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Title: Obama’s just as big a doofus as Bush (was CLAIMED to be)
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URL Source: http://www.torontosun.com/2011/05/2 ... s-just-as-big-a-doofus-as-bush
Published: May 26, 2011
Author: Lorrie Goldstein
Post Date: 2011-05-26 12:43:21 by no gnu taxes
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16Share When are the liberal media going to admit that, without his teleprompter, Barack Obama is as big a doofus as they always claimed George Bush was? Imagine if Bush, instead of Obama, had just gotten the date wrong by three years in signing a guest book at Westminster Abbey, writing down May 24, 2008, instead of May 24, 2011? Imagine if Bush, instead of Obama, had just committed the diplomatic blunder of toasting the Queen during the playing of God Save the Queen, when you’re not supposed to drink? Imagine if Bush, instead of Obama, had said: “The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries”? (Jan. 28, 2010) Or: “I’m here with the Girardo family, here in St. Louis,” when he was in Kansas City? (August 25, 2008) Imagine if Bush, instead of Obama, had shouted, “How’s it going, Sunshine?” at a campaign rally on May 23, 2008 in Sunrise, Fla.? Or if Bush had erroneously described “Austrian” as a language, when he meant “German,” as Obama did in France on April 6, 2009, when he observed: “It was also interesting to see that political interaction in Europe is not that different from the United States Senate. There’s a lot of — I don’t know what the term is in Austrian, wheeling and dealing?” Imagine if Bush had said, as Obama did on May 26, 2008: “On this Memorial Day, as our nation honours its unbroken line of fallen heroes — and I see many of them in the audience here today — our sense of patriotism is particularly strong”? Or: “In case you missed it, this week there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died — an entire town destroyed,” as Obama did in May, 2007, about a tornado that killed 12 people? Imagine if Bush had said, as Obama did on July 20, 2009: “The reforms we seek would bring greater competition, choice, savings and inefficiencies to our health care system”? Imagine if Bush, instead of Obama, had ducked out of a media conference on March 3, 2008, with the excuse: “Anyway, guys, c’mon now. I just answered, like, eight questions?” That’s not even counting Obama’s more famous gaffes for which he’s apologized, such as on The Tonight Show on March 19, 2009, when he said: “I bowled a 129. It’s like - it was like Special Olympics or something.” Or when he introduced his running mate, Joe Biden, on Aug. 23, 2008, as “the next president.” Or the time, in praising a “Navy Corpsman” on Feb. 5, 2010, Obama mispronounced it, “Navy Corpse-man”, not realizing the “ps” is silent. (For more “Obamaisms” visit politicalhumor.about.com.) The point isn’t that Obama commits gaffes, just as Bush did. After all, the job of U.S. president is one of the most stressful in the world and campaigning for it is a logistical nightmare. That would wear down anyone to the point where they might occasionally say something stupid. The point, as blogger Kate McMillan at smalldeadanimals.com has observed, is the blatant double-standard the liberal media apply in covering Obama versus Bush. Obama’s gaffes, if they’re mentioned at all, are generally treated with humour and even sympathy, whereas with Bush, they were constantly cited as (false) evidence of stupidity. And how dumb is that?
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#1. To: no gnu taxes (#0)
(D)/Hypocrisy 2008
Obama give the Queen a neck massage?
Bush and Merkel were friendly...Obama and the Queen are not. Though that massage was pretty weird. Which foreign leaders are friendly with Obama?
Beyond... "Comparing" an orchestra blowing a cue or a wrong date to that is kind of dumb...
#7. To: war (#5)
Comparing political/media reaction isn't.
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#5. To: socalv8 (#4)
Though that massage was pretty weird.
Replies to Comment # 5. "Comparing" an orchestra blowing a cue or a wrong date to that is kind of dumb...
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