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The explanation doesn't have to satisfy you - it just has to convince enough of the average folks out there.

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Not long ago average folks believed the world was flat, organisms spontaneously generated themselves and Pagannini was in league with the devil because he played the violin in a way nobody previous to him had been able to. Sorry pal, your belief that average folkd determin the truth by what they believe doesn't hold up.

You and I have no agreement upon what constitutes basic reality. What I'm sensing among a number of people is a repeat performance of Kennedy and Camelot with Bush as the new idol. There was no substance to the Kennedy myth. I see determination to construct a Bush myth without substance. Bush is like a messiahanic religion to some people. It won't seel at my house. Dialogue terminated.

your belief that average folkd determin the truth by what they believe doesn't hold up

True. But what average folks believe certainly determines what happens inside our political environment. The vast majority of Americans don't know and don't care how Pagannini played the violin. What they've come to sense is that they trust and like Geo. W. Bush as a person, and as their President. This overwhelming gushing of trust toward the person in the Oval Office is, quite frankly, refreshing considering where things were from 1993-2000.

Excuse me, but what is this "dialogue terminated" statement you have now used twice on this thread.

YOU may not wish to discuss this, but you are not the final arbiter.

I hate to tell you this, but my beautician, who thinks Cheney is ugly and won't vote for him, has an EQUAL vote with those of high intellect, such as you. Therefore, in order for a candidate to be elected, he must appeal to those sordid "common folk," who vote on hair styles, jokes, and who has the prettiest wife. This IS how a large number of the electorate vote.

Until you can get a Constitutional amendment passed requiring an IQ and current events test before voting, it is vitally necessary to appeal to those common people. You betray your ignorance of politics when you smarmingly discount those who aren't as astute as you.

Common people may not determine the truth, but they do determine who gets elected.

Look, Bush was my FOURTH choice. My first choice was Forbes. Two others went by the wayside as well. Quite frankly, I had doubts. I became a convert, if you will.

I don't see it as a repeat of the Kennedy-Camelot myth, because in this case, there is a lot more substance to it. Part of it is buyer's remorse that took eight years to sink in. Part of it is the class that George W. Bush has shown during the campaign - despite a lot of personal attacks from the Dems and the Left. A big part of it was the way Bush handled 9/11 and is handling the war.

The other misconception you labor under is that you think Bush wants such a mythology - I don't think he EVER wanted it. Far from it. I'm not even sure that George Bush Sr. ever wanted a dynasty. You cannot say the same about Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., who was pretty open about wanting a dynasty, and who had a decided lack of class.