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1.
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During
the summer of 2001 when repeated urgent warnings of impending
terrorist attacks reached the White House, the response from
George W. Bush was to:
|
|
a.
|
instruct
all defense and security agencies to be on high alert to protect
the American people.
|
|
b.
|
do a
"What Me Worry?" and let things ride while taking
the precaution of sleeping on a U.S. aircraft carrier at the
G-8 Summit off Genoa, Italy in July and then taking a one-month
retreat to his ranch in Crawford, Texas in August while his
Cabinet avoided commercial flights in favor of private jet
travel.
|
|
2.
|
When
the Taliban in Afghanistan offered to turn over Osama Bin
Laden to the U.S. in the fall 2001 if evidence were provided
of his involvement in the 9/11 attacks, the response of George
W. Bush was to:
|
|
a.
|
immediately
work with the Afghan government to provide the evidence as
a better solution than a war in which hundreds of American
soldiers would die.
|
|
b.
|
do a
"What Me Worry?" and refuse to provide the requested
evidence or pursue the matter at all.
|
|
3.
|
After
pledging to bring Osama Bin Laden in "dead or alive,"
George W. Bush:
|
|
a.
|
pressed
his advantage with sufficient U.S. troops when Bin Laden was
cornered in Tora Bora.
|
|
b.
|
did a
"What Me Worry?" and allowed Bin Laden to escape.
|
|
4.
|
After
the oil company UNOCAL failed to get concessions from the
Taliban government in Afghanistan prior to 2001, the response
from George W. Bush in 2002 was to:
|
|
a.
|
oversee
free elections in Afghanistan and not interfere in the sovereign
nation of Afghanistan’s dealings with UNOCAL.
|
|
b.
|
do a
"What Me Worry?" and oversee the installation of
former UNOCAL employees Hamid Karzai as prime minister and
Zalmay Khalizad as ambassador to Afghanistan.
|
|
5.
|
When
Saddam Hussein made feelers through Egyptian president Hosni
Mubarak’s son about the possibility of going in to exile prior
to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, the reaction of George
W. Bush was to:
|
|
a.
|
pursue
this behind-the-scenes appeal to avoid a war in which thousands
of American soldiers would likely be killed.
|
|
b.
|
do a
"What Me Worry?" and refuse to consider the idea
at all.
|
|
6.
|
In the
build-up to the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, George W.
Bush:
|
|
a.
|
conscientiously
sought information from the C.I.A., D.I.A., State Department,
and I.A.E.A. in determining the likelihood of WMDs and other
such vital concerns.
|
|
b.
|
did a
"What Me Worry?" and based his conclusions on information
from the discredited "Curveball" and Ahmad Chalabi, the convicted
embezzler.
|
|
7.
|
Given
the on-going unpopularity of the U.S. among many former allies
that has developed in the last five years, George W. Bush:
|
|
a.
|
has bent
over backwards to show respect to these countries’ customs
and traditions.
|
|
b.
|
did a
"What Me Worry?" and in defiance of Canadian law
barred Members
of the Canadian Parliament from entering their own building.
|
|
8.
|
To further
shore up good feelings with allies, George W. Bush:
|
|
a.
|
made
a point of leaving everything in perfect order upon his departure
from a visit to England in 2003.
|
|
b.
|
did a
"What Me Worry?" and trashed Buckingham Palace leaving
the Queen furious over the thousands of dollars worth of damage
he and his entourage left behind.
|
|
9.
|
As Texas
governor, George W. Bush signed a law which allowed hospitals
to withdraw life support from patients over the objections
of the family. So when the Terri Schiavo case became a Republican
rallying point, George W. Bush:
|
|
a.
|
as a
man of principled convictions stood by his previous view and
vetoed the special bill passed by the Republican controlled
Congress.
|
|
b.
|
did a
"What Me Worry?" and made a special flight—interrupting
his vacation—from his Crawford ranch to Washington to sign
the bill so he could grandstand on the issue.
|
|
10.
|
As a
man of resolve who stands by his principles, George W. Bush:
|
|
a.
|
declared
himself a "war president" as a means of getting
to the heart of his presidency.
