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Why has President Bush "earned" FOUR more years as President? Let's as some 'real' people (NOT policy wonks/ideological demagogues):

"President Bush enjoyed a friendly crowd at Roswell’s Convention and Civic Center (NM) on Thursday as he hammered home points from this week’s State of the Union address.

Curry County Sheriff Roger Hatcher was among the supporters.

“I’m glad we have a president with backbone, who’s not afraid to make difficult decisions, regardless of how it affects his chances for re-election,”

The people of the world trust the word of America,” he said to whoops and hollers from the crowd.

Sheriff Hatcher summarized Bush’s speech as “excellent,” and Undersheriff Doug Bowman agreed with him.

“I’m grateful for his respect for law enforcement and the military. We’ve got a president who stands behind us 110 percent,” Bowman said.

Jordan Strebeck, a Clovis High School senior and student body president, also made the trip to Roswell. He said for someone who is interested in politics, Bush’s speech was “one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen.”

“I think he really cares about America and the people of America,” he added.

Strebeck’s friend Jason Seefeld, also a CHS senior, said Bush’s stands on the war on terror and home-front security impressed him.

“It was a once-in-a lifetime experience for us to come here and hear what he had to say,” Seefeld said.

Roswell resident Dottie Edwards said this was only the second time a sitting president has visited Roswell. Ronald Reagan visited the city in 1984. She said what she liked best about Bush’s speech was his honesty about the issues."

http://cnjonline.com/engine.pl?station=clovis&template=storyfull.html&id=4010

Of course the unfriendly crowd was kept a few hundred yards away in a "free-speech zone"

;-)

“I’m glad we have a president with backbone, who’s not afraid to make difficult decisions, regardless of how it affects his chances for re-election,”

That's true in some areas---but it has not been true in the spending area.

Wow, the Real World speaks up! I think I spend too much time on FreeRepublic, where the perspective of many has no connection at all to the Real World. It's no surprise that normal people love this President. I guess that makes the strident naysayers a bit less than normal.