BUSH IS LOSING GROUND POLITICALLY

Right on, Brother!! This president needs to have the hell investigated out of him for all the grief he has brought this nation is numerous areas.

Why do you continue to spout this garbage? Your rhetoric is showing. You never have your facts right. Your usually behind on what's happening in american policy. And what you do print is usually either outright lies or just plain political crap! How do YOU know there's no exit policy in place? Because the media hasn't told you? Bah I'm not going to bother to respond to the rest of this junk!

Your Blog is reality. The same things can be said about the Bush policy on energy, Social Security and the deficit. When you step back and take a look at where we are going and what the past 4.5 years have done, it is not hard to understand why the majority of Americans do not support what Bush wants to do. His most recent drop in support is in part because people are looking at the results of his policies and do not like what they see! It is not the media as drmiler says but the results that he does not like. The price of gas, the deficit, the cost of the war are not the fiction of the media. Even Fox is reporting the problems you mentioned in your Blog!

The War in Iraq is going very badly and there is no exit sttratregy still in place. The war in Afghanistan is slowly, but surely heating up. After lying low for nearly two years the Taliban is showing every sign of regathering its strength. The hunt for Bin Laden is going nowhere and Al Qeda is stronger than it ever was in the past. The patriot Act has eroded civil liberies in the USA and now the Big Brother even wants to monitor what you are reading. The FBI is trailing those taking more than a passing interest in West Asian culture and politics

What bs.

Your Blog is reality. The same things can be said about the Bush policy on energy, Social Security and the deficit. When you step back and take a look at where we are going and what the past 4.5 years have done, it is not hard to understand why the majority of Americans do not support what Bush wants to do.

As usual col, you don't know what Americans support. Col, why don't you respond to the posts that show the good things happening to the economy?

Even Fox is reporting the problems you mentioned in your Blog!

Why do you emphasize Fox News?

What a great article! You have a real talent for creative writing. Have you considered a career in fiction writing? You really should look into writing for the Democrats. They're going to need people who are good at writing half-truths and nonsense political rhetoric for the next elections as they don't seem to have anything more substantial upon which to base a platform. Or at least if they do they're cleverly keeping it to themselves.

You may have a promising career as a political writer. It takes real talent to spin such fanciful works of fiction out of thin air like this. Good job!

What a great article! You have a real talent for creative writing. Have you considered a career in fiction writing? You really should look into writing for the Democrats. They're going to need people who are good at writing half-truths and nonsense political rhetoric for the next elections as they don't seem to have anything more substantial upon which to base a platform. Or at least if they do they're cleverly keeping it to themselves. You may have a promising career as a political writer. It takes real talent to spin such fanciful works of fiction out of thin air like this. Good job!

More like science fiction!

The latest opinion polls in the USA suggesty that less than 40%of the American think that the war in Iraq was justified and the vast majority of the American population think that Bush and Blair dua got the countries into war using yhe WMD as the pretext. Now tell me who did the creative writing.

Yes, yes. It's looking bad for his re-election in 2008. Keep right on fighting the good fight, Bahu. If you keep yourself focused on Bush, I'm sure you'll keep him out of office...

(and a host of Republican hopefuls rest easy knowing the outraged are wasting their time...)

The latest opinion polls in the USA suggesty that less than 40%of the American think that the war in Iraq was justified and the vast majority of the American population think that Bush and Blair dua got the countries into war using yhe WMD as the pretext. Now tell me who did the creative writing.

Look we have another col who uses useless polls to present his arguements.

Yes I'm quite sure carefully worded polls of a carefully targeted 1000 people truly relfects the opinions of all Americans.

Yes I'm quite sure carefully worded polls of a carefully targeted 1000 people truly relfects the opinions of all Americans.

According to col they do, and the President should base his policies off them.

There are a lot more then 60% of 1000 people that do not agree with Bush!

There are a lot more then 60% of 1000 people that do not agree with Bush!

Prove it col.

IslandDog

Very simple - Bush would not have made his say nothing address Tuesday night if support for the war was not going SOUTH very fast! Add the fact that Blair commented on the Downing Street memo's, which prove they do exist, and a picture of nonsupport is clear. Cheney says the insurgency is in the last gasp of existence and on the very same day the Secretary of Defense says it could take 12 years more to end the insurgency. Bush is clearly aware of the lack of support for his policies in Iraq, immigration, his Social Security solution and his continued deficit financing of the United States government.

