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elites -- from the deranged former vice president down -- want the outcome of a war, and the fate of a nation, to hinge on one freaky jailhouse; elites who are willing to pay any price, bear any burden, as long as it's pain-free, squeaky clean and over in a week. The sheer silliness dishonors the memory of all those we're supposed to be remembering this Memorial Day

You are absolutely correct. The utter insanity of a PC culture that demands that a full scale WAR, Occupation, and complete BUILDING of a new nation and a new government be complete with no casualties either military or civilian, no errors in tactics, no friendly fire accidents, and that this all be done in less than 14 months, renders our Military's valiant and superhuman efforts to be looked upon with disdain and hatred.

I marvel at these ELITES and if they were not so powerful would dismiss them as children trying to press the reset button on a nintendo game that they are losing.

The ability of the media to create from thin air an anti-Bush and anti-war drumbeat is truly astounding. Goebels had nothing on these people. You could see it immediately after the carrier landing--the desperate attempt to go after the President and the war in order to prevent a HUGE loss at the polls in 2004. I thought they would try, but I thought they would fail. I also thought that Bush would be more adept at defending from the mainstream media's attacks, like Reagan.

Bush is doing a great job as President, but not as good at PR. If Reagan were President under the same circumstances, he would be at 65 percent, easy. His speeches would shut the libs up, and he would not be so defensive about everything.

Bush has a strong campaign team, and will hammer Kerry as we get closer to the election. He needs to realize that it's important to keep the message out there all the time, not just in the 3 months prior to election. I thought he learned the lesson from his father, but maybe not well enough.

I like it that he is not determining his policies and his message through focus groups, that's not his problem. That was Clinton's way. Rather, Bush should prevail in this war of ideas because he is right, and he is steadfast. His message needs to be delivered over the heads of those who are trying to oust him. That means speeches like Mondays, which was a couple months late, that means embedded journalists with our boys in Iraq, that means aggressively exposing lies and biases by the media, that means more photo ops like the 7 Iraqis who lost their hands (1 Saddam atrocity per week visiting the White House), that means a trial of Saddam this fall, release of Saddam atrocity videos, and more highlights on all the great things that have happened in this war.

I think legal mechanisms to reduce some of the traitorous spewing from leftist quarters should be considered. There's a lot of aid and comfort going on here, and unlike Vietnam, we have a Congressional Resolution authorizing this war.

So far in this conflict, we have won 2 wars with ease, and have started the middle east on the road to democracy. We have devastated the islamic terrorists. People need to hear that more often.