Bush is a disgrace to the office of POTUS. Not only is Iraq a debacle, costing thousands of American lives and Trillions of dollars, but as someone else reiterated, Bush is determined to give this country away to criminal invaders.

Bush needs to be impeached NOW. He is a TRAITOR.

Mr. Bush is a lost cause because his house of cards was just that. He is just another typical politician that blathers words to fit a mold but really doesn't have any foundation from which to stand.

He is a hypocrit of the ultimate kind, which is part of why our political system in general is so bankrupt. The Republicans are the stooges of Corporations and K Street and the Democrats are beholden to archaic and corrupt Unions and populism.

What is the informed citizen to do in such a situation? How do we even acknowledge an election as a 'choice'? Bush is just a part of a bigger problem, one that is mainly the fault of Americans themselves and their lack of understanding, education and interest in their country and political system.

The comments thus far reflect those sentiments exactly.

note; the 25 prominent people that think they know everthing are dem's. do you really believe that they are capable of giving an honest view.

Bush never had a "bond" with America. He was barely elected running against poor opponents, his first election had to be decided by a conservative supreme court. He got his wish to go to war and now and forever will be known as the Alfred E. Newman of American presidents. He has spent the little capital he had. It is gone, but there never was a bond.

It's people who say simple-minded slogans like "America First How About It" that gave Bush the momentum he needed to bring our country down to the level we now find ourselves. If you want America to be first, start asking hard questions of your government. Do your homework about what's really going on here and around the world. Hold your leaders accountable for their actions.

President's Bond With US 'May be Lost'.

MAY be lost?
Have you been living under a rock for the last year or so?

Bush is a loser - until the republican congress says enough - let's get rid of him - we are dying as a country - plain and simple...

Bushes legacy has been lost due to his loyalty to the Corporations and dis-loyalty to the American people his Anti-immigration law bill and pro Free trade (i.e. exporting American Jobs) will bury him and his republican party faster than the war on Iraq I voted for him both times but I will not vote ever again for another so-called free trader

Seems to me its not just the War in Iraq. In Fact, I support the President in that war, although I believe its being used as a distraction for the real agenda...GLOBALISM! I resent the way the administration is stealthally ignoring the real problems in America, 1) the collapse of the middle class 2) the invasion of illegals from Mexico, Central and South America, China , etc. 3) the deterioration of the dollar along with massive spending/bebt on the new American welfare state. 4) Vindictive prosecution of Americans including Border Patrol Agents along with granting of immunity for an illeal alien drug smuggler who is now sueing the US for violating his civil rights. It seems that illegal aliens are granted civil rights while citizens are being malisiously persecuted.

Give me a break with the histrionics. Bush isn't Washington or Lincoln, and he hasn't yet fought to win in Iraq. But he's also overseen the freeing of millions of people and enacted policies that have kept us from domestic attack for five-plus years in an age where millions of dangerous people very much want nothing else but to see us all dead. He's also the first U.S. President since the days of the Barbary pirates, including his father and Clinton and Reagan, to see Islamic extremism as the threat it truly is and to do something about it.

I know, I know. Halliburton Bush is Dumb Bush Lied Chimpy McSmirk. But after you're done, take a grown up look at what's really happened.

Lets see here..JFK brought us VietNam (at first just trainers) and the Bay of Pigs Fiasco.
Jimmah gave us a fiasco in the desert of Iran while trying to "save" diplomats held by the Revolutionary Guard. Bill C. sent cruise missles into Iraq. Seems that the Party affiliation has little to do with who gets us in trouble in the world.

IRAN SUX: Buddy, you got that all wrong.

The US in Iraq = the Problem.

Wake up and smell the reality.

El Presidente Vicente Bush should be impeached for refusing to uphold his oath of office to protect our borders from alien invasion. His lack of action to protect our southern border and his refusal to deal with the MILLIONS of alien invaders in our country is disgraceful. I voted for him twice, and I sincerely regret it.

