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How Bush Could Have Been the Greatest President Ever  
By Tom Ball
09/15/2006 03:24:26 PM EST
 The other day I was sitting with a friend who was recanting his experience at an event featuring Patrick Kennedy, "One of the speakers stepped up to the podium and confessed that he was not a 'political' person -- that is, until one morning he woke up and ( poof) -- Epiphany. It was a simple thought -- a question, and a reflection. I wondered, 'What would the world be like if, over the last six years, President Bush woke up each morning and did EXACTLY the opposite of virtually everything that he has actually done during that time?
My conclusion? He would have been the GREATEST PRESIDENT EVER!"
Phew! When he told me that, I couldn't believe how true it was. Almost frightening in its simplicity.
Think about it... over the jump!
Instead of invading Iraq, we would NOT have invaded Iraq! With only that, Bush would have had an infinitely more respectable and productive presidency. The U.S. would still have some respect in the world. We would not have pissed away the expected trillion dollars in taxpayers money. And tens of thousands of families would have their loved ones alive and well while hundreds of thousands more would be relatively removed from harm's way.
Neocons would NOT be in charge!
Instead of killing the #2 Al Qaeda man twelve times, we might have taken out the #1 man in Tora Bora.
Instead of more poverty, perhaps we would have less poverty.
Instead of Unilateral Preemption, we would be engaging with our allies and our enemies -- working peacefully to make the world a safer place for all.
Instead of an increasing dependence on fossil fuels, and particularly MidEast oil, we would be making great strides toward implementation of more efficient technologies and cleaner, renewable sources of energy.
Instead of implementing a continuous, disingenuous war on Science, global warming would be addressed as the legitimate and critical issue that it is. We would have negotiated acceptable measures for the Kyoto Treaty (or something better) and had the timelines for implementation set. We would have lower arsenic levels in our drinking water and CO2 in our atmosphere. And Stem Cell research would be pressing powerfully forward with federal funding.
Instead of renewed record deficits, we would likely have a near-balanced budget or at least a deficit based on truly economically simulative, and societally beneficial government investments.
National Healthcare?
Instead of the failure of FEMA, hundreds of lives might have been saved in the aftermath of Katrina and confidence in our disaster response would be flying high..
Instead the number of Americans without health insurance rising by more than 6.6 Million, perhaps the number would have decreased by 6.6 Million.
Publicly Funded Elections?
Instead of the rising religious fanaticism in America, perhaps the Falwells, Robertsons, and Dobsons of the nation would've been relegated to their deserving place on the shelf -- right next to the Taliban.
Instead of the pharmaceutical industry reaping a $139 billion windfall profit from Bush corporate welfare, perhaps they would have been held accountable for price fixing, and using toxic substances in our children's' vaccines (formaldehyde (used in embalming), thimerosal (nearly 50 percent mercury), aluminum phosphate (toxic and carcinogenic), antibiotics, phenols (corrosive to skin and toxic), aluminum salts (corrosive to tissue and neurotoxic), methanol (toxic), isopropyl (toxic), 2-pheoxyethanol (toxic), live viruses and a host of unknown components considered off-limits as trade secrets. These are just part of the vaccine mixture.)
Instead of secrecy and lies, there would have been TRUTH.
Instead of American jobs being exported to nations where labor comes cheap -- very cheap, perhaps we as a nation would have been able to import jobs. Perhaps real wages would actually have increased over the last two years and perhaps 3 million jobs would not have been lost in his first three months in office with a pathetic job creation since.
"President Bush is the first President in more than 50 years whose economic policies have cost America jobs."
Instead of Tax Cuts for the rich, perhaps we could have had crazy stuff like... oh, I don't know... investments in education, healthcare, balanced budgets, infrastructure renewal, environmental protection, etc.
Instead of quashing dissent, we would be sharing ideas and holding one-another accountable.
Instead of approaching fascism and theocracy, we would be embracing the U.S Constitution -- and enjoying genuine liberty, freedom, and justice.
Instead of Diebold, we would have paper trails, appropriate recounts and clean elections.
And what would have happened if Bush actually responded to that notorious PDB? Something. Anything? Or if the administration hadn't ended their focus on terrorism in favor of prostitution and gambling.
What if...
Clearly, I've overlooked incalculable Bush atrocities that would've been undone or course-reversed to create admirable policy initiatives. And clearly I've included some things that would not necessarily have blossomed from Bush's 'opposite' actions -- instead, they were possibilities that reflect the opposite of the spirit of Bush's real actions and suspected motivations.
What if...
In the end, it doesn't matter, because it all DID happen and Bush is actually the WORST president in the history of our nation.
Welcome back to reality:(
: George Bush, Worst President Ever
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