I don't get my news solely from the leftist media. In fact, most of my news is gleened from that posted to Free Republic - I use it as sort of a conservative news clipping service. I read news from all sources and make up my own mind.
I'm just not happy with him right now. I expected far more in his second term. Mostly, I felt very betrayed by his talk of amnesty for criminal invaders (ie. illegal aliens) so soon after starting his second term. It demonstrated that rewarding lawbreakers was one of his highest priorities and that really did it for me. That was the day I scraped the Bush stickers off my vehicles. He has still yet to veto a single bill and the Republicans in congress are spending like drunken sailors. He's not providing the fiscal leadership that he should be. He should be threatening to veto their bloated, pork-filled budgets so that they won't even pass that stuff, but he's not. He's going to sign each one of them without any hesitation. He has been largely ineffective on a Republican agenda and even his own agenda. The war in Iraq is grinding on and I'm not seeing the progress I expected. Our "kinder, gentler" methods over there are getting our soldiers killed. And it sickens me to see women in combat. Bush as Commander-in-Chief could have kept that from happening and, instead, he was part of sneaking in this new precedent. He's letting the Democrats get away with far too much. Did he even comment on Durbin's seditious remarks? Did he spank Kennedy for demanding that Rumsfield resign?
This stuff adds up and despite some of the areas where I disagreed with the President I've been approving of his job performance. Lately, like I said, weighing all the factors and everything he's doing, it has slipped into the slight disapproval column in my opinion.
Would I approve more of the job that John Kerry would have been doing? Absolutely not! But Bush has left a lot to be desired in this second term.
I agree with alot of what you say, although I still have my W stickers on. Even tho I don't agree with him on everything, I love George W when the the real George W stands up.
All this butt-wiping at Gitmo is just icing on the cake.