Jeremy "UncleHoot" Praay wrote:

> Bush may have been the worst President in my lifetime.   Nixon screwed up,
> was paranoid, etc.  Carter just didn't seem to know what to do.  But Bush 
> seemed to do whatever the **** he wanted, and never bothered to explain why 
> to anyone, least of all the American people.  World opinion could have been 
> swayed to some extent if he had given it a reasonable attempt, but he never 
> did.

Perhaps he noted that they hated the US before any American presently 
alive was born, and decided that courting their opinion was a waste of 
time.  Perhaps he noted that courting world opinion required the chronic 
habit of making unrewarded sacrifices and unreciprocated concessions. 
Perhaps he noted that the press had made a habit of distorting anything 
he said, so he decided that saying nothing was the wisest course of action.

> Obama will not be pulling out of Iraq any time soon.  Dates will lapse.  New 
> reasons for staying will be given.  Left-wing activists will begin to 
> realize that, "OMG!  He's a politician!"  The economy isn't going to pick up 
> any time soon.  Lucky for him, at least, it has probably bottomed out now. 
> But in the meantime, he gets the benefit of being a very new fresh face that 
> appears to be 180 degrees from Bush.

I think a rude awakening is in store for a lot of his supporters.

Regards,
John

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