# Similarities between Bush Jr. and Saddam **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 25, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similarities-between-bush-jr-and-saddam/197458 "2003-08-25T04:36:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similarities-between-bush-jr-and-saddam/197458/21 "2003-08-25T17:10:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rjung \* > **18. Both have not been seen at the same time with Napoleon Bonapart.** I think you’re on to something here… ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similarities-between-bush-jr-and-saddam/197458/22 "2003-08-25T17:16:03Z")
To be honest, I’ve never been seen with Napoleon Bonapart either. Neither has Jennifer Love Hewitt or Jessica Alba. Just thought I’d throw that out there. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similarities-between-bush-jr-and-saddam/197458/23 "2003-08-25T17:16:41Z")
Both have never been in my kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similarities-between-bush-jr-and-saddam/197458/24 "2003-08-25T17:41:23Z")
Napoleon Bonapart **e**. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similarities-between-bush-jr-and-saddam/197458/25 "2003-08-25T17:41:57Z")
> [@](#): > > Both, except Bush, have mustaches That was one of the most amusing things I’d seen in many a moon. ---
**Author:** ![musicguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@musicguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/musicguy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similarities-between-bush-jr-and-saddam/197458/26 "2003-08-25T19:02:26Z")
I’m by no means a Bush apologist. In fact, I am counting the minutes until he leaves office. I truly hope his days are numbered and we can start fixing some of the damage that IMO, he has created. Having said that, this OP seems a bit silly. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similarities-between-bush-jr-and-saddam/197458/27 "2003-08-25T19:13:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Enderw24 \* > \*\*30) Both of them have a secretary named Lincoln. \*\* You forgot to mention the little known fact that Saddam had a secretary named Bush and Bush had a secretary named Saddam. And Saddam parks in the driveway, while Bush drives on the parkway. Also, Saddam’s palace was burned down by Bush, but Bush burned up Saddam’s palace. So, it’s fair to say Saddam and Bush are mirror twins of each other! ---
**Author:** ![j.c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@j.c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j.c)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similarities-between-bush-jr-and-saddam/197458/28 "2003-08-25T23:25:16Z")
**I always thought that if the Bush family had emigrated to Iraq 200 years ago, Bush jr would have been Uday.** Silly, **CarnalK** , Bush doesn’t have that kind of drive with the ladies. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similarities-between-bush-jr-and-saddam/197458/29 "2003-08-26T02:15:20Z")
1. Both have very unruly children 2. [TFH]Both came into power with help of the CIA[/TFH] 3. Both proceeded despots 4. Both are anti-Israeli 5. Iddl enough: Texas spelled backwards is Saxet while Iraq spelled backwards is Qari ---
**Author:** ![Rashak\_Mani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rashak\_Mani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rashak_Mani)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similarities-between-bush-jr-and-saddam/197458/30 "2003-08-26T02:23:18Z")
1. Both had family members in important political positions. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similarities-between-bush-jr-and-saddam/197458/31 "2003-08-26T02:37:37Z")
Hi Mr Mace! Thanks for having me on your mind. Mind your toes there…I wouldn’t want to step on them. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similarities-between-bush-jr-and-saddam/197458/32 "2003-08-26T02:42:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rashak Mani \* > \*\*36) Both had family members in important political positions. \*\* 1. Both have numerous threads about them started by morons. ---
**Author:** ![Rashak\_Mani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rashak\_Mani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rashak_Mani)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similarities-between-bush-jr-and-saddam/197458/33 "2003-08-26T02:50:48Z")
… specially supporting them… ---
**Author:** ![Venoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@Venoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Venoma)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similarities-between-bush-jr-and-saddam/197458/34 "2003-08-26T03:33:40Z")
Why don’t you just compare Bush to Hitler so we can invoke Godwin’s law? It’s about the same. Make incredulous comparisons and you automatically lose. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similarities-between-bush-jr-and-saddam/197458/35 "2003-08-26T04:02:39Z")
Both were voted for on the same ballot by some Palm Beach County, FL voters? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similarities-between-bush-jr-and-saddam/197458/36 "2003-08-26T05:29:07Z")
1. Both of them, except Bush, are ruthless dictators. 2. Both of them, except Bush, enjoy personally executing political opponents. 3. Both of them, except Bush, attempted to genocidally wipe out ethnic minorities in their countries. 4. Both of them, except Bush, enjoy curling up on the couch and watching old videotapes of their opponents being tortured, raped, mutilated, and killed. 5. Both of them, except Bush, are in hiding from international justice in some bunker (either that or dead). See? The resemblance is uncanny, I tell you! Uncanny! ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similarities-between-bush-jr-and-saddam/197458/37 "2003-08-26T06:44:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by WinstonSmith \* > Both, except Bush, have mustaches Reminds me of an old answer to “What are we having for breakfast?”: “If we had some ham we could have ham and eggs. . .if we had some eggs” ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similarities-between-bush-jr-and-saddam/197458/38 "2003-08-26T09:40:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rashak Mani \* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Michael Ellis \* > > \*\*37) Both have numerous threads about them started by morons. \*\* > > \*\*… specially supporting them… \*\* Ahem. … [Dogbert] _ **I WAS TALKING ABOUT YOU, YOU THUNDERING MORON!!!** _ [/Dogbert] ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similarities-between-bush-jr-and-saddam/197458/39 "2003-08-26T10:01:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lemur866 \* > \*\* 42) Both of them, except Bush, enjoy curling up on the couch and watching old videotapes of their opponents being tortured, raped, mutilated, and killed. > \*\* You seem to be a little too familiar with Sadaams TV viewing habits… ---
**Author:** ![RobbieFal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c5a1d2/32.png) [@RobbieFal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobbieFal)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similarities-between-bush-jr-and-saddam/197458/40 "2003-08-26T11:48:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spooje \* > \*\*You seem to be a little too familiar with Sadaams TV viewing habits… \*\* He must have went to the “Saddam Super Bowl party” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similarities-between-bush-jr-and-saddam/197458.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similarities-between-bush-jr-and-saddam/197458.md?page=3)