There is an old saying - "People deserve the government they elect". What we have today is NOT the fault of George Bush but the fault of every single American that voted for him and his cronies - SHAME ON ALL OF YOU!

This "gut-level bond"...what Dowd is saying, if I understand him correctly, is that the Reagan Era innovation of Stupid Is Good and its convention of Stupid Is Popular has run its course.

Maybe it was all just stupidity. Actually, forget the "maybe". It was.

Bush should be impeached for not only mis managing Iraq, he got us in but won't let the generals finish the job. In addition he has thrown open the borders, put border patrol agents in jail on the word of a repeat drug smuggler, he is bringing in 7000 refugees from Iraq, he has just made a worse deal with North Korea than Clinton did. I am a life long conservative and voted for Bush twice and he has destroyed the Republican Party. He has guaranteed Hillary as our next President and a Democrat Congress for years unless the Republicans in Congress start the process to remove him from office and get back to the true roots of the party. Frank

Mr Dowd is trying to get on a train that left the station several years ago. Now the only person who believes Bush is Bush and a couple of abortion clinic bombers. Also, well put Chuck, shame on the news outlets for letting the lies go unchallenged. We deserve better from the press.

If you think we have problems now wait until a million people from Iraq are allowed in to the US because of the collapse that follows our withdrawal. And these people will not be vetted any better than the Bosnian that terrorized the Mall in Utah.

I would love to see Americans express an opinion on fact rather than emotion! All I see is emotional based opinion with very little, if any, facts to back the opinion up. It is a fact that Saddam gave $25 Thousand for each suicide bomber in Isreal. It is a fact that Saddam actively pursued Nuclear technology in the past. It is a fact that Saddam marched his opposers out of an auditorium and had them tortured and/or executed when he first took power. It is a fact that he has used chemical and biological weapons on the Iranians and his own people. It is a fact that there was a concensus that he still had those weapons before the United States went in and removed him from power. People are bashing our President because things aren't currently going well on the War on terror, which Iraq now is. However, what war has went well if you think about it? If you measure how well a war goes based on casualties, we are doing pretty well! In WWI and WWII we lost hundreds of thousands of military personnel. In the Korean Conflict and Vietnam we lost less than 100 thousand military personnel. in Iraq we have lost just over 3000. If you put that into perspective on how many U.S. citizens die in a year here in the United States due to violent crime, it is a fraction. think about it for a while. No war has a good outcome for soldiers, but the long term results of fighting an enemy fixed on ideology and allowing those who do the fighting to do what it takes to win is priceless! Putting limits on their abilities will ultimately lead to failure and that is what a majority of you, the American people are wanting! Help our military men and women do what it takes to win. That doesn;t include limiting the number that can go and fight, nor does it mean bring them home when the jobs not done!

Charles Krauthammer said it best and it applies to the mainstream media and most of the posters here: "Bush Derangement Syndrome: the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal people in reaction to the policies, the presidency -- nay -- the very existence of George W. Bush."

JFK got us into Viet Nam (first just advisors)as well as the Bay of Pigs fiasco, Jimmah C. sent Military into the Iran Desert to "save' diplomats held hostage. Our military barely got out and lost two transport planes and several dead and Bill Clinton sent cruise missles into Iraq, and troops into Mogadishu and Serbia.
When it comes to wielding power. the political stripe means little.

Pres. Bush has his hands tied... and that is ashame. What we really need to do is drop a big one on Mecca. Years ago, another Presidential canidate mentioned, put the walls up around the US, and he was taken down... no this logic makes more sense... Yes, US=freedom... but it does not mean coming into the country, and trying to change what the US stands for....

These comments here seem unusually stupid today, even by Internet comment standards.

For one, IRANSUX, where do you think you are right now? At an ABC Web site. Clearly their left-leaning bias hasn't kept you from reading. So I guess they're doing something right, if such a good-hearted American like you is still a reader.

Also, MIKE COON, did you *read* the article in the first place? The reason it was news was that it was *not* a milksop leftist child who criticized Bush, but his own past advisor, someone who's probably not so much as even voted for a Democrat before, much less a leftist.

