I enthusiastically voted for President Bush twice but my opinion of the man has changed, too. After six years, Bush STILL has a Justice Department that is corrupt to the core, and a CIA and State Department which are little more than rogue leak machines whose sole purpose is to undermine the administration.
It is an embarrassment that George W. Bush turned out to be too weak to do anything about these institutions while he had a chance.
President Bush is tired.
I have a feeling he's watching the clock until he can retire to Crawford. The evidence is all over the place. It appears he simply doesn't have the stomach for a fight anymore. Just look at how the rats can fabricate a "scandal" (the fired US Attorneys) and instead of laughing in their faces and telling them to go play in the street ("Nobody is testifying at your circus, your subpoenas are going straight into the trash can, and by the way I just fired five more US Attorneys because it's Thursday") Bush sends Gonzales off on an apology tour!
It's a shame, because the President could use his lame duck status to be a loud voice and a real force in the "bully pulpit" since he doesn't have any more elections to worry about and the rat Congress is going to do NOTHING to help him in any way legislatively.
"It's a shame, because the President could use his lame duck status to be a loud voice and a real force in the "bully pulpit"
What you and others who think like you is... it is EXACTLY because of these scandals that have forced Bush's numbers down. Not the other way around.
IT WAS BUSH"S Justice Department that failed. And if you don't think they are still covering for Berglar, why hasn't he been given a lie-detector test?
You are not alone in your feelings.