Ben Quayle Says Obama "The Worst President Ever"

Ben Quayle, Republican candidate for Congress, has recently released an ad slamming the current president as being the worst one ever.

First off, I wonder why people are so intent on performing autopsies on an administration that is still very much alive. And why are people so confident that Obama won't be able to turn it around? For that matter, why are people shocked that it's taking time for Obama to clean up the (very big) messes that his predecessor left for him? Let's be real here. Unlike any of the United States presidents, Obama inherited TWO unpopular wars, a recession, and damaged international relations. He's also dealing with the worst ecological disaster in US history, continued threats from terrorists (plus war crimes tribunals and the closing of Gitmo), entrenched resistance from the opposition party, and those crazy-ass birthers. Give the dude a break!

And, second, why of all people is someone like Ben Quayle making these statements? If anything, he is the Gen Y incarnation of another man who was also dubbed "The Worst President Ever."

Like President Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush, Dan Quayle's second son is a photogenic-but-dumb-as-a-box-of-rocks son of privilege who, incidentally, has no previous political experience. I've made up a short but of informative list of comparisons.

Bush: Is the son of a former Republican vice-president, George Herbert Walker Bush.

Quayle: Is the son of a former Republican vice-president, Dan Quayle, who, coincidentally, served under GWB's father.

Bush: Ran for Congress from Texas. Despite the fact that he claimed to be a Texan, Bush was born in Connecticut and left the state to receive an elite education at age fifteen, only returning to do service in the Texas Air National Guard in 1968. He left the state again a few years later to attend Harvard Business School, only returning to the state permanently in the mid-1970s.

Quayle: Is running for Congress from another Southwestern state, Arizona. Born in Indiana, he received all of his education at prestigious East Coast schools and only moved to Arizona recently. In fact, he has never voted in an Arizona local election.

Bush: Infamously used his father's political connections to raise money for failed business ventures and to raise money for his political campaigns. However, Mr. Bush has repeatedly played down his father's influence, successfully marketing himself as a down-home cowboy-type.

Quayle: Numerous friends of his father have donated money to the younger Quayle's campaign and two-thirds of his contributions have come from out-of-state sources. Bush 41and his wife Barabra hosted a fundraiser for Mr. Quayle. Mr. Quayle however has downplayed connections to his father, casting himself as an outsider in a state with strong anti-Washington sentiments. (See http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0810/40976_Page3.html for more details.

I guess this goes to show you just how small the good ol' boys club really is. Or maybe this a clue that you don't have to be qualified for a political office if you are the son of a rich, politically well-connected white man.