Bizarro George W. Bush

So I'm watching the victory speech by Barrack Obama on Tuesday night, seeing how energized the crowd gets with his every word, how he seems to be able to control the audience with the tone and the volume of his voice and I find myself smiling just watching him do his thing. Its amazing to me how incredibly different he is from George W. Bush. In almost every way in fact. This blog isn't about me gushing over Mr. Obama because in all honesty, whomever wins the election in November has a hell of a challenge to get the US out of its economic and political funk. The last Administration has done a great job of killing any faith the public has had in the Government and flushed it down the toilet. Surveys released by CBS as recent as June 3rd have Bush with an approval rating of 25%. What I find fascinating is how incredibly different Obama and Bush are portrayed in the media and how they are perceived by the public.

Bush is white. Obama is black. Bush is from the south. Obama from the North. Bush has had trouble grasping the English language at times. Obama almost sounds more like a Reverend leading his congregation than a politician giving a speech on public policy. Bush is depicted as using fear and hate to pass laws and policies. Obama seems to focus on hope, faith and the promise of a better future to unite his followers. Bush seems to be heading down the same path as Nixon, to be remembered as one of the most unpopular Presidents of the last 100 years. Obama is portrayed as a second coming of JFK, exciting the college kids and grandmas alike by the thousands. Its fascinating to me how incredibly different these two men are portrayed. If the Democratic party went into a science lab and created a human being who would be the Bizzaro G.W., they couldn't have done a better job than Obama.

Even with all the positive vibes that Bizarro Bush is exhibiting, and all the excitement he is generating among the younger voters, I have one major concern. How can he possibly fix all these issues all at the same time? If you listen to his speeches, he wants to fix the economy, the crumbling school system, the corruption in Washington, the environment, the war in Iraq, and bring universal health care to all Americans. How exactly hes going to solve all these issues without bankrupting the country I don't quite understand but maybe thats why I'm a Canadian. lol.

When you make such grand sweeping plans for a country, and you get millions of people to believe again after giving up for the last 8 years, you better be able to live up to those promises. After all the bad news we've had the last few years, people are ripe for some hope and faith. Bizarro Bush is coming in at the perfect time for that. If he does get elected in November, I hope he does have some super powers because hes going to need it to deal with the mess thats ahead of him.