I believe Bush wasted his capitol with the American People by an authoritarian leadership style that might have worked 60 years ago, but will not make it in today's world.

I believe Bush does have good motives and the hate speech against him has been shrill. It is a sad day when both sides are so interested in power that they cannot work together for the common good.

BTW I voted for Bush both times.

More then Bush is to blame here.

This article's another example of how America's liberal media jumps on any story that suggests the President has lost his grip. His grip is as firm as ever. He's a man of principle who sticks to his guns and doesn't waffle with every change in the polls. Liberals hate that. You can't be a liberal and stick to principle. That would force you to make a commitment.
Interesting that none of the mainstream media covered the President's press conference on 2/15 at AEI. He was very much in command and he outlined the new Iraq strategy with clarity and conviction. Too bad you missed that, ABC.

BUSH IS A BOUGHT OFF WHITE DEVIL. THE IRAQ WAR IS A SMOKE SCREEN TO LET ALL THE 3RD WORLD SQUATTERS INTO THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY TO TAKE ALL THE JOBS AWAY FROM THE MIDDLE CLASS.
STOP VOTING DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN. THEY ARE ALL TRAITORS.
THESE DEVILS WANT TO PROPOGATE FEAR SO THEY CAN CONTROL YOU.
THE ONLY TERRORIST IS IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

YEs, flotsam!
"He is giving our country away to any and all comers who freely, because of Bush, come into our country, rapists, murderers, terrorists, thieves, the scum of the earth. Also allowing 700 Iraqi people now entering. Bush and the Republicans are a disgrace."
AB _SO_ LU_TE_LY_!!_!!_!!_!

Bush will become more popular again as we start improving things in Iraq. Americans tend to be very impatient and the fight against dictators and terrorism is a long one. The results will eventually improve and Bush will be vindicated. He is a courageous man.

The last two to stand in lock step with President Bush will be Tony Snow and Rush Limbaugh - but Rush will exit first - he's not that stupid.

These Bush people don't get it.

They abandoned their base.

They've flooded the country with nearly 40-50 million illegal aliens. Do you like the idea of gang-bangers in your neighborhood?(If you don't perceive the danger of that, then you live in a gated community or they haven't reached your town in significant numbers yet.)

They flood the country with muslims. Now they're about to let in 7,000 Iraqis.

High tech jobs are going to H1-B visa foreigners who're working taking high tech jobs from Americans because they'll work for a lower salary.

US companies outsourcing jobs overseas.

Is this what US troops are risking their lives for?

What so corporate America can continue on in its status quo and so tens years from now they can open up Starbucks coffee shops throughout the Middle East?

America today is only a shell of its glorious past.

I dont believe that PRESIDENT BUSH deserves the lashing that he is getting,im a republican i voted for him..however im very concerned about what is going with illegal immagration,the two border patrol officers,the refugees coming into our country,the agreement to give socila security to illigals having worked 8 to 10 months in this country! im upset ..as to why washinton is not hearing what the american people are saying....i believe we have been sold out, not just by president Bush..it goes alot farther than him... SOME ARE PUSHING FOR A ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT.......GET READY ITS HERE...GOD HELP US....

My question has always been, "Are we at war or not?" It is like being half-pregnant. Either fight the damn war, which includes protecting OUR BORDERS, and sealing ALL BORDERS INTO AND OUT OF IRAQ, or just getting the hell out! We must fight this war 100% all-out and quit screwing around or there WILL be more blown up American buildings thanks to Islamists.

Bush lost his bond with the U.S. not over the wa ron terror but due to refusing to fight against the invasion from Mexico.
We are being overrun. The Mexican invasion is harming our economy and our freedoms as the bring thier socialism with them.

