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Bush is unflappable. He withstood the smears of cocaine use and being AWOL from his military duty, he withstood the John McCain media onslaught, he withstood the foreign leader quiz ambush and resultant ridicule from the smarty set, he withstood revelation of his alcoholism, he withstood the DUI crap, he withstood the Florida election stuff .... all with dignity and measured class.

It was humorous how Democrat elitists misread him. Cheney ran the office, remember. His Daddy got him the job. His brother fixed the Florida election. He was a back slapping frat boy. Bush was a bumbler, a dullard. That was the image crafted for him by the media, and accepted by the left.

Americans didn't see that. They saw an honest, conscientous leader. They didn't think he was stupid.

From the first time I watched him operate, during the New Hampshire primary, I always saw him as an astute, disciplined executive. He was clear and sincere.

I think he was honestly committed to creating a new atmosphere of cooperation and bipartisanship in D.C. The Dems took this as weakness and naivete. It wasn't weak, but it WAS naive.

Many here try to marginalize Bush supporters as blind acolytes. That's insulting, but moreover, it's ignorant. I vote for President based on my read of his overall ideology ... but more importantly, his judgement, character and discipline. I liked the way he treated Laura. I loved the way he handled that nutjob Gore during the debates. I liked the way he handled the Chinese/surveilence plane event. It was never a crisis. Bush won my proxy early on - I don't micromanage every single legislative accomodation he makes, I trust him to pick his battles wisely. I don't have access to his information, his strategy and his constraints. Nobody here does. I support him because he's a conservative, he's a good manager of a good team, and he's honest and strong.

He's a winner. He wins the right way, for us.

Very well stated. Anyone who has taken an "honest" look at this gentleman comes through it impressed.

I liked him when I saw that he treated everyone at campaign stops the same way...press, blue-haired old ladies, big-shot locals, donors, teenagers...all got the same courtesy and attention. I never once saw him lash out at someone, even though some deserved it.

Not one other candidate had that quality. Not one.

I also saw him do an impromptu press conference in both Spanish and English, translating back and forth for both groups of speakers. Therefore, I knew he wasn't stupid. Ha!

Brit Hume on Fox during the roundtable talked about President Bush's strategy with the UN and said he wouldn't be surprised if the next step is "OK. we are going to nuke Baghdad" and the UN says "Oh, no! Please let us do a conventional invasion!" LOL!

"Many here try to marginalize Bush supporters as blind acolytes."

LOL...yes, we're Bushbots, whenever we support him. Then again, many of those dismissing us as Bushbots are libertarians who think the war is about oil and are more interested in legalizing pot than in understanding politics.

Your whole post though: well said BUMP.