As to President Bush's concern over his place in history, the verdict's in- in terms of the real war we need to be fighting, the war on terror, Iraq will be seen as a colossal mistake, one that has weakened America militarily, economically and politically while strengthening the enemy.

cian,
I'm so glad you have the ability to see so far into the future. I'm sure there were detractors in 1863 also. Lincoln was thought to be disinterested, inept, stupid and leading us down the wrong paths. But history has vindicated his decisions and his administration. You don't know all the facts. Oh wait, something else you said:

For four years...In that time Bin Laden and his cohorts have being re-grouping in the mountains of Pakistan, re-invigorated by the incredibly stupid tactics employed by this administration.

You really should share your intelligence gathering with the US military. Maybe you even know which mountain. You make all these blanket statements with little or no facts. You just don't have all the facts. If our enemies are "re-invigorated" it is by the stupid arrogance of those too blinded by their prejudices against Bush and what he stands for to see the larger and far reaching picture. It's interesting we haven't had another attack on US soil since 9/11. Maybe it's because President Bush has made the tough but right choices.

The guy is a disaster for conservatives, for the war on terrorism, for budgets, for rule of law, for balanced government, for the Republican Party, and most of all, for this country. May god help us all, and damn him.

Yes and god damn every conservative pundit and republican party hack who lied and connived, smeared and jeered, bashed and trashed the better candidates in order to put this piece of sycophantic trash in the white House.

Disinterested.

The man is supremely incurious. I honestly think he has no emotional reaction to the looming disaster that is his Presidency simply because he never had any deep emotional investment in it.

Beyond Gonzales, the discontent with the Bush presidency is broader and deeper among Republican lawmakers, some of whom seethe with anger. "Our members just wish this thing would be over," said a senior House Republican who met with Bush recently. "People are tired of him."

I don't know how many (or if any) people in actual political power read this blog. But on the off chance someone on a Congressional staff or something does, let me put this as succinctly as possible:

If you're waiting for George W. Bush to change, you're a God-damned idiot.

If you want anything in this country to change, anything at all, before the next President takes office, you're going to have to make it happen yourselves.

He's doing the best he can in these trying times and few appreciate it.

Unfortunately, the best _he_ can do is still far less than America needs. Mike pretty much says everything else that needs saying...

To extend the doctor analogy, displaying an odd adjustment while cutting off the wrong leg would be the kind of self-confidence generally not appreciated in your average hospital and would likely lead to immediate disbarment.

As to President Bush's concern over his place in history, the verdict's in- in terms of the real war we need to be fighting, the war on terror, Iraq will be seen as a colossal mistake, one that has weakened America militarily, economically and politically while strengthening the enemy.

For four years we have been fighting shia and Sunni in the back alleys and deserts of Iraq, losing hundreds of soldiers a month and shipping home thousands of crippled and maimed troops to inadequately funded facilities.

In that time Bin Laden and his cohorts have being re-grouping in the mountains of Pakistan, re-invigorated by the incredibly stupid tactics employed by this administration.

I respectfully suggest your admiration is misplaced Steve. Bush may very well be a decent man, but he is a bad commander in chief unable to think smart or inspire the country and has left us a divided nation (though not so much anymore with 68% understanding just what a serious mistake the raq invasion was) with a dangerously weakened army and few allies left who are willing to support us in any meaningful way.

Stories like this make me like our President even more. He's doing the best he can in these trying times and few appreciate it.

I'm not sure that it matters though, because Cheney is still setting policy.