window into the ongoing development of the tortured artist/torture advocate—and opens the possibility for a new phase in his oeuvre: cats.
For the first time since 2005, George W. Bush's approval rating is higher than his disapproval rating. We like you best as a retiree, George.
For the first time since 2005, more Americans have a favorable view of George W. Bush than an unfavorable one. The change in opinion probably has something to do with his masterful paintings.
Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has revealed in an interview that she maybe, possibly regrets the court taking on Bush v. Gore, the case that ultimately put George W. Bush into the Oval Office: "Maybe the court should have said, 'We’re not going to take it, goodbye.'"
George W. Bush Learned To Paint The Way a Three-Year-Old Does
For those of you who wondered how George W. Bush learned to paint his thought-provoking outsider art, the secret was revealed by Laura Bush on NPR's "Morning Edition" today: "an app on his iPad where he could draw pictures".
I Can't Stop Looking at This Photo of President Obama and Barbara Bush
If anything good came out of today's George W. Bush Presidential Center dedication in Dallas, it is only this picture of President Obama with Bush's 87-year-old mother, Barbara. I have no idea what's going on here—sneeze? argument? accusatory pointing?—but it looks a lot more interesting than the George W. Bush…
In Choose Your Own Adventure Game at Bush's Library, He Always Wins
George W. Bush's presidential center will be dedicated today in Dallas, Texas. It's the biggest and most expensive presidential center yet—at 226,560 square feet and a price tag of $250 million. All five living U.S. presidents were there to honor number 43; Bill Clinton even went so far as to mention in his speech…
George W. Bush Is 'Very Comfortable' With His Decision to Invade Iraq
In an interview with ABC News to promote his new game-filled library, George W. Bush spoke about the most important moment of his presidency: the decision to go to war with Iraq. That war, which led to the deaths of at least 123,000-134,000 Iraqi civilians and over 4,400 U.S. troops, was in large part fought because…
In case you had any doubt that the campaign to rehabilitate George W. Bush's reputation was phony and corrupt, Lanny Davis has signed on.
Dubya's New Library Will Feature a You-Be-the-Bush Role-Playing Game
My fellow Americans, it is time. Time for a life-altering journey of self-discovery and introspection with George W. Bush.
Dubya says he is "comfortable" with the choices he made in office. Countless dead Iraqi civilians are probably less so.
A Watermelon, a Golf Course, a Horse, and Monstrous Dogs: 12 New Paintings from George W. Bush
A watermelon, viewed from above, casts a greenish shadow on a white table. Two small figures on a putting green are spied from behind a distant tree. A horse with cow-like markings stands in field. Dogs, of course: a Shih Tzu and a Boxer sitting against an electric blue void. A Sheepdog next to a ball. A Corgi and a…
We Have Six New Amazing Paintings by George W. Bush
In February, a hacker named Guccifer revealed to the world the hidden artistic talents of George W. Bush, releasing to The Smoking Gun a handful of photographs of oil paintings by the former president that had been taken from personal Bush family emails. The images were well-received by critics and laypeople alike,…
Wish George W. Bush a Happy Iraq War Day: Here is His Private Email Address
As we mentioned earlier, a hacker calling himself (or herself) Guccifer has penetrated the electronic worlds of George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, and a number of other political figures. Screengrabs of various email conversations that Bush, Clinton, and others have participated in have been floating around the…
