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What if George W. Bush had done that?
politico.com ^ | October 27, 2009 | OSH GERSTEIN | 10/27/09 5:02 AM EDT

Posted on 10/27/2009 5:53:33 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

A four-hour stop in New Orleans, on his way to a $3 million fundraiser.

Snubbing the Dalai Lama.

Signing off on a secret deal with drug makers.

Freezing out a TV network.

Doing more fundraisers than the last president. More golf, too.

President Barack Obama has done all of those things — and more.What’s remarkable is what hasn’t happened. These episodes haven’t become metaphors for Obama’s personal and political character — or consuming controversies that sidetracked the rest of his agenda.

It’s a sign that the media’s echo chamber can be a funny thing, prone to the vagaries of news judgment, and an illustration that, in politics, context is everything.

Conservatives look on with a mix of indignation and amazement and ask: Imagine the fuss if George W. Bush had done these things?

And quickly add, with a hint of jealousy: How does Obama get away with it?

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1 posted on 10/27/2009 5:53:33 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

He would be called a Nazi.

Pray for America’s Freedom


2 posted on 10/27/2009 5:54:49 AM PDT by bray (Silent No More)
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

George Bush would not have done so. He is a man of honor and decency.


3 posted on 10/27/2009 5:55:09 AM PDT by JaneNC (I)
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
And quickly add, with a hint of jealousy: How does Obama get away with it?

Jealousy? You're projecting again, Politico.

4 posted on 10/27/2009 5:56:09 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
It’s a sign that the media’s echo chamber can be a funny thing, prone to the vagaries of news judgment,...

Prone to the vagaries of news judgement??? Are you kidding me here? Vagaries? How about all out, in-the-tank, bias? Does that ring a bell?

The corrupt MSM trying to soft-sell it's own bias that has now become so patently obvious that they need to explain it away a the "vagaries of news judgement". It is raw bias on full and obvious display.

5 posted on 10/27/2009 5:57:57 AM PDT by Obadiah (Obama: Chains you can believe in!)
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To: bray

NOTICE: Each day more and more slowly but surely the media are unmasking the Obama cover-up? I think they see all the polls and know upcoming dem election losses all across the board are due to Obama. So they have to back peddle before it hits or they will have media bias (cought commie red-handed) egg on their faces.


6 posted on 10/27/2009 5:58:30 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

The MSM is too busy wiping up their own drool to notice. That and shopping for heavy duty knee pads.


7 posted on 10/27/2009 6:01:08 AM PDT by rbg81 (DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

“How does Obama get away with it?”

Does anyone with the MSM have to ask this question???

Their water must be laced with LSD.


8 posted on 10/27/2009 6:03:14 AM PDT by PORD (People...Of Right Do (DoI))
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To: JaneNC

If President Bush was still in charge,the media would be in a frenzy over lack of swine flu vaccine.I’m sure they
would show a minority mother mourning the loss of her child and the media would say he’s letting poor children die. Of course,unden the headline KatrinaII!


9 posted on 10/27/2009 6:03:23 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

what if GW had buzzed NYC w/ Air Force One?


10 posted on 10/27/2009 6:03:24 AM PDT by Scotswife
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To: Dr. Ursus

Yep!!!!!!


12 posted on 10/27/2009 6:04:51 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: dirtboy
"projecting"

The whole piece is basic a reiteration of Dem talking points. The scribbler ends up defending Obama.

13 posted on 10/27/2009 6:05:56 AM PDT by driftless2 (for long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion)
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To: JaneNC
George Bush would not have done so. He is a man of honor and decency.

So decent and honorable that he won't whisper a hint of criticism about his successor; letting instead "dishonorable" and "indecent" Dick Cheney do his dirty work huh? /sarc

14 posted on 10/27/2009 6:08:18 AM PDT by meandog (Is OWEbummer the antichrist?)
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To: driftless2
The article is a great example of “relativism”. Obama is given a pass because he comes from a different perspective than Bush. Bush is cited as being in bed with big business and attaining the office because of nepotism, therefore, he deserved all the criticism he received. Poor Barry shouldn't be criticized because he has a more “honorable” foundation than Bush and therefore should be given more leeway.
If the left really believes the drivel of this author, then they are so delusional that they will make excuses for Barry no matter what happens. New York, DC and LA could all be obliterated by an atomic bomb detonated by Barry himself and they would blame Bush and defend Barry.
16 posted on 10/27/2009 6:20:00 AM PDT by madinmadtown
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To: meandog

Anyone can criticize any one given POTUS. But Obama is in a class all on his own.

Bush never put politics before our troops and national security. Bush never put terrorists on retainer and dissed Israel. Obama is a radical partisan hack with no experience but ties to the corrupt ACORN and radicals while voting ‘present.’


17 posted on 10/27/2009 6:20:08 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

There’s a double standard. Normal people are held to a higher standard than liberals.


18 posted on 10/27/2009 6:24:03 AM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
Imagine what his polls would be like, if ABC CBS NBC MSNBC NYT LATIMES Time NPR LENO LETTERMEN SNL all treated him as an equal to a white president?

Instead the racists at those organizations treat Obama special because he needs the help because he is inferior to Bush. These hypocrites don't realize how bigoted and racist they are.

I really do wish the first Black President had been competent. A Thomas Sowell, Herman Cain, Hershal Walker, or anyone that didn't need a Teleprompter to think for him.

19 posted on 10/27/2009 6:24:25 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (There is no "O" in Transparency.)
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
Bush never put politics before our troops and national security.

Did you forget "Mission Accomplished"?

20 posted on 10/27/2009 6:34:48 AM PDT by meandog (Is OWEbummer the antichrist?)
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