From: "Mark" 

Eh. All of his happy horseshit has been argued against, and years ago --
continue to believe it if you want. 


"Robert Comer"  wrote in
message news:e8v223de7rdvnlnqucvgnlh695jhf3av0q{at}4ax.com...
> Sounds like he's a realist to me.
>
> --
> 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=wherehavealltheleade
rsgone
>>>
>>> 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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