I love this game - I post it often. Please play along with me, okay?
Let's play a little game of make believe shall we? Imagine a world where the press hammered Obama like they did George W Bush.
Can you imagine if George W Bush had given a speech in Austria and referred to a non existent "Austrian" language?
Can you imagine if on an overseas visit GWB had mispronounce name of a foreign leader or had trouble with Putins correct title?
Can you imagine if GWB would have said he and Laura met at school instead of a friend's BBQ?
Can you imagine if GWB would have gotten is daughters age wrong?
Can you imagine if GWB would have made a joke about the Special Olympics?
Can you imagine if GWB would have tried to push through "pro-business" energy and staffed his entire department with former oil executives?
Can you imagine if after initiating said policy that he called out the oil unions to squash environmental protestors?
Can you imagine if Newt Gingrich had called environmental protestors astroturf, un-american, swastika carrying.....
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?
If George W. Bush had filled his cabinet and circle of advisers with people who cannot seem to keep current on their income taxes?
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 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?
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 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?
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?
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 ordered the firing of the CEO of a major corporation, even though he had no constitutional authority to do so, would you have approved?
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 within 10 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?
If the Inspector General of Americorp was fired because he was critical of a GWB fund raiser and supporter?
If GWB had said he planned to arm and mobilize citizens as well as the US armed services to "change" the country?
Can you imagine if GWB refused to produce an original long form birth certificate?
Can you imagine if GWB had been a follower and teacher of a book called "rules for conservatives" that was dedicated to Satan?
Can you imagine if GWB's mentor growing up was a communist?
Can you imagine if GWB was on film multiple times saying he was for eliminating private health insurance?
Can you imagine if GWB had bragged after passing a stimulus bill that did nothing for the country and was merely a political payback that "he had won"?
Can you imagine if GWB's preacher for 20 years was the head of the KKK?
Can you imagine if Sarah Palin said anything that has ever come out of Joe Biden's mouth?
Can you imagine if Sarah Palin plagarized and was caught?
Can you imagine if Dick Cheney quadrupled his net worth since leaving office by supporting a false scientific premise?
Can you imagine if Dick Cheney compared environmental concerns with fighting Nazism in WWII?
Can you imagine if Barak Obama had to water board THREE terrorists after 9/11 and uncovered life saving information, would you be mad?
Can you imagine if Newt Gingrich had accused the CIA of lying to congress on a regular basis?
Can you imagine if Dick Armey stood up and mocked members of Congress for demanding he read the bill he was voting on?
Can you imagine if Trent Lott had said, "Americans don't care about these "porky" parts of the bill, they demand action."
Can you imagine if a Republican Congressman's wife had been convicted on Federal corruption charges, been forced to resign from the Detroit City Council and absconding with over $21,000 in city equipment and funds? (Rep Conyers wife)
Let's keep it going - feel free to add your comments. I am sure by tomorrow there will be more to add....
I am sure there are more....
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