[Archfiend]

Hate to be a downer but...

[dalebert]

I don't doubt Bush at all. You did leave off the "Barf Alert". What would you do that would work better?

[Clemenza]

Aside from the whole Israel thing (when did this become a "right wing" issue?), I agree with the central points of this critique. When will the Republicans in general stop spending money that we don't have?

[Texasforever]

Hate to be a downer but...

You're not, you're just, pathetic.

[Brimack34]

Just remember how they arrived on his desk. He can not veto everything. The Rino's in the house and senate have too help too.

[itsahoot]

I'm certain that I'm in the minority right now,

For sure, but maybe not for long.

[general_re]

The Bushes always give away too much on the domestic side. His father did it, he'll do it. Whatever, I'll take it - he's still a major improvement over the previous jag-off officeholder.

[Texasforever]

BTW, when you post something you wrote on your personal web site, you should post it as a vanity not disguise it as a legitimate political analysis.

[Reagan Man]

Now I know many of you think I'm crazy right now.

Not just now, but tomorrow and the next day and the day after that, and so on and so forth.

Actually, gov_bean_counter got it right.

This article is a simple minded, shallow analysis of President Bush's performance.

[1rudeboy]

Decent article, if you like reading grocery lists. What gets me is the last paragraph. Nothing. Nada. No counter-arguments. No suggestions. Just an abject apology. Great writing. Not.

[Restorer]

In the last hundred years, only FDR and JFK have enjoyed the type of overwhelming support that George Bush has received since Sept. 11th.

I don't Mr. Hawkins' strong suit is history. There have been other wildly popular presidents. Notably Teddy Roosevelt and Warren G. Harding.

Also my understanding is that JFK's enormous popularity was mostly posthumous and retrospective.

[jumpstartme]

Another paperweight analysis from the 1% crowd of dogma. Try pragma and steer straight when you touch down on entry to the real world.

[dcwusmc]

IMHO, he has no convictions to stand for. He's shown that since day one!

[Satadru]

With the blessings of the Bush administration, all pretenses of budgetary restraint have been abandoned as the Republican party is supporting a gargantuan farm bill and even more odious prescription drug legislation.

This guy likes to read George Will.

[SkyPilot]

This is our President now...

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This is who we used to have...

Quit whining.

[dead]

I have been very critical of Bush on many issues, but this is an ill-informed analysis of Bush's performance, by a simple-minded writer with a very superficial grasp of the issues.

The author is not wrong everywhere, but he's not insightful anywhere.

[capt. norm]

The author is obviously not a chess player.

The complexity of what Bush has to do is obviously going to fly right over the heads of many.

[Cold Heat]

The proper position to take with this president is to support him in his efforts. If you must be critical of his policies then take them issue by issue and make your case.

To blanketly claim a failing presidency and then say your "sorry you had to say it and you hope you are wrong", seems a bit like a arm chair quarterback rant about a football team.

To summarize, this should not have been said without making a case for what should have been done!

As it is, it is nothing but whiny claptrap!

[baseballmom]

Oh PUHlease. Guess who listened to Rush today? That's all............

[McGavin999]

Unfortunately, your analysis is failing. First of all, we are at war. I know you think that the war is "over there" but it's not, it's right here. This country is in severe danger from Islamic militants right here in our own country. There is a lot going on, but, in order to keep the public from panicing it's being done as quickly and quietly as possible. There are so many balls in the air right now that dropping even one could create a situation so serious and deadly that this country would be hard pressed to continue.

Bush is trying to keep it all together and the dems are taking advantage. One day, when history looks back, it's people like you they will be shaking their heads at, wondering just how people could be so short sighted they would betray the man who was trying to keep them alive.

You really ought to be ashamed.

[Lancey Howard]

Oh, well, Bush is the best we can hope for right now, and I think he's doing pretty well considering that the scumbags control the Senate. So you can blather about a "failing Presidency" all you want - - the alternative is some liberal scumbag or another, supported and elected by welfare mothers, clucking feminists, abortionists, socialists, minority "victim" groups, and various other losers, slugs and parasites. I'll take Bush any day.