[P-Marlowe]

I don't get it. The first four years Bush was a leader. The last two years he has shown no leadership qualities. He should be engaging the people of the United States in this war and giving weekly broadcasts and appearing on TV and buying ads on the media to get the people of the nation involved in the War on Terror and supporting our actions in Iraq. Instead he is proposing silly health care initiatives and prosecuting border agents, and allowing the Scooter Libby travesty to continue. In addition he is letting our troops down by keeping strict rules of engagement in place in the face of what has now turned into an all out Civil uprising in Iraq and then prosecuting our soldiers when they violate those insane rules of engagement.

If we had conducted WWI and WWII in the same manner that we are conducting this war we would all be speaking German or Japanese.

Bush has been walking around with a deer in the headlights look for the last two years, and when you have a deer in the headlights look, that means that someone is about to run you over.

At this point I do not have confidence that he will do what it takes to win this war or to prosecute the war on terrorism or to stop the invasion of illegal immigrants who are destined to change America into a Latin American banana republic.

I do take comfort in the knowledge that whatever Bush does is essentially part of God's overall plan. I do fear, however, that what is happening now is the dawn of judgment rather than the dawn of mercy.

We live in interesting times.

[MEGoody]

I don't get it. The first four years Bush was a leader. The last two years he has shown no leadership qualities.

Bush has not only had to handle blows from the liberals in this country and around the world, but he's also having to handle blows from RINOs and those who call themselves 'true conservatives'. Such a constant barrage of criticsm, often expressed with hateful words, can dull the edges of your motivation, not matter how strong a leader one is.

If he had at least had consistent support from his party (don't read that as agreement on every issue), that might have helped. But he hasn't.

[xzins]

I do take comfort in the knowledge that whatever Bush does is essentially part of God's overall plan. I do fear, however, that what is happening now is the dawn of judgment rather than the dawn of mercy.

I, too, sense the same thing.