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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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Views: 1609
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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
It's Obama's fault that the orchestra started playing during his toast? HIlarious that the right is so eaten up with the Boofers over this stuff. Anything to take the focus off of the fact that they have no viable 2012 candidate.
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." Obama give the Queen a neck massage?
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." 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...
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." Raila Odinga Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
Comparing political/media reaction isn't.
Exactly.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
Yea, but Bush committed LOTS more gaffes. Youtube is full of them!!! Like this one:
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
I'd love to see you explain your logic and Boofer hopping in and agreeing must have just made you cringe. BTW, do you still post at LP? You should ask 2con and Leadpenny to post here.
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..."
#2. To: no gnu taxes (#0)
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?
--GW Bush
#3. To: socalv8 (#1)
--GW Bush
#4. To: war (#3)
#5. To: socalv8 (#4)
Though that massage was pretty weird.
--GW Bush
#6. To: socalv8 (#4)
Which foreign leaders are friendly with Obama?
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#7. To: war (#5)
"Comparing" an orchestra blowing a cue or a wrong date to that is kind of dumb...
#8. To: socalv8 (#7)
#9. To: no gnu taxes, war (#0)
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.
#10. To: socalv8 (#7)
(Edited)
Comparing political/media reaction isn't.
--GW Bush
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