http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/8/9/152640/8769Imagine It Was A Democratic President
by Turkana
Thu Aug 09, 2007 at 12:42:05 PM PDT
Imagine it was a Democratic President who, for a year, hid from the public the fact that he had a disease that causes "problems with concentration and short term memory."
Imagine it was a Democratic President whose negligence and incompetence allowed to happen the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history.
Imagine it was a Democratic President whose incompetence allowed the perpetrator of that attack to get away.
Imagine it was a Democratic President whose failed leadership, after six years, allowed the perpetrators of those attacks to actually be gaining in strength.
Imagine it was a Democratic President who deliberately lied us into a war.
Imagine it was a Democratic President who was so systematically abusing our military personnel, by overworking them, failing to protect them, failing to provide them good medical care that their suicide rates were hitting record levels.
Imagine it was a Democratic President who illegally spied on the American people.
Imagine it was a Democratic President who gutted the Geneva Conventions and authorized torture.
Imagine it was a Democratic President who ignored and actively tried to prevent people from knowing about the worst environmental crisis in recorded history.
Imagine it was a Democratic President whose negligence and incompetence allowed an entire American city to drown.
Imagine it was a Democratic President who completely politicized the Department of Justice, thus undermining the very concept of the rule of law.
Imagine it was a Democratic President stonewalled every attempt at Congressional oversight, attempting to establish himself as a virtual monarch.
Imagine it was a Democratic President who oversaw a 26% rise in extreme poverty.
Imagine it was a Democratic President denied health care to children.
Imagine it was a Democratic President who undermined one of the most promising lines of medical research.