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 de Cuatro" 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?

I George W. Bush had mis-spelled 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 laughed  and 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 this in 5 months -- so you'll have three  years and seven months to come up with  an answer.

"This year will go down in history!  For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration!   Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future" 

(Adolph Hitler in 1935)