|
|
b.
|
did a
"What Me Worry?" after calling himself a war president
for two years declaring himself a "peace president"
as the election approached only to revert back to calling
himself a "war president" when the "peace president"
line didn’t seem to be working for him.
|
|
11.
|
Since
the First Amendment guarantees Americans freedom of speech,
George W. Bush:
|
|
a.
|
followed
the pattern of all previous presidents and did not interfere
with people’s protests at his campaign rallies.
|
|
b.
|
did a
"What Me Worry?" and restricted dissenters—and dissenters,
only—to "free speech" zones out of the sight of
the president and the media covering the rallies.
|
|
12.
|
In 2003
when the Iranian government contacted the U.S. offering to
stop funding Hezbollah and give up its nuclear program in
exchange for security guarantees and normalized relations,
the response of George W. Bush was to:
|
|
a.
|
take
this remarkable opportunity to engage the Iranians on these
matters.
|
|
b.
|
do a
"What Me Worry?" and ignore the offer and admonish
the Swiss
diplomats for delivering it.
|
|
13.
|
When
George W. Bush finds himself confronted by unpleasant facts
his practice has been to:
|
|
a.
|
put a
lot of thought into the issue and request informed input to
help in finding the best way to deal with such facts.
|
|
b.
|
do a
"What Me Worry?" and dismiss the concept of "facts"
itself, dismissively declaring them to be irrelevant as the
administration is now able to create its own reality.
|
|
14.
|
When
the McCain-Feingold Finance Campaign Reform Bill was presented
for the President’s signature, George W. Bush:
|
|
a.
|
declared
the bill to be unconstitutional and vetoed it right then and
there.
|
|
b.
|
did a
"What Me Worry?" and signed the bill into law after
declaring it to be an unconstitutional violation of the
First Amendment all despite the oath he had sworn to uphold
the Constitution.
|
|
15.
|
When
the transportation bill made its way to his desk for signature
in 2005, George W. Bush:
|
|
a.
|
reiterated
his 2003 stance of fighting pork barrel legislation.
|
|
b.
|
did a
"What Me Worry?" and declared that the $286 billion
bill loaded with more than 6,000 pet projects made him proud
to sign the bill.
|
|
16.
|
To garner
positive news coverage for his policies, George W. Bush:
|
|
a.
|
worked
hard at cultivating positive relations with the media.
|
|
b.
|
did a
"What Me Worry?" and planted a fake journalist in
the White House press corps to ask softball questions of the
president during otherwise contentious news conferences.
|
|
17.
|
As a
further attempt at garnering positive news coverage for his
policies, George W. Bush:
|
|
a.
|
pledged
to answer any and all questions from news reporters honestly.
|
|
b.
|
did a
"What Me Worry?" and oversaw secret payments from
the Education Department to Armstrong Williams to promote
his education policies.
|
|
18.
|
When
Congress called for a full independent investigation of the
9/11 tragedy to prepare the U.S. against future terrorist
attacks, the reaction of George W. Bush was to:
|
|
a.
|
support
the effort and pledge to fully cooperate with the investigating
committee.
|
|
b.
|
do a
"What Me Worry?" and first refuse the request, then
under pressure agree to an investigation of a limited nature
only, then appoint Condi Rice underling Phillip Zelikow to
effectively investigate himself.
|
|
19.
|
After
more than six years in office and more than four years at
war, the George W. Bush administration:
|
|
a.
|
ensured
that the best medical care was provided for soldiers wounded
in Iraq and Afghanistan.
|
|
b.
|
did a
"What Me Worry?" and oversaw a decline in the standards
at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for wounded soldiers all
the way down to the level of "unacceptable".
|
|
20.
|
When
wounded and injured American troops returned to the U.S. from
Afghanistan and Iraq, the reaction of George W. Bush was to:
|
|
a.
|
ensure
that the troops were treated with respect and dignity until
their wounds could heal and rehabilitate them to other military
service or civilian life.
|
|
b.
|
was to
do a "What Me Worry?" and ship the still affected
troops back into action to shore up the numbers on duty in
Iraq.
|
|
1.
