For anyone who hasn't noticed, my internets have been misspeaking to their connectors recently, while life got in the way. Having just enough foresight to know it would really annoy me to miss all the fun and games on the political forums here, I set certain groups as favourites. so I could access them on my 'cell'. Among these was the American conservative haven, Robust Debate. Not a 'favourite' per se, but one I should be mindful of, sure. They're busy. I could see that already, without certain people telling me so constantly. Lots of Obama-this, Obama-that... I quickly began to think of this as the Einsteinian 'opposite reaction' to the Bush bashing of recent years, following 9/11 and the illegal invasion of Iraq, among probably numerous other things.
Horses for courses. RD is what it is. And now and then, even in an environment where, politically, I'm very much the minority, I find a gem like this. It was posted originally by someone who used to be a member here and doesn't recommend I credit them directly, in collaboration with another, who I encountered once only and chose never to have anything to do with again.
I like this list of misdemeanours attributed to Mr. Obama. It shows us he is a fallible human being, perhaps not as incompetent as his predecessor, but nonetheless, he makes mistakes. In our role in the blogosphere, left, right or upside-down, we should hold him to account, analyse his every move. I like this post because it attacks what matters, and isn't about his skin-colour or his Kenyan or Muslim background. I saw an amusing reply on the original - one of our own moderators here - 'if Bush hadn't started two illegal wars and tortured people, I could forgive the use of a teleprompter'. Choice words. But I still think this is worth the read. Slightly altered to fit here, but the questions are the same ...
Would liberals / socialists / lefties make as much noise if Obama screwed up, as they did when it was Bush?
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ALL WE ASK IS FOR YES OR NO ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING 18 SIMPLE QUESTIONS.
THE ESSAY QUESTION AT THE BOTTOM IS OPTIONAL OF COURSE, BUT WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK.
ARE WE REALLY SO DIVIDED BY PARTY LINES WE CAN'T SEE THE HYPOCRISY?
I WAS NO GREAT FAN OF BUSH AS MANY OF YOU KNOW. I JUST REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND FROM MY LIBERAL COUNTERPARTS WHY OBAMA IS HELD TO SUCH INCREDIBLY DIFFERENT STANDARDS?
1)If George W. Bush had made a joke at the expense of the Special Olympics, would you have approved/excused?
2)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?
3)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?
4)If George W. Bush had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia, would you have approved?
5)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?
6)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?
7)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 fifth of May (Cinco de Mayo), and continued to flub it when he tried again, would you have winced in embarrassment?
8)If George W. Bush had mis-spelled 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?
9)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?
10)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 they actually "get" what happened on 9-11?
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 he inept he is on his own and is really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?
12)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?
13)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?
14)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?
15)If George W. Bush had then proposed to double the debt again within 10 years, would you have approved?
16)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?
17)If George W. Bush had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to take Laura Bush to a play in NYC, would you have approved?
18)If George Bush had claimed we had 57 states in our county, would you have been forgiving and brushed it off as just a nervous mistake?
So, tell us again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive? Can't think of anything? Why is the current POTUS not held to the same critisisms as Bush or any other POTUS?
Don't worry. He's done all this in 5 months -- so you'll have three years and seven months to come up with an answer.
Please remember we are not looking for rebukes regarding Cheney or any of the members of the former administration.
Yes or no answers to the 1st 18 questions. It's that simple.
Thank you.