I served in Iraq for nearly two years as a civilian US government employee. I voted for Bush in 2000 and traveled to Florida to help him win the recount there. I voted absentee from Baghdad for Bush in 2004.
Bush's failure to plan for postwar Iraq is catastrophic and astounding. Everybody had a postwar plan EXCEPT THE U.S.!!!! All the countries surrounding Iraq had a plan for when the Americans took out Saddam. The interests within Iraq, the Sunnis, the Shia, the Kurds, all had plans. Osama bin Laden made preparations, as did Moqtada al Sadr. But the arrogance and hubris of Bush and his top advisors prevented a postwar plan in the rush to WAR WAR WAR.

You know the hardest part?

I absolutely adored this guy.

Now, I don't trust him or most of the people in Congress.

Seems like they're all bought off by multi-national corporations. Have you seen recent studies on demographics?

This country will balkanize, unless a miracle happens. That is fact. The only thing the average American has in common is probably that they use Microsoft word on their computer.

Draft Jenna.

Those who argue George W deserves admiration because he stands by his convictions aren't looking too closely at those convictions: He has ballooned the size of our government and our deficit so much that my fellow fiscal conservatives have totally given up on him; He has ruined American credibility and the GOP's reputation for national security expertise by botching the reasons for war and then botching the war; and his immigration policy is unrecognizable. Knee-jerk Bush supporters need to open their eyes, even at the risk of embarrassment. Love the country, not the party. Please.

Bush may have made mistakes, but things could of been a lot worse. At least the American people were smart enough not to put John Kerry in the white house. That would have been a greater mistake than the sum of Bush's. For all those people out there that hate America, you know who you are, Liberals, Democrats, the news media.. Please feel free to leave.

Owners of all major news networks are also members of the CFR. The CFR's adjenda is to merge the US, Canada and Mexico by 2010. They instruct Georgie what to do through their stooge Dick. Interesting that none of the networks will report this fact because each have a cencership office that selectively reports the news that is delivered to the sheeple.

the weakest generation ought to grow the hell up. 3000 war dead in 4 years is tragic for the families, but insignificant to a nation of 250+ million. We need to stay in Iraq, take out Iran BEFORE they get Nukes, and close our border to illegals.

I DONT THINK PRESIDENT BUSH SHOULD BE IMPEACHED, I VOTED FOR HIM..however im very upset about how he has ignored illigal immagration.along with teddy kennedy,and mc'cain..
i believe that, some in washington want to bring in a one world order under this administration!
im very upset about bringing in Iraqie refugees,which means more tax dollars towards food stamps,housing,medical,education,
etc..we have been sold out.
washington'politically correct can allow an IMMAN public prayers to his Alla but the christian had not better mention JESUS CHRIST BECAUSE ITS OFFENSIVE...THE POPE IN ROME KISSED THE THE QARAN.and said i recieve this from GOD.but the christian cant take a Bible to school WE HAVE ENTERED A NEW DARK age, before long my head will be on the butchers block because i beleive that JESUS CHRIST is LORD.

CHRISTIANS GET READY IM NOT AN EDUCATED PERSON..BUT IM OLD AND KNOW THAT AMERICA HAS BEEN SOLD OUT..WHY, WHO, DONT KNOW....COULD IT BE THE RICH,THE SO CALLED SECRET SOCIATY, the GOD HELP US....I THINK OUR VOTE MEANS NOTHING ALL IN WASHINGTON SEEM TO BE COUGHT UP IN LIES... THE VOTERS put a MUSLIM will GET INVOLVED IN POLICY MAKING...THE HOWK IN THE CHICKEN COOP...GOD HELP US....

Matt wants to talk facts, but then he lists the Republican talking points from 2002! Saddam, in 2003 was a paper tiger. The control that the world had over his regime was nearly complete. He had no WMD. Remember that it was the United States that supported his war with Iran and provided the material for his horrors, which all occurred ten years before we invaded. The war had nothing to do with him...it had to do with providing the US with a "footprint" in the Middle East, control over the second largest oil supply, thus preventing China and India from that control, the need to protect Israel, and the requirement of keeping the dollar as the exchange for oil. All of this occurred while providing billions of dollars for friends and supporters. Read any of ten books out today on the failures of this war. We are now in a untenable position, aligned against all of Islam, made worse by incompetence and confusion. To ask the world to put up with our failures and to insist on staying with failed policy only makes our nation look foolish and arrogant.

