From: "Mark" 

Sounds like Lee "bail me out" Iacocca is in full-blown Bush
Derangement Syndrome -- a shame.

"John Beamish"  wrote in message
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> http://www.bordersstores.com/features/feature.jsp?file=wherehavealltheleaders
gone
>
> On September 11, 2001, we needed a strong leader more than any other time
> in our history. We needed a steady hand to guide us out of the ashes.
> Where was George Bush? He was reading a story about a pet goat to kids in
> Florida when he heard about the attacks. He kept sitting there for twenty
> minutes with a baffled look on his face. It's all on tape. You can see it
> for yourself. Then, instead of taking the quickest route back to
> Washington and immediately going on the air to reassure the panicked
> people of this country, he decided it wasn't safe to return to the White
> House. He basically went into hiding for the day-and he told Vice
> President Dick Cheney to stay put in his bunker. We were all frozen in
> front of our TVs, scared out of our wits, waiting for our leaders to tell
> us that we were going to be okay, and there was nobody home. It took Bush
> a couple of days to get his bearings and devise the right photo op at
> Ground Zero.
>
> That was George Bush's moment of truth, and he was paralyzed. And what did
> he do when he'd regained his composure? He led us down the road to Iraq-a
> road his own father had considered disastrous when he was President. But
> Bush didn't listen to Daddy. He listened to a higher father. He prides
> himself on being faith based, not reality based. If that doesn't scare the
> crap out of you, I don't know what will.
>
> A Hell of a Mess
>
> So here's where we stand. We're immersed in a bloody war with no plan for
> winning and no plan for leaving. We're running the biggest deficit in the
> history of the country. We're losing the manufacturing edge to Asia, while
> our once-great companies are getting slaughtered by health care costs. Gas
> prices are skyrocketing, and nobody in power has a coherent energy policy.
> Our schools are in trouble. Our borders are like sieves. The middle class
> is being squeezed every which way. These are times that cry out for
> leadership.
>
> But when you look around, you've got to ask: "Where have all the leaders
> gone?" Where are the curious, creative communicators? Where are the people
> of character, courage, conviction, competence, and common sense? I may be
> a sucker for alliteration, but I think you get the point.

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