I sure wish I was a movie director. I’d be making one heck of an ad reminding folks of the Bush years; to heck with McCain and Palin. Americans need to be reminded of what we’ve gone through for the past 8 years. Yes, I said ‘reminded’.
We all know that Americans, or should I say human beings, have a short memory. Isn’t that what President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Karl Rove have banked on for the past several years. They’ve ‘changed’ the story line so many times it’s hard to keep up.
I would begin by editing the "Special Comment" given by Keith Olbermann on Countdown (MSNBC), picking off parts showing how the Bush administration used carefully timed ‘terror alerts’ to distract the media from ‘other news’ of the day. News that would make the administration ‘look’ bad. The alerts are all perfectly timed to ‘change’ what the media is reporting.
I would bring back the story of the leaked CIA agent’s name and how Bush promised to fire the person that leaked the name – then 'changes' his mind and ends up pardoning Scooter Libby one of the men to have leaked the name.
I would point out how Bush 'changed' his mind and signed hundreds of Executive directives overriding bills that Congress passed and Bush signed. I would point out the "United States does not torture" comments by Bush and the Attorney General, then I’d show the testimony showing how they 'changed' their minds and admitted that, yes indeed, we ‘did’ torture prisoners.
I would show they push for war in Iraq by Bush, Cheney, Condi Rice and even John McCain – all implying that Iraq had something to do with 9/11, that we must avoid the mushroom cloud, WMD comments, and piece of cake, we’d be greeted as liberators, and the insurgency are in their last throes, etc... then they 'changed' their minds once again and admitted that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11.
I would show how Bush argued a federal Department of Homeland Security wasn't needed, and then 'changed' his mind and devised a plan to create one.
I would show how he resisted a commission to investigate Iraq intelligence failures, but then changed his mind and relented. He also initially opposed the creation of the independent commission to examine if the 2001 attacks could have been prevented, before changing his mind and getting behind the idea under pressure from victims' families
He said they were only spying on international communications – we find out later they 'changed' their minds about who to spy on.
I would show clips of Bush and McCain during Katrina and later how the 'changed' the way they handled disasters.
These are just a few examples that someone with a great deal more smarts then I, could put together in a coherent video.
At the end of the video I would show clips of John McCain saying on live television that he supported Bush 100% and that he voted for 90% of what Bush wanted.
Finally, I would show video clips of John McCain and Sarah Palin talking about bring reform and 'change' to Washington.
John McCain/Sarah Palin – More Bush years to come -- More Change?