Not only did Bush lost the band so did the GOP. GOP has become party of liars and thugs. As bad the Chinese communists in my book.

Junior has proven to be only slightly more conservative than Senior. Did you really expect more? As for the war, it has been clear for 2 years that the Iraq people need to fight for their country. We need only decide how long we are willing to wait.

We ain't surrendering the middle east to the Iranians or Osama and his Talibanis. America expects every man to do his duty until ayatollahs and Osama are erased from memory....

It is disloyal to lie. Bush@Co lied to the American people. They believed that the end justified the means.

This "breaking of the bond" is what happens to relationships that are built on lies. When the truth comes out, and you know you have been disrespected, there just is no way to forgive.

This is hard - I too, supported GWB; creating friction with friends and family by going to the mat defending his anti-terror policies.
Then, as a thank-you:
1 he promotes his open border/immigration agenda.
2 Fails to aggressively fight those who undermine his policies (Sandy Berger, Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, Ted Kennedy, Murtha, Elite Media etc.)
3 Spends money like the proverbial drunken sailor.
4 Goes all wobbly with the 'religion of peace' BS about Islam.
The final straw was the prosecution of Border Patrol Agents Ramos and Compean with the accompanying complicity of his longtime friend Johnny Sutton.

What kind of message does this send to those who would steal across our borders to do us harm? What kind of message does it send to those protecting our borders?

Maybe Bush should be impeached for failing to protect this country.

As someone earlier said - it's like being half pregnant. IF the President would aggressively pursue the enemy, lockdown the borders etc. I would support him. Until then, I don't support him, the Republican Party or most politicians in general. Most all have sold us out.

I'm glad I found PoliticalRadar - I was beginning to feel like a lone voice in the wilderness.

The Dems allowed us to get here as well. We all voted Democratic to stop this war. And what are they doing about it? Nothing. I personally am sending $1,000 to the Libertarian Party. Our government has run amok. Chevron and BP control the USA.

Twice I voted for Mr. Bush. I wish I could repent those decisions. Bush has let me and the country down. Maybe he can run for Mexican president next. He seems more willing to help Mexicans than Americans.

How would you define "BOND"? President Bush has lost nothing of his bond with the American people...and he has not lost his faith. We, as a country, are not getting the full story in the mideast. The beltway egos have no shame in their duplicity.

I DONT KNOW WHY EVERYONE IS UPSET WITH GEORGE W HE IS A GREAT PRES HE CAUGHT OSAMA, HE ENDED ALL THE MESS IN THE MIDEAST, HE PROTECTED OUR BORDERS HE HAS NOT LIED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ONCE, HE HAS BEEN THEBEST POFTUSIN HISTORY IF YOU BELIEVE THAT THAN I THINK YOU FEEL THERE WAS NO FLOOD IN NEW ORLEANS

Folks.... settle down and realize it will be decades before we understand a number of critical questions. Are the islamists a real threat to the U.S. or have they just been blowing smoke over the last decade that our country is the devil and needs to be wiped off the face of the earth? Does Bush emerge as a historic individual who had the courage to face a serious world threat, or a misguided President who had no idea what he was doing? Keep in mind that Lincoln was assailed with venom in his day only to be heralded a century and a half later so until history plays out we are doing nothing more than short term Monday morning quaterbacking.

Do not build your house on sand. This really says it all. Most people do not have the opportunity to meet president elects in person, and if they did they would vote differently. This whole thing started by our voting GW into office, and escalated due to faulty intelligence mostly GW's faulty intelligence. A rose is pretty until you grab it in the wrong way.

The said the same thing about Vietnam. They were afraid to pull out because the country would collapse. It never happened.

Worst President EVER

It's sad that he represents a country of which 90% of its residents are smarter than him.

He is the face of America. No wonder everyone hates us.

