If
George W. Bush had been the first President to need a TelePrompTer installed to
be able to get through a press conference, would you have laughed and said this
is more proof of how he inept he is on his own and is really controlled by
smarter men behind the scenes?
If
George W. Bush had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to take Laura Bush to
a play in NYC, would you have approved?
If
George W. Bush had reduced your retirement plan's holdings of GM stock by 90%
and given the unions a majority stake in GM, would you have approved?
If
George W. Bush had made a joke at the expense of the Special Olympics, would
you have approved?
If
George W. Bush had given Gordon Brown a set of inexpensive and incorrectly
formatted DVDs, when Gordon Brown had given him a thoughtful and historically
significant gift, would you have approved?
If
George W. Bush had given the Queen of England an iPod
containing videos of his speeches, would you have thought this embarrassingly
narcissistic and tacky?
If
George W. Bush had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia, would you have approved?
If
George W. Bush had visited Austria and made reference to the non-existent
"Austrian language," would you have brushed it off as a minor slip?
If
George W. Bush had filled his cabinet and circle of advisers with people who
cannot seem to keep current in their income taxes, would you have approved?
If
George W. Bush had been so illiterate in Spanish as to refer to "Cinco de Cuatro"
in front of the Mexican ambassador when it was the 5th of May (Cinco de Mayo), and continued to flub it when
he tried again, would you have winced in embarrassment?
If
George W. Bush had misspelled the word "advice," would you have
hammered him for it for years like Dan Quayle and "potatoe"
as proof of what a dunce he is?
If
George W. Bush had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel to go plant a single tree
on Earth Day, would you have concluded he's a hypocrite?
If
George W. Bush's administration had okayed Air Force
One flying low over millions of people - followed by a jet fighter - in
downtown Manhattan, causing widespread panic, would you have wondered whether
he actually got what happened on 9-11?
If
George W. Bush had failed to send relief aid to flood victims throughout the
Midwest with more people killed or made homeless than in New Orleans, do you think it would
have been made into a major ongoing political issue with claims of racism and
incompetence?
If
George W. Bush had created the positions of 32 or more "Czars" who
report directly to him, bypassing the House and Senate, on much of what is
happening in America , would you have approved?
If
George W. Bush had ordered the firing of the CEO of a major corporation, even
though he had no constitutional authority to do so, would you have approved?
If
George W Bush had proposed to double the national debt, which had taken more
than two centuries to accumulate, in one year, would you have approved?
If
George W. Bush had then proposed to double the debt again within 10 years,
would you have approved?
If
George W. Bush had spent more than all the Presidents combined since George
Washington, would you have approved?
So, tell me again, what is it about Obama
that makes him so brilliant and impressive? Can't think of anything? Don't
worry. He's done all this in 10 months -- so you'll have 3 years and 2 months
to come up with an answer.