Obama Vs. Bush

Let's compare:

Bush was President for 8 years.
Obama has been President for about nine months.

The national debt: "The deficit for fiscal year 2009, which ended Sept. 30, came in at a record $1.42 trillion, more than triple the record set just last year." TRIPLE!

Number Of Political Fund-Raisers Attended By President Bush/8 years: 338
Number Of Political Fund-Raisers Attended By President Obama/9 months: 23(That's just DNC sanctioned fundraisers.)

Number Of Times President Bush Had Dinner Out At A Restaurant: 21
Number Of Times President Obama Had Dinner Out At A Restaurant: Too numerous to count. Ray's Hellburgers, Blue Hill, Table Fifty Two, Blue Duck Tavern and more.

The First Ladies:

Laura Bush:


Michelle Obama:


Bush and the troops:

(COUNT THE SMILING FACES.)

Obama and the troops:

(COUNT THE SMILING FACES.)

Claims of Bush hating black people:1 (Kanye West.)
Obama pulling the race card: June 21, 2008“They’re going to try to make you afraid of me. He’s young and inexperienced and he’s got a funny name. And did I mention he’s black?” Again on July 31, 2008.

Bush served in the military.
Obama did not.

Bush's Education:
Bush attended Yale University from 1964 to 1968, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history. Beginning in the fall of 1973, Bush attended the Harvard Business School, where he earned an MBA. He is the only U.S. President to have earned an MBA. He was a B/C student, we even know his SAT scores.

Obama's Education:
Occidental College records – Not released
Columbia College records – Not released
Columbia Thesis paper – “Not available”
Harvard College records – Not released
Selective Service Registration – Not released
Medical records – Not released
Illinois State Senate records – “Not available”
Illinois State Senate schedule – “Not available”
Law practice client list – Not released
Harvard Law Review articles published – None
University of Chicago scholarly articles – None

Dow Jones Under Bush:
Highest ever! 14,164.53 Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Dow Jones Under Obama:
Record Low. 6,547 Monday, March 9, 2009

Car companies Bush took over during his Presidency: 0
Car companies Bush took over during his Presidency: 2

Number of Bush's friends that think the government created AIDS to kill black people: 0
Number of Obama's friends that think the government created AIDS to kill black people: 1 + an entire congregation.

Number of times Bush administration made up an e-mail account to report on "fishy" bloggers: 0
Number of times Obama administration made up an e-mail account to report on "fishy" bloggers: 1

Tony Snow/Dana Perino.
Robert Gibbs. (LOL.)

Unemployment rate under Bush: 5.27%
Unemployment rate under Obama: 10.8% (and then some.)

Obama on Net Neutrality: "The answer is yes. I am a strong supporter of Net neutrality."
Bush on Net Neutrality: "However well-intentioned, regulatory restraints can inefficiently skew investment, delay innovation and diminish consumer welfare, and there is reason to believe that the kinds of broad marketplace restrictions proposed in the name of 'neutrality' would do just that, with respect to the Internet."

Quotes:

Bush:
"I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the American people. If America shows uncertainty and weakness in this decade, the world will drift toward tragedy. This will not happen on my watch."

Obama: "I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear."