skyrider 0 #1 October 17, 2010 If George W. Bush Had... By Eileen F. Toplansky If George W. Bush had doubled the national debt in one year, would you have approved? If George W. Bush had then proposed to double the debt again within ten years, would you have concurred? If George W. Bush had criticized a state law that he admitted he never even read, would you think he was just an ignorant hothead? If George W. Bush joined the country of Mexico and sued a state in the United States to force that state to continue to allow illegal immigration, would you question his patriotism and wonder whose side he was on? If George W. Bush had put 87,000 workers out of work by arbitrarily placing a moratorium on offshore oil drilling merely because one company had an accident, would you have thought this was disproportionate and harmful to American workers? If George W. Bush had forced a change in your health care coverage even though the majority of people did not seek or approve of these changes, would you begin to worry about an abuse of power by the executive branch of the government? If George W. Bush continually bashed the United States and seemed to side with known dictators, would you feel comfortable? 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 linguistically inept he is? If George W. Bush had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to take Laura Bush to a play in New York City, 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 endorsed this move? If George W. Bush had made a joke at the expense of the Special Olympics, would you have chuckled with approval? If George W. Bush had given British Prime Minister Gordon Brown a set of inexpensive and incorrectly formatted DVDs, would you have considered this shabby and not befitting proper presidential protocol? 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 been taken aback? If George W. Bush had visited Austria and made reference to the nonexistent "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 with their income taxes, would you have approved? If George W. Bush had stated that there were 57 states in the United States, would you have said that he is an embarrassment? If George W. Bush had flown all the way to Denmark to make a five-minute speech about how the Olympics would benefit him, would you have thought he was a self-important, conceited, egotistical individual? 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 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" and mispronounced the word "corps," mistaking it for a dead body, would you have wondered about this man's ability to articulate English and represent his country? If George W. Bush had burned nine thousand 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 approved of Air Force One flying low and then sending in a jet fighter in downtown Manhattan, thus causing widespread panic, would you have wondered at the lack of sensitivity displayed by the Commander-in-Chief? 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 during Katrina, would you wonder if this lack of assistance had racial overtones? Clearly you would have been incensed by the gross incompetence -- wouldn't you? If George W. Bush had created the positions of 32 czars who report directly to him, bypassing approval by the House and Senate, would you have begun to wonder if American democracy was being trampled? If George W. Bush had ordered the firing of the CEO of a major corporation, even though the president has no constitutional authority to do so, would you have worried about the moorings of this country and the abuse of power? If George W. Bush had ignored outright voting rights violations and did not recommend that the Department of Justice render justice, would you begin to wonder if the man was the president of all the people or just some of the people? So what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive? He's done all this in fifteen months -- and we still have another two years and nine months to go. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kitflint76 0 #2 October 17, 2010 If I had ignored this and not read it would I have 5 minutes of my life back and be better for it?Life is a banquet, and most poor fools are starving to death Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skipbelt 0 #3 October 18, 2010 a revealing reply , libs work the double standard angle expertly . can't wait for amazon's answer . a great test of intellectual honesty ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #4 October 18, 2010 You forgot one, if George W Bush had won the Nobel Peace Prize for doing nothing and then proceeded to escalate a war, would you still think he deserved his Nobel Peace Prize? Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rushmc 23 #5 October 18, 2010 QuoteYou forgot one, if George W Bush had won the Nobel Peace Prize for doing nothing and then proceeded to escalate a war, would you still think he deserved his Nobel Peace Prize? Yes"America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 221 #6 October 18, 2010 QuoteQuoteYou forgot one, if George W Bush had won the Nobel Peace Prize for doing nothing and then proceeded to escalate a war, would you still think he deserved his Nobel Peace Prize? Yes Why?I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rushmc 23 #7 October 18, 2010 Quote Quote Quote You forgot one, if George W Bush had won the Nobel Peace Prize for doing nothing and then proceeded to escalate a war, would you still think he deserved his Nobel Peace Prize? Yes Why? we really need a sarcasm font"America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #8 October 18, 2010 Oh look the usual suspects..with the usual gettin each other off Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skipbelt 0 #9 October 18, 2010 if my arms were long enough i would pat myself on the back for a perfect prediction ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #10 October 18, 2010 Quote if my arms were long enough i would pat myself on the back for a perfect prediction ! I am guessing a lot of the guys could do a lot of things with themself if things were only long enough Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 221 #11 October 18, 2010 Quote Quote if my arms were long enough i would pat myself on the back for a perfect prediction ! I am guessing a lot of the guys could do a lot of things with themself if things were only long enough And her standard of posting doesn't change . . . ever.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
