Can you imagine if George W Bush was flying around the Country (while said Country was in desperate economic times), and "often" had ESPN on his TV?
During long hours on Air Force One, Mr. Obama sets himself up in the conference room as aides wander in and out. He reads briefing books; receives updates; checks in with his chief of staff, Jacob J. Lew, back at the White House; and flips through The New Yorker or Sports Illustrated. The television is often tuned to ESPN with the sound down.
What would the Media reaction be? Wouldn't Bush be painted as uncaring, and out of touch? We already know how they reacted to him playing golf while we were at war.
What if Bush inserted information into his stump speeches that were so incorrect, even his most ardent supporters want to change the subject? What would the Media reaction be there?
In a commencement address two days later at the Air Force Academy in Colorado, a swing state, Mr. Obama rejected fears of national decline, essentially rebutting the Republican argument that he does not believe in his country or its future. A half-dozen times he uttered the signature phrase “I see an American century” — much as Mr. Romney has promised to deliver “an American century” in his speeches.
You already know why there is a set of Media rules for Bush, and a different set for Obama, don't you?
