[Focault's Pendulum]

Uh...what exactly do we owe him? He's doing the job we hired him to do.

He does it correctly....the way it's supposed to be done. Do we owe him extra because the eight years prior to him were a disaster.

I'll thank him, profusely...but I.... don't owe him a damn thing for doing things that are supposed to be done.

[f.Christian]

In "The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy," he argues that the prevailing vision in the press, academy and politics has become so ... dogmatic --- that it has lost touch with reality.

Mr. Sowell labels the competing visions "constrained" and "unconstrained." The constrained vision argues that perfection is impossible, that social policy consists of structuring incentives for self-centered men, that life is a series of trade-offs. This vision is represented by the likes of Adam Smith, Edmund Burke and Alexander Hamilton (and of course, Dick Cheney and the Bush administration mindset).

[madison10]

We "owe" him the respect he has earned, Mr. Pendulum. :)

[Yankee]

Uh...what exactly do we owe him? He's doing the job we hired him to do.

He does it correctly....the way it's supposed to be done. Do we owe him extra because the eight years prior to him were a disaster.

I'll thank him, profusely...but I.... don't owe him a damn thing for doing things that are supposed to be done.

Wow. Tough crowd!

We'll just mark you down as "undecided", OK?

[Wolfstar]

Given the audacious, brazen quality of the 9/11 attacks and the simultaneous anthrax attacks, without a president who took the decisive action George W. has taken, your life (and the lives of all Americans) would be in grave danger today. Although we can never know for certain, it is entirely possible that Dubya has saved your life, and mine, and many thousands more.

In addition, even though the economy has still not turned the corner into strong growth, it is growing. Just a year and a half ago, it was literally at a standstill in the wake of 9/11. Dubya rallied us, encouraged us, kept us together, kept us focused on our own daily lives while he and his administration worried about the war radical Islamists declared on us.

Yes, the President is doing the job we hired him to do. But there is a vast distinction between just doing a job and doing it magnificently. At the very least, we owe him loyalty and respect. Your post tells me you are incapable of either.

[Republic]

His burden is much greater than yours or mine. He has done, imho, the HARD thing. Taken the tough road. And lifted this nation beyond measure. For sure he is doing his job, and for sure he is doing it in an exceptional manner. And for sure, this FReeper owes him deeply for this. Perhaps you don't-whatever. I found your post totally cold.