MR BUSH, MR OBAMA

233 Mr. Bush, Mr. Obama – Friday, August 21, 2009

You know, in many ways, I truly feel badly about criticizing my president – especially in light of the way I was raised – to have the utmost respect for those in high offices, especially our national leader, given the mantle of responsibility they must bear. I have found it highly offensive over the years to hear pan reviews of former leadership, especially when the items the media chose to expose seemed to demean our president and his position – the journalistic world has brutally mistreated George Bush and ridiculed his Texas carriage as something less that acceptable to the rest of us – some sort of hayseed or bumpkin not of adequate caliber to represent our nation in proper form or fashion, but I have to ask you:

◦ 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 on their income taxes, would you have approved?

◦ If George W. Bush had been so Spanish illiterate as to refer to "Cinco de Cuatro" in front of the Mexican ambassador when it was the fourth of May (Cuatro de Mayo), and continued to flub it when he tried again, would you have winced in embarrassment?

◦ 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 allowed 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 they actually "get" what happened on 9-11?

◦ 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 inept he is on his own and is really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?

◦ 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, would you want it made into a major ongoing political issue with claims of racism and incompetence?

◦ 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 10 times within years, 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 spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to take Laura Bush to a play in NYC, would you have approved?

So, tell me again, what is it about Mr. Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive? Can't think of anything? Don't worry. He's done all the above in his first 5 months as president -- so be patient you've still got three years and seven months to come up with an answer. Only a few of the opening remarks are mine - I do not claim authorship of this list of statistics, I am merely forwarding them to you as discerning citizens to do with as you see fit.

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