From: Robert Comer 

Sounds like he's a realist to me.

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Bob Comer


On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:08:09 -0400, "Mark"
 wrote:

>Sounds like Lee "bail me out" Iacocca is in full-blown Bush Derangement
>Syndrome -- a shame.
>
>"John Beamish"  wrote in message
>news:op.tqsvcasdm6tn4t{at}dellblack.phub.net.cable.rogers.com...
>> http://www.bordersstores.com/features/feature.jsp?file=wherehavealltheleader
sgone
>>
>> 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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