Thank God for George W. Bush. I shudder to think what Al Gore + 9/11 would look like.

People have short memorys. Bush does not. He knows we are in a war with islamo facism we must win. 9-11 was a small taste of what is to come if we do not confront this enemy. Sure, mistakes were made. So there are in EVERY war. Lincoln made many too in a very unpopular war. ALL wars are unpopular. That does not mean they are not necessary to the survival of democracy. Democrats encourage the enemy. The mainstream media with it's anti Bush bias and bias by omission of news helps the enemy.
Islamo facists will not stop. EVER. They don't care if we pull out of Iraq or not. They want us all dead or converted to radical islam. WAKE UP! Support the troops! Support the mission for God sake, because if we do not, 9-11 will seem like a pleasant memory.

You people complaining of media bias - did you read the article? It is simply reporting what was said by BUSH'S TOP STRATEGIST in 2004. Are you claiming that he really didn't say this in the Texas Monthly magazine and that ABC is making it up? Don't you think they would immediately would be sued if this were the case? Go buy Texas Monthly and see for yourselves. Then report back here and admit you were wrong and punch yourself.

History will be the ultimate judge of the Bush presidency. Polls mean nothing because people are only reacting to the news of the day.

Lincoln was considered a failed president during the Civil War but later generations consider him one of America's best presidents.

Decades from now people might look back at the Bush presidency as a bold presidency that changed the world and protected the American way of life from those that want to destroy it.

No monuments have even been built for critics and nay-sayers. History will not remember Pelosi or Murtha or Reid. Bush will either be known as a great president or a failed president but at least he dared to fight when others wanted to put their heads in the sand and hope our enemies would leave us alone.

I THINK THE SADDEST PART ABOUT READING THE SUBMITTED RESPONSES TO THIS NEWS ARTICLE IS THE UTTER CONTEMPT MANY OF YOU FOR THIS COUNTRY....ONE MAN DID NOT GET US INTO THIS MESS AND ONE WILL NOT GET US OUT. REGARDLESS OF HOW WE ENDED UP IN IRAQ, WE ARE THERE AND THE ONLY WAY OUT WILL REQUIRE THAT WE, AS A NATION, STOP POINTING FINGERS AT EACH OTHER AND DEMAND THAT OUR ELECTED LEADERS WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO FAITH AND HOPE?

This so called Bush Guru was a presidential campaign strategist not a policy strategist. His job, as a "senior strategist", was to get Bush elected in 2000. He aparently was promoted to "chief strategist" for the 2004 re-election.

His job was not to form policy.

ABC News is a sham. This article is not even news it is biased partisan commentary and anti-American propaganda.

Who cares if Saddam gave $$$ to the suicide bombers in Israel!! They were not killing Americans, why should we be sending troops to punish Saddam for that?

For those who dismissed the weight of Dowd's opinion and those of the other 15 individuals referenced in this article as coming coming from Democrats, a widipedia check of the bios of Marvin Olasky, Donald Evans, Bruce Bartlett and Niall Ferguson is suggested.

The funny thing is...Until George Bush and his merry band of lunatics invaded Iraq, for the WMD's, which, all miraculously disappeared, there really wasn't much murder and mayhem occurring in that country.No more than what occurs in that part of the world on a daily basis. Iraq is a series of tribes, who pretty much have been at each others throats for hundreds of years. Saadaam was an s.o.b, but he kept the peace.That is what those people understand. Does ANYBODY even recall the reason we are there in the first place?? Saadaam dead. WMD's gone.Anybody? Hello?....

Funny how all of these people who have never been to war are telling us how they are saving our military. This war might well have been optional at the time. It no longer is. And as far as what is going right and what is going wrong in Iraq, who could tell by reading the left wing crap out there. Talk to some soldiers, saliors and marines who have been there. Many of whom are actually volunteering to go back for addtional tours. Not something you would think from reading stuff from you guys. Most of the Iraq Vetersans tell a different story then what you get on NBC or CNN. Al Anbar provience has come a long way in the last year. The Marines on the ground there tell me that the Iraq tribal leaders are actually stepping forward to help stop this cycle of violence. Oh, by the way, they just opened another new school in Al Anbar.

