There is a clear and simple reason: Bush was consistently self-serving, secretive, deceptive, and incoherent in his communications. Obama has consistently been the opposite, as far as I've seen so far.

I see no reason to assume these guys", whoever you are counting into that generality, are "crooks", GfS. What specific acts of crookedness are you pointing to here? By whom?

And your assessment of what the facts support or do not seems to be just as skewed, Bruce, as you imply mine to be.

And, GfS, just to make it clear, the above raves came from European reporters; my comments are just the one-liners at the end.

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