|
During
the summer of 2001 when repeated urgent warnings of impending
terrorist attacks reached the White House, the response from
George W. Bush was to:
|
|
a.
|
instruct
all defense and security agencies to be on high alert to protect
the American people.
|
|
b.
|
do a
"What Me Worry?" and let things ride while taking
the precaution of sleeping on a U.S.
aircraft carrier at the G-8 Summit off Genoa, Italy in
July and then taking a one-month
retreat to his ranch in Crawford, Texas in August while
his Cabinet
avoided commercial flights in favor of private jet travel.
|
|
2.
|
When
the Taliban in Afghanistan offered to turn over Osama Bin
Laden to the U.S. in the fall 2001 if evidence were provided
of his involvement in the 9/11 attacks, the response of George
W. Bush was to:
|
|
a.
|
immediately
work with the Afghan government to provide the evidence as
a better solution than a war in which hundreds of American
soldiers would die.
|
|
b.
|
do a
"What Me Worry?" and refuse
to provide the requested evidence or pursue the matter
at all.
|
|
3.
|
After
pledging to bring Osama Bin Laden in "dead or alive,"
George W. Bush:
|
|
a.
|
pressed
his advantage with sufficient U.S. troops when Bin Laden was
cornered in Tora Bora.
|
|
b.
|
did a
"What Me Worry?" and allowed
Bin Laden to escape.
|
|
4.
|
After
the oil company UNOCAL failed to get concessions from the
Taliban government in Afghanistan prior to 2001, the response
from George W. Bush in 2002 was to:
|
|
a.
|
oversee
free elections in Afghanistan and not interfere in the sovereign
nation of Afghanistan’s dealings with UNOCAL.
|
|
b.
|
do a
"What Me Worry?" and oversee the installation of
former UNOCAL employees Hamid
Karzai as prime minister and Zalmay
Khalizad as ambassador to Afghanistan.
|
|
5.
|
When
Saddam Hussein made feelers through Egyptian president Hosni
Mubarak’s
son about the possibility of going in to exile prior to the
2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, the reaction of George W. Bush
was to:
|
|
a.
|
pursue
this behind-the-scenes appeal to avoid a war in which thousands
of American soldiers would likely be killed.
|
|
b.
|
do a
"What Me Worry?" and refuse
to consider the idea at all.
|
|
6.
|
In the
build-up to the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, George W.
Bush:
|
|
a.
|
conscientiously
sought information from the C.I.A., D.I.A., State Department,
and I.A.E.A. in determining the likelihood of WMDs and other
such vital concerns.
|
|
b.
|
did a
"What Me Worry?" and based his conclusions on information
from the discredited "Curveball"
and Ahmad Chalabi, the convicted embezzler.
|
|
7.
|
Given
the on-going unpopularity of the U.S. among many former allies
that has developed in the last five years, George W. Bush:
|
|
a.
|
has bent
over backwards to show respect to these countries’ customs
and traditions.
|
|
b.
|
did a
"What Me Worry?" and in defiance of Canadian law
barred
Members
of the Canadian Parliament from entering their own building.
|
|
8.
|
To further
shore up good feelings with allies, George W. Bush:
|
|
a.
|
made
a point of leaving everything in perfect order upon his departure
from a visit to England in 2003.
|
|
b.
|
did a
"What Me Worry?" and trashed
Buckingham Palace leaving the Queen furious over the thousands
of dollars worth of damage he and his entourage left behind.
|
|
9.
|
As Texas
governor, George W. Bush signed a law which allowed hospitals
to withdraw life support from patients over the objections
of the family. So when the Terri Schiavo case became a Republican
rallying point, George W. Bush:
|
|
a.
|
as a
man of principled convictions stood by his previous view and
vetoed the special bill passed by the Republican controlled
Congress.
|
|
b.
|
did a
"What Me Worry?" and made a special flight—interrupting
his vacation—from his Crawford
ranch to Washington to sign the bill so he could grandstand
on the issue.
|
|
10.
|
As a
man of resolve who stands by his principles, George W. Bush:
|
|
a.
|
declared
himself a "war president" as a means of getting
to the heart of his presidency.