Okay, liberals, we get it already. You hate Bush. You hate Republicans. Some of you may even hate the USA.

I warn you, however, that your hate is blinding you. The position you have staked out that Bush and America must be defeated at any cost will only come back to bite you (and unfortunately all of us).

Listen now and believe me later, we are only at the beginning of a long and ugly war against brutal, ideological Islamic extremists. These murderous thugs cannot be pacified or appeased! President Bush has shown more courage and truly progressive forward thinking by taking the fight to them.

Your continued attacks against the president and our military only weakens us as a country and ultimately prolongs this war. Wise up and see the big picture!

All the words in the world can't hide the fact that our military has been hijacked by the Neocons. Our people are NOT dying for our freedom, or our future. They _are_ dying to secure wealth for Cheney,Bush,and their cronies. So when your boy comes home in a box, at least you can be sure that a buck was made by his sacrafice.

It seems as though Bush's advisers should be held accountable for some of his decisions too. There is no way that ANYONE can look at the last elections in November and not see that getting our men and women OUT of Iraq was the MANDATE. why didn't he come before the people that he represents and offer up a solution and plan for doing this? It seems absurd and, quite the Democratic Party way (not Republican) to throw more money at a problem and hoping it goes away. It won't in this case. Also, why haven't the Democrats offered up a plan of their own for doing this to the American people?

The government leadership in this country has lost its "bond" with America. No one on either side of the aisle makes any attempt to build consensus or negotiate compromises anymore. The trouble is our so-called leaders are too busy lining their own pockets and the pockets of their friends while patting themselves on the back to care what Americans think. Of course, pandering to the latest poll is when they pay lip service to what Americans think. What a crock of crooks.

although he is still protecting your behinds with fighting the enemy you still try to maime him with your attacks and lies. He is much better then Murtha because Murtha has aided the enemy by telling the world that we can't fight a war with iran because we don't have the money nor the troops , if this is true a smart person would not devulge it to the world , I am not advocating we go to war with Iran but for crying out loud if you have a disadvantage in fighting a war you do not shout from the roof tops so the enemy will take advantage of your situation. very sly dog that Murtha?

What I don't understand is why grant asylum to 7,000 Iraqis? I mean, I know their country is war-torn and all... but one of Bush's talking points for years now has been "We're fighting this war there so they don't bring it here."

Um... YOU'RE bringing them here. Good job, Einstein.

Bush, as well as those running the Republican and Democratic parties (including Matthew Dowd) have all lost their 'bond' with the American people.

They support:

.wide open northern and southern borders which allow anyone to enter the country with impunity - including terrorists, drug runners, pedophiles, sex offenders, and convicted felons.

.the destruction of our middle class through off-shoring, so called free trade, and both illegal aliens and guest workers who pay either no or partial taxes.

.creating the North American Union which will wipe out our borders and sovereignty without consulting with the American people

In short they have all sold out this country.

Regarding the borders, and jobs, I suggest joining numbersusa.com
which has people prowling the halls of Congress to give us a heads up, and a way to voice our opposition.

Thus far they have been a major force in preventing the bill giving amnesty to illegals, and opening our job market to the entire world under the guise of immigration reform. (This bill was introduced by Kennedy and McCain early last year and considered a slam dunk.)

Americans are the most stupid, weakest and certainly the most whining people in the world! How many were killed in 9/11? 3000! that is not even a portion of the people dead in Dresden, Berlin, Tokyo, not mention Hiroshima because of the American bombings....

Bush had the chance to do something heroic back in December: resign after appointing Gingrich as VP. Today, Bush is worse than useless. He is a millstone on the Republican Party and on the U.S. His heart was in the right place on Iraq and Afghanistan, but his strategy of small army with no border protection has proved impossible. Poor military thinking is the reason, and you have to go to the top of the chain of command to seek the thinking's source. Bush has destroyed the conservative movement started by Goldwater, and it may be decades before it returns in any form at all.

