James Shott: If this were George W, would you approve?

"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 that this is more proof of how inept he is on his own, and that he’s really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?

"If George W. Bush had spend hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayer money to take Laura Bush to a play in NYC in the middle of a terrible economic crisis, 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, would you have approved?

"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 the Prime Minister 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 him 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 with their income taxes, would you have approved?

"If George W. Bush had steadfastly refused to release his educational records, would you have nodded to yourself and thought, 'What’s he hiding that he doesn’t want us to know'?

"If George W. Bush had been so Spanish-illiterate as to refer to 'Cinco de Cuatro' in front of the Mexican ambassador when it is the 5th of May (Cinco de Mayo), and continued to flub it when he tried again, would you have winced in embarrassment?

"If 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 Goerge W. Bush had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel to go plant a singe 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 lower Manhattan, causing wide-spread panic, would you have wondered whether they actually get what happened on 9-11?

"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 through 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 within 10 years, would you have approved?

"So, explain to me again exactly what it is about Obama that you think makes him so brilliant and impressive? Can’t think of anything? Don’t worry. He’s done all this in just 8 months, so you’ll have three years and four months to come up with an answer."