Posted on 07/08/2009 3:08:12 PM PDT by seanmerc
You Obama supporters, be honest now. Read the following and tell me how you would have reacted:
If George W. Bush had made a joke at the expense of the Special Olympics, would you have approved?
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, would you have approved?
If George W. Bush had visited Austria and made reference to the non-existent "Austrian language," would you have brushed it off as a minor slip?
If George W. Bush had filled his cabinet and circle of advisers with people who cannot seem to keep current on their income taxes, would you have approved?
If George W. Bush had been so Spanish illiterate as to refer to "Cinco deCuatro" 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 misspelled 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 laughedand said this is more proof of how 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 10 times within 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?
So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive? Can't think of anything? Don't worry. He's done all the above in just 5 months -- so be patient you've still got three years and seven months to come up with an answer.
great! I troll around that cesspool once in a while and I would love to see this up there and then sit back and watch those idiots go bonkers....until it was pulled of course.
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Not sure you’re getting the point. On the fourth of May, Obama said Cinco de Quatro. Read it again:
If George W. Bush had been so Spanish illiterate as to refer to “Cinco deCuatro” 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?
May 4th WOULD be Cuatro de Mayo, by the way...
What article did you post?
Not sure you get the point. He was trying to refer to the Mexican celebration of Cinco de Mayo regardless of whether it was the fourth of May that he said it. I saw the conference. I know what the ambassador was there to celebrate with Zer0.
No, Cinco De Mayo is the holiday, I think Obama was trying to impress with the date (May 4th) and instead of saying Cuatro de Mayo, he said Cinco de Cuatro.
0bama expected praise from a reporter for swatting a fly in an interview.
You are not wrong that there IS a Cinco de Mayo, but you are wrong about the date Obama was attempting to say (WHICH WAS MAY 4th).
Or do you think there is only one date in the Spanish language.
Stop being so ‘I am not wrong” and listen to what people are saying.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's joke wasn't lost in translation—even though he referred to a Cinco de Mayo celebration as "Cinco de Cuatro."
Stop trying to hijack the thread. Focus on the substance. He said it on the fourth of May and he was trying to be clever by referring to the fourth of May, the eve of Cinco de Mayo. Let it go, please.
I didn’t say anything about the date he said it. You all seem to be as dumb as 0bama.
So you don’t think that someone could meet with a Mexican ambassador any day but on their holiday?
I am talking about what was in the OP so I am not hi-jacking the thread.
It was a Cinco de Mayo celebration that was taking place on Cuatro de Mayo.
Read the WHOLE post.
I’d say let it go. Its lost on him/her.
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Right you are, my FRiend!
I did read the whole article. (It wasn’t a post) The last part obviously contradicts the first sentence. Great article! /s
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