[Travis McGee]

"I have a secret plan: I'm going to do it anyway."

Ya gotta love him, even if he has a blind eye on the illegal immigrant invasion.

[jwfiv]

Great read, thanks for the ping.

Truth is, I'm so proud of Dubya I could bust wide open, like a ripe watermelon under the hot, West Texas sun.

I'm thinking Li'l Tommy Two-faces has a huuuuuuge case of hearburn by the time he goes to bed everynight...the numbers in his polls have got to be rotting his gutless self to bits.

[GretchenEE]

Wonderful read. Refreshing beyond words to see this coming across the Atlantic, even if it is from a strong national ally.

[metesky]

The second thing I like about this President is his total lack of pomposity. He cannot bear pretentious people. Gone is the endless list of film celebrities, Kevin Spacey and the like, who were brought to the White House in the Clinton years - the people now invited to stay there overnight are mainly from Texas and tend to be state politicians, country and western singers or just old friends.

People should understand this basic difference: Clinton was a man with no friends, only political allies, a man playing the president who naturally thought of himself more as a celebrity than anything else, hence his affinity for low-rent players and brassy women.

George Bush isn't playing, he is the President.

Thanks for the ping Pokey!

[KeyWest]

Exceptional article.

[Brian Allen]

<< "I have a secret plan: I'm going to do it anyway." >>

May God's blessings continue to be heaped upon Our Beloved FRaternal Republic, including in the being of Our President and Armed Forces Commander In Chief, George Walker Bush!

And how wonderful for you and for the United Kingdom, Ivan, that you have, in waiting; in Abslute contrast to its execrable KKKli'toon clone, Blair -- and as Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition, The Right Honorable William Hague Esquire.

Impressive piece!

Warm FReegards, Y'All -- B A

[nicmarlo]

LOL, yep, I've always said, Bush says what he means and means what he says, which rankles the Rats and liberals. I also believe they sense his steely determination, based on principle, of course, more so now that I know this: "I have a secret plan: I'm going to do it anyway."

Thanks for the ping pokey; truly a great article . . . truly a Great President. God bless President Bush!

[MeekOneGOP]

Profile: George W Bush

Excerpt:

There are a number of things I particularly like about this man. The first is his self-discipline. One morning in 1986 he woke up with a hangover and decided that his drinking was excessive and had to end.

He does not believe in lengthy psychoanalytical agonising over such things, telling a Washington Post journalist two years ago: "I am not really the type to wander off and sit down and go through deep wrestling with my soul. I just quit drinking. Enough. Totally. I stopped. Not that complicated. Can we talk about something else?"

He decided and he stuck to it. His motivation to do so, and strictly to look after himself with rest, exercise and good diet, is supported not only by the memory of what he was doing to himself with alcohol but by a powerful sense of moral responsibility.

This in turn is fuelled by religious belief, also acquired in the 1980s, a fervent and evangelical readiness to talk about Jesus that is far more familiar in modern America than in Europe.

His daily schedule oozes self-discipline: invitations to an evening at the White House are for six o'clock. Dinner is served before seven and you are on your way by nine. He finishes the day with an hour's work and is almost always in bed at 10 o'clock.

Running and working out feature in almost every day. He is passionate about running, usually spending the first five minutes of any meeting with me talking to Seb Coe (my private secretary when leader of the opposition) about times, distances and whether he did the presidential seven-minute mile that morning.

He thinks running saved his life by revealing the damage that smoking and drinking do. "It is only when I am exercising," he told Seb, "particularly running, that I feel spiritually and physically sound. I am a competitive person and running is part of my competitive nature."

Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my Texas, General Interest or President Bush ping list!. . .don't be shy.

[rdb3]

I guess all Europeans haven't gone off the deep end. Nice piece from across the pond.

[Naplm]

a refreshing BUMP

[redhead]

Ahhhhhhh!!! This is as refreshing as a warm summer rain. Go, George, go!

[Joan912]

Thanks for making my day! :)

[PGalt]

Thanks Pokey78. Great article, terrific administration, outstanding President.

[leilani]

Pokey78: Thanks for the ping.I have tears in my eyes - can't even see the keyboard to write anything now. Thanks for telling us about this.