Originally posted by jam321
reply to post by HunkaHunka
My point is that I have seen nothing out of this Obama administration that even comes close to what Bush & Co perpetrated.
You got to admit that Obama and gang haven't served eight years like Bush did. IMO, it is too early to compare him to Bush record.
Furthermore, Obama hasn't had a 9/11. One has to wonder what Bush policies would have been like if there had been no 9/11.
Thanks for your response.
[edit on 6-8-2009 by jam321]
Agreed on the time frame...
And let me say this for the record. For all those who think I'm anti-bush/pro-obama.
I didn't have anything negative to say about Bush until we went to Iraq. While many of my friends were touting that he was the devil, to me he was
always just a silly man with no inclination toward book learning... and a hardon for Saddam.
When 9/11 happened, I thought his ability to project strength was great. I thought going into Afghanistan was exactly what needed to happen.
Keep in mind I lived in DC during 9/11 and having had been on an aircraft carrier before, it was quite odd to hear f-18s over my house. Even though I
didn't side with Bushs (nor what would have been Gore's) policies I supported our president as I always do. (I'm not really that partisan...
actually voted nader in the 2000 election).
But when we went to Iraq, and the lies that lead us there, Bush became less of a unexpected leader in a time of crisis and more of a criminal. Now I
don't really know his intentions... so maybe his intentions weren't bad.. I dunno.
But I do know that Obama has not done anything like take the US to war under false pretenses. You might be able to compare Obama to Bush pre 9/11,
but there is no way we can compare Obama of Aug 09 to Bush of 03+.
The other thing we have to consider, is what happens if we are hit again. I amongst many others who voted for someone else in 2000 rallied around our
president in the days, weeks, and months after 9/11. I became the biggest fan of Ari Fliescher (sp?) in those days.
Would we be able to rally around Obama in his efforts to project strength? Or will people actually blame Obama for "letting it happen"?
I know I've discussed a lot of different things in this post... but I wanted to get that out there as many feel I'm an obamatron, which I am not.