Inauguration Day 2009 vs 2001

2/5/09

[llevrok]

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Difference of 8 Years...

Yesterday:

1. Outgoing President George W. Bush quietly boards his helicopter and leaves for Texas, commenting only: "Today is not about me. Today is a historical day for our nation and people."

Eight years ago yesterday:

1. Outgoing President Bill Clinton schedules two separate radio addresses to the nation, and organizes a public farewell speech/ rally in downtown Washington D.C. scheduled to directly conflict with incoming President Bush's inauguration ceremony.

Yesterday:

2. President Bush leaves office without issuing a single Presidential pardon, only granting a commutation of sentence to two former border patrol agents convicted of shooting a convicted drug smuggler. He does not grant any type of clemency to Scooter Libby or any other former political aide, ally, or business partner.

Eight years ago yesterday:

2. President Clinton issues 140 pardons and several commutations of sentence on his final day in office. Included in these are: billionaire financier, convicted tax evader, and leading Democratic campaign contributor Marc Rich; Whitewater scandal figure Susan McDougal; Congressional Post Office Scandal figure and former Democratic Congressman Dan Rostenkowski; convicted bank fraud, sexual assault and child porn perpetrator and former Democratic Congressman Melvin Reynolds; and convicted drug felon Roger Clinton, the President's half-brother.

Yesterday:

3. The Bush daughters leave gift baskets in the White House bedrooms for the Obama daughters, containing flowers, candy, stuffed animals, DVD's and CD's, and heartfelt notes of encouragement and advice for the young girls on how to prepare for their new lives in the White House.

Eight years ago Yesterday:

3. Clinton and Gore staffers rip computer wires and electrical outlets from the White House walls, stuff piles of notebook papers into the White House toilets, systematically remove the letter "W" from every computer key-pad in the entire White House, and damage several thousand dollars worth of furniture in the White House master bedroom.

Headlines On This Date 4 Years Ago:

"Republicans spending $42 million on inauguration while troops Die in unarmored Humvees"

"Bush extravagance exceeds any reason during tough economic times"

"Fat cats get their $42 million inauguration party, Ordinary Americans get the shaft"

Headlines Today:

"Historic Obama Inauguration will cost only $170 million"

"Obama Spends $170 million on inauguration; America Needs A Big Party"

"Everyman Obama shows America how to celebrate"

"Citibank executives contribute $8 million to Obama Inauguration"

[llevrok]

sent to me by a friend today. What a diff. 8 years makes!!

[bergmeid]

class vs. trash.

[knews_hound]

bttt

[Califreak]

Hehe heh! I miss Bush & Cheney.

[Freee-dame]

Wow! Thanks for posting this inclusive listing. I wish all liberals would read it. I think everyone can relate to the difference between destroying furniture and leaving gift baskets. I will be sure to spread that one around.

[conservative cat]

I think everyone can relate to the difference between destroying furniture and leaving gift baskets.

The problem is they are so drunk on Kool-Aid, this just makes them attack about something unrelated or mean-spirited. I dumped my liberal brother and wife a few months ago because of that attitude- and they are not alone in it.

[Republic]

Thank you SO MUCH for posting this! It is very telling and oh so right.

Do you know who deserves the credit for writing this? Your friend or someone else?

I would like to share it with my email conservative group and fam and friends.

[Leo Carpathian]

Woodstocky hippie trash vs. classy Americans.

[pepperdog]

Would love to have these headlines sourced so I can send to my liberal acquaintances.

[waites]

So you proved that Clinton is an idiot. Likely extravagances that won’t pass to his “wife.” You also proved that Bush is just too ashamed to make a squeak as he slinks out of office. Sure, democrats are overbearing and have issues restricting themselves to good sense at times, but republicans have their heads so far in the “dark areas” of the human anatomy that they wouldn’t even know what good sense looks like for the blinding piles of excrement that surround them.