"Presidential Ostrich"...something in the paper that made me cheer.

Presidential Ostrich

The president of the United States, the person who holds the most powerful position in the world, still does not, or will not, understand what the majority of the American people are trying to tell him. The most recent Associated Press poll found Bush's approval rating at 37 percent, compared with 39 percent a month ago. These ratings do not include how the rest of the world views his performance, which is a topic of discussion for another letter.

Bush's response to his most recent approval rating is what could be viewed the "ostrich in the sand" vision. He is quoted to say: "I understand there is a preoccupation by the polls and by some. The way you earn credibility with the American people is to declare an agenda that everybody can understand, an agenda that relates to their lives and gets the job done."

Where does one find credibility of going to war in Iraq? It was his agenda for a war that was based on drummed-up and bogus information. It has become more evident that is was based on the administration's self-interests.

Where does one find credibility in "staying the course" in Iraq? It's his agenda, in spite of the overwhelming percentage of American's wanting to know why.

Where does one find any credibility that he has made the United States safer from terrorism since he has been in office. It's been his agenda to focus on his fantasies of who he thinks are the real terrorists. Where does one find any credibility with him providing health-care benefits for the unemployed, children and elderly? It's his agenda to cut budgets that will severely impact them.

How, Mr. Bush, can you declare that you have provided an agenda that everybody can understand and relate to their lives when you haven't gotten the job done yet?

Saddam was a bad guy, no question, and he is gone from power. That was the last good thing George W Bush did. Then the rest began.

More than 2,000 American servicemen and women dead, countless Iraq citizens dead, including women and children. DeLay, Frist, Rove, Libby, and on and on.

The "political capital" of the self-proclaimed "wartime president" has been spent, and now we are involved in nation building. Instead of mission accomplished W ought to consider this mission impossible.

And just think, we have three years left of more lackluster leadership coming out of the nation's capital. Wonder what Pat Robertson thinks about all of this?