Bush is Obama, Obama is Bush (w/poll)

by Jacob Freeze, Mon Feb 25, 2008 at 12:19:31 PM EST

Once upon a time, there was a candidate for President named George W. Bush. He looked good on TV, and he had a wonderful tag-line: Compassionate Conservatism.

The tag-line said "Jesus and low taxes" to the voters, and that was all they wanted to know.

George W. Bush looked much better on TV than the awkward, detail-oriented Clintonian candidate who ran against him. The awkward, detail-oriented Clintonian candidate was obviously worried about all sorts of problems, and worried-looking people look bad on TV.

George W. Bush wasn't worried about anything.

On TV, problems just go away. Problems go away because someone who looks good on TV makes them go away.

Taxes are a problem. George W. Bush looks good on TV. He will make the taxes go away.

The details didn't matter. Details don't even exist on TV.

And now...

Barack Obama looks good on TV. He looks much better on TV than the awkward, detail-oriented Clintonian candidate who is running against him. Barack has a wonderful tag-line: Yes We Can!

The tag-line says "hope" to the voters. That's all they want to know. The details don't matter. Our problems will go away.

Barack Obama isn't worried about anything.


Poll
Did you ever wish we had elected an awkward, detail-oriented Clintonian candidate instead of a snake-oil salesman?
Yes
No
No opinion
What?
I love snake-oil!
You're a snake!

Votes: 12
Results : Vote Link : Polls


Tags: George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Al Gore, Hillary Clinton (all tags)

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What a smug asshole this guy is (1.00 / 1)


Samantha Powers was dead on- Hillary is a MONSTER. (5/23/08)
by Maize and Blue State on Mon Feb 25, 2008 at 12:27:49 PM EST

Re: Bush is Obama, Obama is Bush (2.00 / 1)

At least you guys are not comparing him to Cheney.

Yet.

Many good laughs here today!


by Bob Johnson on Mon Feb 25, 2008 at 12:33:16 PM EST

Re: Bush is Obama, Obama is Bush (none / 0)

Crazy is certainly the word for this.


by BlueinColorado on Mon Feb 25, 2008 at 12:35:07 PM EST

Re: Bush is Obama, Obama is Bush (2.00 / 1)

Wow, if only Obama could perhaps give details in his recent speeches or, maybe, publish long policy papers in a place where anyone in the world could see them.


Beat McCain!
by thezzyzx on Mon Feb 25, 2008 at 12:48:59 PM EST

Actually.... (none / 0)

Frank Rich makes a good case that Hillary is running her campaign alot like Bush ran the Iraq War.

The Clinton camp was certain that its moneyed arsenal of political shock-and-awe would take out Barack Hussein Obama in a flash. The race would "be over by Feb. 5," Mrs. Clinton assured George Stephanopoulos just before New Year's. But once the Obama forces outwitted her, leaving her mission unaccomplished on Super Tuesday, there was no contingency plan. She had neither the boots on the ground nor the money to recoup.

It all run counter to her main campaign theme.

This is the candidate who keeps telling us she's so competent that she'll be ready to govern from Day 1. Mrs. Clinton may be right that Mr. Obama has a thin résumé, but her disheveled campaign keeps reminding us that the biggest item on her thicker résumé is the health care task force that was as botched as her presidential bid.


by JoeCoaster on Mon Feb 25, 2008 at 01:06:57 PM EST


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