Hey, imagine if Bush had debated the House Democrats.

[argonaut]

I think we can all agree that such a thing would have been utterly hilarious. :rofl:

[avaistheone1]

1. It would be brief.

[JBoy]

2. He would have only done it with Cheney there. Then Cheney would have said "go fuck yourselves".

[BeFree]

3. Thanks...

...for the laugh. That really made me laugh - imagining bush in a debate.

[argonaut]

4. America. 9/11. Evil!

Terror! President! Freedom!

[BrklynLiberal]

5. First someone would have had to tell him what "debate" means...

[Robb]

6. He thinks it goes on de hook. nt

[BrklynLiberal]

7. LOL Good one!!

[sellitman]

8. I bet Fox Noise would have shut it down even faster.

Much.

lmao!

[chieftain]

9. Hell he would have even lost a debate to the House GOP. n/t

[TexasObserver]

10. ... you can't get fooled again!

[secondwind]

11. Bush couldn't handle simple questions, let alone tripartite or multiple ones.....remember

he used to say "what was the first part of your question?" His mind would go utterly BLANK when presented with a challenge. God, I hate that man.

[IDemo]

12. Not at all hard to imagine

[fadedrose]

13. Bush woulda won 'cause the Dems couldn't stop laughing...

[Cha]

14. Yeah, some enterprising media type should

point that one out.

And, the White House pushed to have the cameras in..the gop relented in the last hours..

<snip>

"It was the type of performance that Obama's supporters have long demanded and that his own aides have been eager to deliver. The question-and-answer session at the end wasn't initially supposed to be broadcast, but the White House pressured GOP leadership to bring the cameras in. They knew the optics it would generate, a source with knowledge of the planning relayed. Hours before the event began, Republican leaders finally relented.

What resulted was what one Democratic strategist described as "amazing theater" -- certainly for cable news. Standing on a stage, looking down at his Republican questioners, Obama assumed the role of responsible adult to the GOP children, or, at the very least, of a college professor teaching and lecturing a room full of students."

<more>
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/29/obama-goes-to-the-gop-lio_n_442331.html

[bigwillq]

15. Bush probably would've tried to have been comical.

You know, when he tries to be funny in a serious situation that usually turns out to be an awkward moment. I never liked that fake charm of his. Such a phony.

[zbdent]

16. it would have been without cameras, off the record,

and with Unca Dick ... and not under oath ...

[katandmoon]

17. Debate them on what? They were all too ready to roll over for him.

[TankLV]

18. dicky durbin and tommy daschle would have BEGUN by apopogizing to him

and pissed away even MORE of our Constitution!!!

bush* would have been horrible - but the spineless dems in place would have rolled over bigtime like they always did...

[SemiCharmedQuark]

25. Dick Durbin is in the House now?

[inna]

19. OMFG. my thoughts exactly.

I've never felt better about Obama than I do now.

F*cking A.

[KingFlorez]

20. He would have been chewed up

We've got quite of few Democrats in the House that talk tough that would run circles around him.

[jtrockville]

21. Bush was such an embarrassment

I may not agree with Obama on everything. In fact, I don't agree with him on lots of things.

BUT

I am never embarrassed that he's my president. In fact, I'm proud to have him at our helm.

[young_at_heart]

22. He'd have needed the usual listening device

His 'bad tailor' would have really had a hard time explaining!

[jasmeel]

23. Maybe he could explain tribal sovereignty again...

classic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXFWuHKvO8c

[midnight armadillo]

24. It would have been a one-sided debate for Bush

The Democrats would have been too busy jostling each other for the opporunity to fellate GWB for there to have been any debating.

Seriously, can anyone name one major Bush agenda item that was at all effectively opposed by the Democrats in Congress? Mostly they just made a little noise about them, then voted for them.