I had to laugh when I saw the video of George Bush dodging shoes thrown at him by an Iraqi reporter. The reporter, it seems, was expressing his dissatisfaction with our president, and in the Iraqi culture, throwing shoes at someone is supposed to be an extreme insult. If this is the worst punishment that Dubya receives for his failed and criminal presidency, he should consider himself lucky. Frankly, I think the guy who threw the shoes will receive a much harsher punishment.
In some ways I feel kind of sorry for George Bush Jr. Except for the brief moment after 9/11, he's never really been a popular president. At his inauguration, people were throwing eggs at him and the limousine he was riding in. It was a cold, wet, and rainy day. There was still much doubt about whether he legitimately won the election. Since he had lost the popular vote to Al Gore, many of us simply did not accept him as the "real" president. Now, as he prepares to leave office, his approval ratings are the lowest of any president in history, even Richard Nixon! His fellow Republicans are are avoiding him like the plague, since just being associated with him will damage their careers. Indeed, the Republican party has pretty much been decimated because of this man. Most of the country now eagerly awaits for January 20, 2009, when Bush finally gets the hell out of office.
"January 20th cannot come soon enough!" is a comment that I see quite often on political blogs. How true it is.
Bush must be feeling some envy for Barack Obama. Once Obama takes over next year, you're going to see an entirely different scene come inauguration day. Much like Obama's election victory in November, it's going to be a major celebration. People will be crying tears of joy once again. There is finally light at the end of the tunnel and the country will finally be able to heal itself from the damage of the past eight years. I'll probably get an email from someone out there telling me that nothing will change, and that Obama is just as bad as any other politician. Whether that's true or not, the point is that Obama is not Bush. For a lot of us, that's all that's important. Let's see if Obama has any shoes thrown at him in the next 4 to 8 years. I'm guessing he won't.
In some ways I feel kind of sorry for George Bush Jr. Except for the brief moment after 9/11, he's never really been a popular president. At his inauguration, people were throwing eggs at him and the limousine he was riding in. It was a cold, wet, and rainy day. There was still much doubt about whether he legitimately won the election. Since he had lost the popular vote to Al Gore, many of us simply did not accept him as the "real" president. Now, as he prepares to leave office, his approval ratings are the lowest of any president in history, even Richard Nixon! His fellow Republicans are are avoiding him like the plague, since just being associated with him will damage their careers. Indeed, the Republican party has pretty much been decimated because of this man. Most of the country now eagerly awaits for January 20, 2009, when Bush finally gets the hell out of office.
"January 20th cannot come soon enough!" is a comment that I see quite often on political blogs. How true it is.
Bush must be feeling some envy for Barack Obama. Once Obama takes over next year, you're going to see an entirely different scene come inauguration day. Much like Obama's election victory in November, it's going to be a major celebration. People will be crying tears of joy once again. There is finally light at the end of the tunnel and the country will finally be able to heal itself from the damage of the past eight years. I'll probably get an email from someone out there telling me that nothing will change, and that Obama is just as bad as any other politician. Whether that's true or not, the point is that Obama is not Bush. For a lot of us, that's all that's important. Let's see if Obama has any shoes thrown at him in the next 4 to 8 years. I'm guessing he won't.
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