Projecting Bush onto Obama

[HopeOverFear]

Here's Jaba The Rush on Fox News today

You've probably heard this before -- mainly from the wingnutosphere, but also from Karl Rove. Everything nasty that was said about George W. Bush is being said about President Obama. They're just recycling Bush attacks with the subtext, See how YOU like it. Nah-nah! Accuse the president of being a poor student who cheated. Accuse the president of being petulant. Accuse the president of failure and incompetence. All familiar Bush attacks.

I can't think of anything more childish from the wingnut right. It's like some sort of recess school yard payback game. I know you are, but what am I? Rove in particular has made this line of attack his whole thing.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

1. But, it's working. It's working so well that the base is demoralized and the M$M is

projecting that the Repukes could take back BOTH houses of Congress. Nine months is an eternity in politics, however. We liberals/progressives/moderates must stand firmly behind our president and unite, lest we sit back and watch the country truly go down the drain.

[treestar]

2. It's like they are admitting Bush cheated in school

The idea that Obama did is so stupid they must be racists. That's the only way they can explain his success.

[vaberella]

3. Who's "THEY'RE"? I ask because many on DU consider Obama to be another Bush.

And all the arguments used on Bush by DUers are now used on Obama. Not to mention, and I've said this countless times that many on DU depict Rahm as Cheney to Obama as Bush. So I need a clarification on 'they're' this argument is not singular to "wingnuts" and until people on our side can see the difference and watch their framing of words they re no better than the "wingnuts" who are normally associated with the right wing party.

edited for grammar

[TheKentuckian]

10. I don't think he's shrub but he's getting closer to Poppy by the day

New Rule: You must be clearly to the left of Nixon to be a Democrat.

[JoeyT]

11. Yep.

Because pointing out his positions that are exactly the same as Bush's is *exactly the same thing* as randomly calling people names.
Good point.

[Bobbie Jo]

4. Recommended.

Ridiculous.

[mochajava666]

5. Quintessential Rove

Taking your candidate's weaknesses and framing it as the weaknesses of your opponent.

W was AWOL, so John Kerry was swift-boated.

Diebold machines fixing elections for Republicans? Rove blames Acorn for election fraud.

McCain and Palin get nasty, Obama is petulant and uppity.

The guy is as always relentlessly attacking. Part of wishes we had a guy like that, and part of me says that no victory is worth selling your soul over. Dick Morris was bad enough when he worked for Clinton. He was effective, too - NAFTA, Welfare "Reform", deregulating banks, etc., if you're into that kind of Republican Lite DLC stuff. I liked Clinton a lot as far as the whole peace and prosperity thing goes - it's hard to argue with those results. IMHO, Clinton would have been better off having served his terms Dick-less. Pun intended?

[MindandSoul]

6. Well, if there was any comparison. . .it might make sense!

But there is no similarity between the two. . .especially in terms of intelligence, charisma, and social responsibility!

[Cha]

7. They're not intelligent ..so all they have is to accuse

others of what they are guilty of.

[tritsofme]

8. Sounds like DU on some days.

I heard something once about politics making for strange bedfellows...

[FrenchieCat]

9. I stated this a while back, and understood why some on the Left jumping on that bandwagon

would hurt us in a long run.

Of course, most didn't listen.

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