We had eight years of Bush and Cheney. Now you get mad!?

It was only a matter of time before the irony of the overheated rhetoric of the Tea Party protestors and the anti-Obama crowd was finally called out for its blatant hypocrisy. Originally put together by the user Walldude on Democratic Underground, we finally have a bullet point list to reference as we scratch our heads wondering if the Tea Party protestors were living in a void during the Bush administration. While not completely comprehensive, it is a great starting point for showing the severe double standard of conservatives complaining passionately about acts of the Obama White House and the Democratic control of the 111th Congress, specifically while passing health care reform, that comes nowhere near bad as those committed by team Bush/Cheney. And now without further ado:

We had eight years of Bush and Cheney. Now you get mad!?

You didn’t get mad when the Supreme Court stopped a legal recount and
appointed a President.

You didn’t get mad when Cheney allowed Energy company officials to dictate
energy policy.

You didn’t get mad when a covert CIA operative got outed.

You didn’t get mad when the Patriot Act got passed.
You didn’t get mad when we illegally invaded a country that posed no threat to us.

You didn’t get mad when we spent over 600 billion (and counting) on said illegal war.

You didn’t get mad when over 10 billion dollars just disappeared in Iraq.

You didn’t get mad when you found out we were torturing people.

You didn’t get mad when the government was illegally wiretapping Americans.

You didn’t get mad when we didn’t catch Bin Laden.

You didn’t get mad when you saw the horrible conditions at Walter Reed.

You didn’t get mad when we let a major US city, New Orleans, drown.
You didn’t get mad when we gave a 900 billion tax break to the rich.

You didn’t get mad when the deficit hit the trillion dollar mark.

You finally got mad when the government decided that people in America deserved the right to see a doctor if they are sick. Yes, illegal wars, lies, corruption, torture, stealing your tax dollars to make the rich richer, are all okay with you, but helping other Americans…oh hell no.

I have to admit after eight years of Bush and Cheney regardless of whichever Democratic candidate for the presidency was elected I didn’t think conservatives would be so outspoken so soon. Apparently, selective amnesia of the eight years when Republicans controlled the White House is a preexisting condition that severely affects most of those on the right.