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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGeorge W. Bush was just clueless and a patsy, Romney is a conniving, lying, POS
I dislike Romney much more than I disliked Bush.
Bush was clueless and a puppet.
Romney is a lying, insincere, POS. Who does not have a nice bone in his body.
Never thought anyone could make Bush look better.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)Berlum
(7,044 posts)DissidentVoice
(813 posts)Unlike Bush, who couldn't have an original thought that Cheney or Rove didn't think of, and who rode his father's coattails through life (I was in the Air Guard, and for Bush to have pulled what he did at my unit would have likely got him a trip to the wing commander's office and a boot in the butt out the front gate with a Bad Conduct Discharge), Romney is no rube.
Romney is a real-life Gordon Gekko.
Flashmann
(2,140 posts)Hold the distinction of being the very worst person to occupy the Oval Office,in modernity...Willard Rmoney will never have the opportunity to equal or surpass that accomplishment.....That is,IF there is a God....
OffWithTheirHeads
(10,337 posts)Been trying to put my finger on the difference for months now.
gulliver
(13,181 posts)Highly respected, rich father as basis for their success? Check.
Raised by Mom? Check.
Harvard education paid for by Papa? Check.
Found an excuse to skip Vietnam? Check.
Mean streak when young? Check.
Politics and philosophy exactly the same? Check. (Now that Mitt has decided on what he wants to portray)
Mitt is W 2.0.
BarackTheVote
(938 posts)why do I fear Romney more than Bush? How could anyone be worse than Shrub...? Am I just becoming more politicized? Am I just giving into hyperbolic rhetoric and buying into it? But, no... the Republicans actually have found somebody far worse than GW, and you hit the nail on the head how that's possible, Logical. Romney's an operator, Bush was a lackey. Is the next person the Repugs run gonna have f*ckin' horns or what?! Seriously.
dballance
(5,756 posts)I believe Romney is a far greater threat to the US than Bush ever was. Just look at what he did at Bain.
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)In fact, I have lost my spite for Bush. When I see clips of him now he doesn't bother me. He didn't have the same disregard for people that Romney has. I thought he was full of it when he reached out to average middle class citizens, but I have to admit his elitism was in the background and it offends me less now. They went to a lot of trouble to cover it up.
Romney wears his like a badge of honor, and isn't ashamed to show disdain toward people who are not like him. He disgusts me to no end.
gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)RZM
(8,556 posts)Certainly a pretty bad president, but I never saw much evidence that he didn't know what he was doing or that he wasn't in control. Always thought that stuff was way overdone. I think it was more that he shared the goals and ideas of others in the administration, which is why they were working together in the first place.
I don't think Romney is either. If anything, I think Romney would be a little less self assured than Bush was.