These lists, while not surprising for the most part, made me laugh. Evidently the way to unify America is through cooking and home decor.

I couldn’t help but laugh even haerder when I realized that I visit 5 of the 9 Liberal sites each day, yet only 3 of the 11 Conservative sites. This, liberals, is the definition of open minded. (Never tell me I don’t make a concerted effort to understand your often confusing and self-conflicting views.)

Liberal

DailyKos.com
New York Magazine
Economist
RollingStone.com
Talking Points Memo
RachaelRay.com
HuffingtonPost.com
NPR.org
MarthaStewart.com

Conservative

RushLimbaugh.com
Breitbart.com
FinancialTimes.com
GlennBeck.com
Military.com
Politico.com
CBSSports.com
FoxNews.com
BBC.com
RachaelRay.com
MarthaStewart.com

Thanks for the fundraiser, Karl… and for getting W in the White House.

Fox News contributor Karl Rove attracted state leaders to Mississippi College and help boost MC scholarships by more than $200,000.

The former White House Deputy Chief of Staff under President George W. Bush, Rove delivered the keynote speech Monday night at MC’s annual spring scholarship banquet.

NYTimes photogs share the well-known/iconic images of the Bush presidency.

Eric Draper was the chief White House photographer for 8 years.

Q. What were the unexpected ways it changed your life?

A. For starters, I had to buy a suit or two. … Moving from quiet Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Washington D.C. was quite a flipflop for me…I really had no idea what I was getting myself into until I started… I traveled 18 months on the campaign and thought I knew what the president was all about, but I didn’t, until I went to work for him. … I was pleasantly surprised.

Also… Eric Draper was black.

Q. He wasn’t very popular in the African-American community. Did you get tired having to defend him?

A. I never had to defend him on the outside, and race was never an issue on the inside. What surprised you was that people of all stripes really respected the president when they stood right in front of him.

From a Seattle Times article detailing the small, yet vocal conservative presence in one of America’s most liberal cities.

“A lot of Republicans in Seattle generally are transplanted from the East, and are looking for people who share their values,” he said, explaining that those values would be: “Family, pro-life, God, guns and babies.”

…can’t say I disagree. :)

“History will judge George W Bush.” …they say.

I don’t need history to judge. The man (who made many missteps) did a good job with the tools he had — at times, doing better than anyone else could have.

I love him. Seriously.

Listening to George W. Bush’s farewell address last night, I was reminded (because Barack won’t) that Bill Clinton had three chances to seize Bin Laden.

Most people don’t realize that fact, opting to “blame Bush” for not doing something he shouldn’t have ever had the option to.

You might remember that 4 years ago, the Democrats were outraged at the cost of George Bush’s second Innauguration. They demanaded that the money be spent on things the liberals deemed “more important.”

How interesting that in the midst of the greatest worldwide economic meltdown in 60 years, Obama is spending more than Bush’s 1st or 2nd innauguration, yet the Democrats, liberals, and media haven’t made a peep.

Bush in 2005: $40-70 Million
Obama in 2009: $150-170 Million

Ahhh, double standards.

Great ready, conservatives… we’ve got 4 (8) years of this type of behavior in front of us.

Gallup: Bush Ratings ‘Middle Of The Pack’

…this journalist wouldn’t have had the freedom to throw his shoe at a world leader. He definitely wouldn’t have gotten off the hook with Saddam Hussein.

A nice, quick read on why Bush won’t pardon as many people as he could… and who Tucker Carlson thinks he should pardon.

…Bush hates pardons. Though he recently described himself “as somebody who liberated 50 million people,” he wasn’t referring to his fellow Americans. Over the past eight years, Bush has granted a total of just 171 pardons, far fewer than any modern two-term president. Bill Clinton, by contrast, pardoned 140 people on a single day at the end of his last term.

I assume that the media won’t be quit to jump on Obama as they have been on Bush.

Why is Barack Obama’s Blackberry use such a big deal? There’s actually laws that come into play.

But before he arrives at the White House, he will probably be forced to sign off. In addition to concerns about e-mail security, he faces the Presidential Records Act, which puts his correspondence in the official record and ultimately up for public review, and the threat of subpoenas. A decision has not been made on whether he could become the first e-mailing president, but aides said that seemed doubtful.

Once, Bush had to face reality as well.

“Since I do not want my private conversations looked at by those out to embarrass, the only course of action is not to correspond in cyberspace,” Mr. Bush wrote from his old address, G94B@aol.com. “This saddens me. I have enjoyed conversing with each of you.”

Very interesting, via Chicago Tribune.

President-elect Barack Obama: Renegade

Michelle Obama: Renaissance

Malia Obama: Radiance

Sasha Obama: Rosebud

Vice President-elect Joe Biden: Celtic

Jill Biden: Capri

President George W. Bush: Tumbler

First Lady Laura Bush: Tempo