futuredivot 0 #12 October 18, 2010 QuoteIf I had ignored this and not read it would I have 5 minutes of my life back and be better for it? Have another roundYou are only as strong as the prey you devour Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaVinci 0 #13 October 18, 2010 And if Bush had done these things... You of all people would have been going off on him like there was no tomorrow. I guess you are addicted to bush? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #14 October 18, 2010 Quote Oh look the usual suspects..with the usual gettin each other off Quote a revealing reply , libs work the double standard angle expertly . can't wait for amazon's answer . a great test of intellectual honesty ! There ya got, straight out of the grade school playground, just as expected.... Not a single thing to say about the OP, Sooooo Very predicatble! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #15 October 18, 2010 Yes the unearned and undeserved Nobel prize should have been included! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skipbelt 0 #16 October 18, 2010 and what if he was accused of this...http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/10/graham-obama-is-taking-over-mo.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #17 October 18, 2010 Quoteand what if he was accused of this... http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/10/graham-obama-is-taking-over-mo.html You guys REALLLY do need to get on Ralph's daily ramblings... for all that strokin away the day. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #18 October 18, 2010 Quote Quote and what if he was accused of this... http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/10/graham-obama-is-taking-over-mo.html You guys REALLLY do need to get on Ralph's daily ramblings... for all that strokin away the day. And you need to learn how to respond to the thread... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skipbelt 0 #19 October 18, 2010 said the main stroker to the stirrer ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #20 October 18, 2010 Quote Quote Quote and what if he was accused of this... http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/10/graham-obama-is-taking-over-mo.html You guys REALLLY do need to get on Ralph's daily ramblings... for all that strokin away the day. And you need to learn how to respond to the thread... What thread????.. Your Daily ODS threads are all the same... kinda like the scary people under the bed threads.. As I said... yall should get on Ralph's missives from the Fringe Right email lists... OOOPS thats right.. the same level of original thought shows up there... and shows up in here from the same ... usual suspects. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheBachelor 5 #21 October 18, 2010 Wow, no gems from Lucky? I'm almost disappointed. I guess even he can't spin this one.There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaVinci 0 #22 October 18, 2010 QuoteWhat thread???? The one you read and then hit "reply" and added more posts. Quotethe same level of original thought shows up there... and shows up in here from the same ... usual suspects. And then you come and instead of discussing the topic start discussing the people. Care to answer the OP in the original post? Would you have put up with all of that if Bush had done it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #23 October 19, 2010 Quote Quote What thread???? The one you read and then hit "reply" and added more posts. Quote the same level of original thought shows up there... and shows up in here from the same ... usual suspects. And then you come and instead of discussing the topic start discussing the people. Care to answer the OP in the original post? Would you have put up with all of that if Bush had done it? Obviously the Consevetard Cabal... supported your NEO CON TURD as he was running up the debt 6+ TRILLION dollars by butt fucking the American People. His rePUBIClown rubber stamp congress supported EVERYTHING across the board ... they never saw a spending bill they did not love. The debt was set by your fucking rePUBIClown retard hero and it runs out a few years AFTER he left office.... with his Fuck Americans First and Fuck Americans Hard ... but its interesting to note that NONE of the usual suspects are intellectually honest enough to admit that a hell of a lot of the spending that you blame Obama for... was already set in place by your Ivy League cheerleader deserter NEO CON hero, I really wish the GOP could ween itself from all the rePUBICtard Golden Showers they have been wallowing in since 1980... when the defict was... WAIT FOR IT 800 BILLION DOLLARS.... face it yall love that being trickled on.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skipbelt 0 #24 October 19, 2010 when did bela pelosi and grimey harry take over the legislative branch ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #25 October 19, 2010 Quote when did bela pelosi and grimey harry take over the legislative branch ? When was the rePUBICtard Revolution???? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites