While President Bush was dodging flying shoes in Iraq, he was dropping the other shoe here at home. I can almost understand the Iraq man's frustration at a President, who I genuinely believe is well-meaning, that has the annoying ability to leave people twisting in the wind.
Take his latest rug-jerking act on the Republicans in the Senate, who opposed the automaker bailout on the grounds that the unions had not given enough ground in the bailout deal...a reasonable position that the President had claimed to be sympathetic to. Then just after the bailout died in the Senate, the President revered course, saying he might be willing to use T.A.R.P. funds to make loans to the automakers; thus circumventing congress and leaving the Senate Republicans out on a limb, looking like a bunch of idiots.
How can anyone take the Republican party seriously when their own President won't back them up? Is it any wonder that the GOP is so despised right now, when even when they try to do something right, they get undercut by their own leader? You can Blame Bush for the war, the economy, or your bunions; but I blame W for the ruin of the Republican party, something that make take longer to fix than either Iraq or GM.
Nolanbuck
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