Very simple - Bush would not have made his say nothing address Tuesday night if support for the war was not going SOUTH very fast! Add the fact that Blair commented on the Downing Street memo's, which prove they do exist, and a picture of nonsupport is clear. Cheney says the insurgency is in the last gasp of existence and on the very same day the Secretary of Defense says it could take 12 years more to end the insurgency. Bush is clearly aware of the lack of support for his policies in Iraq, immigration, his Social Security solution and his continued deficit financing of the United States government

--*shakes head* never show proof...words can only do so much...

IslandDog Very simple - Bush would not have made his say nothing address Tuesday night if support for the war was not going SOUTH very fast! Add the fact that Blair commented on the Downing Street memo's, which prove they do exist, and a picture of nonsupport is clear. Cheney says the insurgency is in the last gasp of existence and on the very same day the Secretary of Defense says it could take 12 years more to end the insurgency. Bush is clearly aware of the lack of support for his policies in Iraq, immigration, his Social Security solution and his continued deficit financing of the United States government.

This is still "your" opinion and not proof! Got any hard facts?

I can't think of one time in any kind of leadership training (whether military or civilian) where the concept that popularity is a sign of leadership was mentioned as anything but a joke.

Leadership is making choices, seeing what needs to be done to make those decisions happen, and doing it. In our form of government it is not the job of the president to do whatever he thinks will increase his poll numbers, it is his job to do what he thinks is right for the country.

Anything less is merely playing to cameras. That is the difference between an leader and a politician. We have enough politicians out there, let's applaud true leadership when we see it, not knock them down because of "all important" (yet completely useless) polls.

Him giving that address to bolster support for his position is the PROOF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

First, respect is earned. If you think Bush does not play to the cameras, explain his landing on the Abe Licnoln? Why did he give his address before the military? He is 100% on Camera and NOTHING else!!!!! His problem is that the public is beginning to see that he does NOT have the answers and will not seek other options to solve our problems.

Very simple - Bush would not have made his say nothing address Tuesday night if support for the war was not going SOUTH very fast!

You lefties complain when he doesn't speak, and now you complain when he does. Him making a "speech" does not prove what I asked.

Add the fact that Blair commented on the Downing Street memo's, which prove they do exist, and a picture of nonsupport is clear.

Once again col, no original documents, no proof of what they really say.

First, respect is earned. If you think Bush does not play to the cameras, explain his landing on the Abe Licnoln? Why did he give his address before the military? He is 100% on Camera and NOTHING else!!!!! His problem is that the public is beginning to see that he does NOT have the answers and will not seek other options to solve our problems.

Bush has the respect of the military. The military vote is one reason he was re-elected. The troops know what great things are happening in Iraq, while all you do is watch the MSM headlines.

Once again you are stating your opinions and your opinion on what the public thinks.

I didn't say he NEVER played to the camera, I said "anything less is MERELY playing to the camera". Yes, he did play to the camera on the U.S.S. Lincoln. He also did it, because he was able to. The biggest thing I remember about that photo op wasn't the big "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" banner that liars like to misrepresent so often. It also isn't the speech Prs. Bush gave (although it was among his best)...

What I remember most was the look on the faces of the sailors as the camera panned acrossed them. There were a few who were looking bored to tears, some even gave the president looks of derision. However, most had looks that showed they appreciated their commander in chief taking the time to come speak to them.

I don't know how many Pass & Review type dog and pony shows I've either stood in or helped put together. Standing in them and being in the background of the grandstand has taught me a few things.

One of them is, officers are somehow under the impression that the troops have any interest in being there. (special note: I've been to a total of 2 that the troops actually wanted to be there, both were for Changes of Command, for exemplary unit commanders. The rest were nothing but dog and pony shows to make the brass feel all self important.)

When Prs. Bush was speaking, most of the looks on the faces of the sailors were genuinely glad he was there. Another thing I remember was how he didn't leave to meet with the officers of the ship until he had shaken the hand of every sailor that wanted to shake his. They obviously weren't ordered to, as many didn't, but look how many did.... and he made time for each of them.

The fact that you don't recognise leadership when you see it, Colon Gene, doesn't suprise me in the least.

Hate double posts! ;~D

IslandDog

Acknowledgement by the British head of state is proof enough the Downing Street Memo's exist!

The Bush record stands. No military person who did what Bush did in 1972 can hold their head up. He violated the most BASIC issue of the military-- OBEY ORDERS AND REGULATIONS! Busg violated that most basic principal!

The Bush record stands. No military person who did what Bush did in 1972 can hold their head up. He violated the most BASIC issue of the military-- OBEY ORDERS AND REGULATIONS! Bush violated that most basic principal!