Polls still say Americans still have great faith in George W. Bush and his team. I wish I could say in some sense at all I felt the same way. Naturally, most of us here have a problem with Bush in general, but even my most generous instincts toward "The President" (as in, some level of respect for the personage that holds the position at any given time), I am shocked and disappointed (though not surprised) at the amateurish handling of this most important event in our nation's history.
Even if Bush is not involved, his level of uninvolvement is nearly as criminal.
Just as Watergate took a while to fester before it really took hold, and just as George Bush Sr. faded from the inflated "wartime" imagery, I think GWB is on the long slippery slope to oblivion. It will take some time.
It's just me, but I think more and more people will slowly get the picture that these people they've trusted and rallied around are either stupid, lazy, disengaged, distracted, or lying to us. None of these scenarios bode well for the administration. Despite the force-fed spin (which is becoming more apparent), real people eventually do see behind the curtain.
Bush is again being portrayed every now and again as a bumbling know- nothing and his vaunted team, who was supposed to make up for his shortcomings, are looking like the keystone cops.
At a time of great collective nervousness, I think a great many Americans want to believe that GWB can somehow lead us through the wilderness. Right now, it's because he's the one in the Big Chair. Remember too, that his party loves him. I do not believe, however, that Bush is unassailable.
Come the 2004 primary season, when others question Bush's methods and motives and present other ideas, and other faces of leadership, I think Bush will find himself in a world of trouble. It won't be a cakewalk, but I think Bush is beginning to suffer some deserved dents.
Keep up the good work!
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