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Comparing Obama's 5-year anniversary of the economic meltdown speech to Bush's mission accomplished one is laughable

An ultra-conservative acquaintance of mine posted a status on Facebook the other day which really had me shaking my head. On Monday, it was planned for President Obama to give a speech revolving around the 5-year anniversary of when the country's economic meltdown started. Then came the mass shooting in this nation's capital. Instead of postponing the speech, the president added more to it. He began the speech talking about the tragedy which occurred earlier in the day, transitioned to the situation in Syria, and then to the economy - what all we faced five years ago, how much progress we've made since that point, and what all needs to be done to complete the rebound.

Having read all that, this acquaintance of mine then said Monday's speech by President Obama was far worse than former President Bush's mission accomplished banner, due to the tragedy which occurred earlier in the day. He insinuated that the president didn't mention this tragedy in the speech at all.

First off, I have a feeling this acquaintance didn't read the speech, because if he did, he'd see that the president opened with a bit surrounding the mass shooting in Washington. Secondly, the comparison is almost laughable, because while President Obama was reviewing what has actually happened over the past five years with regard to this nation's economy, former President Bush was making a claim which was far from accurate. Bush made his mission accomplished speech in 2003. The war didn't "officially" end until late-2011. That would be like a guy telling his family that his school goals had been met, yet continued to attend classes for another eight years - you know, just for the hell of it.

Let me compare the two speeches in another manner to illustrate just how ridiculous the comparison is in the first place:

NFL football coach (Obama): "At 1-15, our team was awful five years ago. While the progress has been slower than I'd like to see at times, we have gradually improved, and are now coming off a 9-7 season and off to the playoffs."

NFL football coach (Bush): "We may have only played three games this year so far, but we've won one of them, and you know what? I've got two words for all of you - mission accomplished!"

Yeah, which speech was worse again?

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/09/16/remarks-presideent-five-year-anniversary-financial-crisis
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