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There is no bigger fan of W than I.
So don't get me wrong, but I worry about W and Cheney.
I don't think W has been himself since returning from Shanghai.
He seems pale and to have refound his uuhhhhhhs and
uhhhhhmmms between his statments.
I worry that the idiotic portrayal of his message
to shop and travel to support the economy,
but be vigilant to watch for attacks
as a "mixed message" to be criticized as confusing.
Well, Maureen Dowd and Sam Donaldsan are easily
confused but I wonder if it has thrown off his clarity of purpose.
I think Cheney is a changed man since I first
saw him after the 11th.
He has that thousand yard stare,
he has put on a few pounds,
his speeches are delivered dull unlike the Republican
Convention speech and has constantly is clearing his throat.
Along with the divisive spin of the media to chop down
anyone with high approval ratings I am worried more
about those two heroes much more than I am about flying or
licking envelopes.
I would like to know what is really happening in the White House.
I would like the left wing media and pundants to back
off.

P.S. If Powell wasn't such an egomaniac who
believed his own press clippings,
he would be the clear communicator who would be a great go to guy of
this campaign and be the hero of this war like Iraq.
The great James Baker was awe inspiring during
Iraq and was utilized by Bush for the most
important momemts but Powell's ego has ruined this
opportunity for himself because he is disloyal to W and
can't be trusted.
Sorry to sound negative.
I love W as my greatest role model and President
and America and this wonderfully generous posting
by RINTENSE which is the hight of my every day.

Hey Batman. Don't apologize for being honest. Everyone here at FR is also concerned about the President and VP. We'd be fooling ourselves if we thought they are not targets. All we can do is pray that they remain safe and have faith in a Higher plan.

I think we all worry about our leader, Batman94, but I think it's just incentive for us all to keep supporting him every way we can and keep the prayers constantly going up.

I think Cheney may be toning things down or pulling back just a tad so that President Bush is firmly placed center-stage as Commander-in-Chief. A VP needs to be seen as 2nd-in-command, rather than tied for first, ;) so that may be why he seems less "fired up" right now.

As for the President, I think we're settling into the "long haul" aspect of this war--what he needs now, more than anything IMO, is endurance. I thought yesterday's speech at the Dixie Printing Co was very inspiring, but only after I saw it--he's the kind of person that seems to connect best visually....does that make sense? Anyway, I think today was less intense just because of the audience. I just wish he wasn't running into so many brick walls with the Senate. I was realizing on my way home tonight that cooperation right now only seems to be a priority from the Republican side. The 'rats are still playing power games and it's really awful.

Try not to let the media get to you, though, they're a bunch of idiots and it seems to me that normal, everyday people are beginning to see that or at least that they're not buying the nonsense that the media is spewing.

I don't know where I heard or read this, but someone pointed out that our president doesn't spend a lot of time intellectualizing and rationalizing things and what that means is that when he speaks he really connects with the American people. I think that is a great strength of his, and it means that regardless of the nonsense that comes from the idiots in the media, the people who count really respond to him on a basic, personal level.

Ultimately, I believe God put him where he is now, and He did so for a purpose. And God's purposes will be fulfilled, no one can stand against that.

-penny

Sorry to sound negative

For those of us prone to see the glass as half empty, it helps to count to ten and then edit half of the post out. Then count to ten and edit out another half.
Can't say more as I have edited it out.