|
|
b.
|
did a
"What Me Worry?" after calling himself a war president
for two years declaring
himself a "peace president" as the election
approached only to revert back to calling himself a "war
president" when the "peace president" line
didn’t seem to be working for him.
|
|
11.
|
Since
the First Amendment guarantees Americans freedom of speech,
George W. Bush:
|
|
a.
|
followed
the pattern of all previous presidents and did not interfere
with people’s protests at his campaign rallies.
|
|
b.
|
did a
"What Me Worry?" and restricted dissenters—and dissenters,
only—to "free
speech" zones out of the sight of the president and
the media covering the rallies.
|
|
12.
|
In 2003
when the Iranian government contacted the U.S. offering to
stop funding Hezbollah and give up its nuclear program in
exchange for security guarantees and normalized relations,
the response of George W. Bush was to:
|
|
a.
|
take
this remarkable opportunity to engage the Iranians on these
matters.
|
|
b.
|
do a
"What Me Worry?" and ignore
the offer and admonish the
Swiss
diplomats for delivering it.
|
|
13.
|
When
George W. Bush finds himself confronted by unpleasant facts
his practice has been to:
|
|
a.
|
put a
lot of thought into the issue and request informed input to
help in finding the best way to deal with such facts.
|
|
b.
|
do a
"What Me Worry?" and dismiss the concept of "facts"
itself, dismissively declaring them to be irrelevant as the
administration is now able to create
its own reality.
|
|
14.
|
When
the McCain-Feingold Finance Campaign Reform Bill was presented
for the President’s signature, George W. Bush:
|
|
a.
|
declared
the bill to be unconstitutional and vetoed it right then and
there.
|
|
b.
|
did a
"What Me Worry?" and signed
the bill into law after declaring it to be an unconstitutional
violation of the First Amendment all despite the oath he had
sworn to uphold the Constitution.
|
|
15.
|
When
the transportation bill made its way to his desk for signature
in 2005, George W. Bush:
|
|
a.
|
reiterated
his 2003 stance of fighting pork barrel legislation.
|
|
b.
|
did a
"What Me Worry?" and declared that the $286 billion
bill loaded with more than 6,000 pet projects made
him proud to sign the bill.
|
|
16.
|
To garner
positive news coverage for his policies, George W. Bush:
|
|
a.
|
worked
hard at cultivating positive relations with the media.
|
|
b.
|
did a
"What Me Worry?" and planted
a fake journalist in the White House press corps to ask
softball questions of the president during otherwise contentious
news conferences.
|
|
17.
|
As a
further attempt at garnering positive news coverage for his
policies, George W. Bush:
|
|
a.
|
pledged
to answer any and all questions from news reporters honestly.
|
|
b.
|
did a
"What Me Worry" and oversaw secret
payments from the Education Department to Armstrong Williams
to promote his education policies.
|
|
18.
|
When
Congress called for a full independent investigation of the
9/11 tragedy to prepare the U.S. against future terrorist
attacks, the reaction of George W. Bush was to:
|
|
a.
|
support
the effort and pledge to fully cooperate with the investigating
committee.
|
|
b.
|
do a
"What Me Worry?" and first refuse the request, then
under pressure agree to an investigation
of a limited nature only, then appoint Condi Rice underling
Phillip
Zelikow to effectively investigate himself.
|
|
19.
|
After
more than six years in office and more than four years at
war, the George W. Bush administration:
|
|
a.
|
ensured
that the best medical care was provided for soldiers wounded
in Iraq and Afghanistan.
|
|
b.
|
did a
"What Me Worry?" and oversaw a decline in the standards
at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for wounded soldiers all
the way down to the level of "unacceptable".
|
|
20.
|
When
wounded and injured American troops returned to the U.S. from
Afghanistan and Iraq, the reaction of George W. Bush was to:
|
|
a.
|
ensure
that the troops were treated with respect and dignity until
their wounds could heal and rehabilitate them to other military
service or civilian life.
|
|
b.
|
was to
do a "What Me Worry?" and ship
the affected troops back into action to shore up the numbers
on duty in Iraq.
|
