yep. She captred the nature of the speech exac tly and exlains why it was so unsatisfying. Even though GW appeared to say all the right things, it just didn't ever get off the ground, because he stolidly ignores the implications down the road.
This more than most anything else is leading me to conclude that while he is a man of faith he really has no instinct for the treasury of traditional American values. He may have been raised in Texas but at heart he is an east coast Episcopalian.
Funny! :)
Oh well... I do agree with you that he keeps "surprising" me :), I never would have thought this whole episode with the border after 9/11... Especailly after he showed guts and went after Sadam i figured the border was a done deal!. HA!.. was I surprised... I mean really surprised :)...
I think is a "Globalista" more than an American, at least the way we interpret being an "American." Which means simply putting America first, above politics, above everthing else. That's all.