[caddie]

Oh, I have much more, but this single bit of lunacy is more than enough to make him a total failure to me.

Now what will you be saying in Bush's defense when the second 9-11 occurs, thousands more Americans die, and we find out that it, like the first, was Saudi financed and organized?

Will you consider Bush to be just as much of a genius when another dress-wearing fatass Saudi prince comes over to the disaster site, and basically blames us for the attack, specifically, ties it to our just alliance with Israel, as happened last September?

What will you say then?

I admit, I don't see it your way.

I can't imagine how you calculate out how Bush's treatment of the Saudis is some brilliant kind of foreign policy tour de force.

It's half delusion, and half cowardice, in reality.

Delusion that these Saudi barbarians will be anything but, and

cowardice to find our own energy without being tied to the Saudi's apron strings.

[rintense]

This is precisely why I refuse to speculate on events that haven't happened. If and when another attack occurs, you automatically have assumed it would be Bush's fault, without even seeing any evidence. Sorry, but I just can't do that.

But they key here is that Bush can do nothing with a Democratically controlled Senate. Win back the Senate, and win back the bully pulpit. You may disagree with that, but I think this is where we will truly see the real plan behind all the 'compromises' this year. I will remain an optimist, especially after eight years of utter hopelessness.