I hate to break it to many of you, but there is no way to effectively seal the US borders without the expenditure of a large chunk of our Gross Domestic Product. Our borders are much too vast. The best that we can hope for is better control and knowledge concerning who is coming here. We can also hope that the countries south of the border will improve their economies and give their citizens more reasons for staying put. People don't leave their native countries because they hate them. They leave them because there are no jobs and/or poor living conditions. As all humans, they are willing to risk almost everything to survive and survival to them means coming to the US. In the end, this is the root of all of our immigration woes. Until we can help make the rest of the world a better place to live, we will be plagued by an influx of refugees from the third world. However, as long as unemployment remains low, the problem remains manageable.

With respect to Iraq, I am quite happy that we have succeeded in drawing Islamic extremists there and dealing with them on foreign soil. Until we kill and/or break the resolve of a majority of the more violent elements within Islam, the war against terrorism will continue. Frankly, I prefer that it continue in the middle-east as opposed to in the buses, trains, and shopping malls of this country. Since 9/11, the terrorists have been thwarted in their attempts to attack us at home and have been mostly preoccupied with fighting jihad elsewhere. We owe that to a President and military that have been undaunted in their resolve to win this war against those who want to destroy western civilization. Sure, everything isn't peachy, but it is much better than it could have been under a weak leader.

In short, I accept Bush with all of his many faults. I look at the objective evidence of an excellent economy and good national security and am thankful for what I have. I don't spend time on useless conspiracy theories that encourage hatred and unrest. I see America as the last hope for worldwide freedom and democracy that will only fail if Americans lose their humanity and refuse to reach out and help the oppressed people of this world to gain freedom and control of their lives and countries without fear of retribution. Most of our soldiers understand the threat and the challenge that faces us and are willing to sacrifice to make the world a safer and freer place for everyone. I hope that more of us here on the home front will wake up and see the world the way it really is. If we want to preserve our freedom, then we must export it and help fill the world with governments that allow their citizens the right to liberty and justice for all. If we put our heads into the sand and abandon the cause of freedom outside of the US, it will only be a matter a time before we are consumed by the very threat that many are now trying hard to ignore.

Worst prez ever!!!!!!

To those who posted that people should do more research and find out whats' really happening in the world I AGREE. However, in doing so, with an open mind, you may find yourself seriously questioning your convictions relating to the issue of tolerance and multi-culuralism in regards to Islam and immigration.

If you look at the situations in France, Britain, Sweden, Norway and Germany, you will definately begin to develop serious doubts as to whether integration is possible.

Visit Bruce Bawer's website. Mr Bawer is the author of "While Europe slept-How Radical Islam is Destroying the West from Within", a liberal, and gay. But, if you read his reports and commentary, and didn't know his background, you'd swear he was a knee-jerk conservative. He's not, he's just been faced with too much reality to ignore it.

I voted for the other guy twice, my motto was "anyone but George" and I'm not even a Democrat. Mr. Bush broke his bond long ago, and we all know the popular slogans. Guess what?-THATS NOT NEWS It's time to move past that and start recognizing the root problem. The problem is not the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, nor globalization, the root of the problem is an archaic ideology and it's followers. They will not stop. They will not rest. They will plan, train, raise funds, plot and continue coming. We had all better get used to it.

I asked my wife, who labels me as a left-leaning centrist, "Honey, am I becoming some right wing nutjob?" She assures me I'm not.

ABC News bias is ridiculous. They are the same people who will continue to claim that Islam is a "religion of peace" after busses full of people on their way to work start exploding here.

Tolerance and multiculturalism are great until they threaten to unravel the very fabric of our way of life. Then decisive and un-apologetic action is neccessary and the American way.

Oh, and by the way, we're rolling out the red carpet for 7000 Iraqis to re-settle here? Is this a bad dream. I'm speechless. I wish it was.