By Don Davis
As controversy continues to swirl over the Man from Tehran, many in the left-leaning blogosphere have properly raised the question of whether His Dubyaness is equally deserving of scorn and contempt. But wait, there are indeed significant differences. Here then, from the home office of the President of Columbia University, are the Top Ten Differences between the brain-skewed — Bush 43 and Mr. Mahmoud.
10. Most Ominous Threat – Ahmadinejad: Wiping Israel off the map. Bush: Wiping the map off the map.
9. Attire – Ahmadinejad: 1970’s Hipster. Bush: Emperor with No Clothes.
8. Answers to – Ahmadinejad: Religious Nuts. Bush: Same, and a Dick who’s a Putz.
7. Language – Ahmadinejad: Farsi. Bush: Farce-ee.
6. Actions while “Young and Irresponsible” – Ahmadinejad: Joining Iranian Revolutionary Guard and taking hostages. Bush: Dodging National Guard and taking cocaine.
5. Flight from Reality – Ahmadinejad: Denies existence of Gays, and Holocaust. Bush: Denies Evolution, and Iraq War is lost.
4. Gender Policies – Ahmadinejad: Wants women covered head-to-toe. Bush: Outs Valerie Plame.
3. Short-term goal – Ahmadinejad: Taking Iran “nuclear.” Bush: Pronouncing the word “nuclear.”
2. Long-term goal – Ahmadinejad: Creating theocracies in region. Bush: Creating theocracy at home.
1. Chief Nemesis – Ahmadinejad: The Great Satan. Bush: An educated nation.
BLOGWORTHIES:
Naomi Wolf at BuzzFlash — Today’s Echoes of Goebbels, and the Fragility of Liberty.
Total Denial, at All Hat No Cattle.
PDB on Scripted Phone Calls and Ahmadinejad.
Stephen Colbert on the politics of character assassination, at One Good Move.
“$9.11 for Rudy” and Other Giuliani Fundraising Events — at Perrspectives.
Robert Stein on Congress’ Sounds of Silence.
TOP TEN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BUSH AND AHMADINEJAD
