Comments on: Bush’s “Leadership”

By: Balanced News Blog

Balanced News Blog — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:58:46 +0000

Bush Poll Ratings at 34 Percent

The latest CBS News poll (PDF here) finds President Bush’s approval rating has fallen to an all-time low of 34 percent, while pessimism about the Iraq war has risen to a new high.
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By: The Mahablog » Not Their Job

The Mahablog » Not Their Job — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 14:47:26 +0000

[...] After more than five years in office, President Bush seems weirdly oblivious to what his job actually is. I wrote about this recently here. We see time and time again — from the morning of 9/11 to Katrina to his I’ll leave it to future Presidents to clean up my mess in Iraq statement — that in times of crisis, when we need someone to take charge, set priorities, rattle cages, and otherwise make stuff happen, our President retreats into passivity. He reminds me of a rich kid who spills milk and waits for the maid to clean it up. It doesn’t even occur to him he could do the job himself. [...]

By: Britwit

Britwit — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 22:20:19 +0000

maha – Is your Subject, “Bush’s Leadership” meant to be an oxymoron?!!

By: Michael Miller

Michael Miller — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 13:49:32 +0000

You could air a tape of a crazed W on the roof of the White House with a bottle of booze firing a machine gun at tourists and a core group of people would still support him.

I don’t get the reluctance to go after him either. Impeach? Here’s a better I word for him: Incarcerate. The son of a bitch is a war criminal, a murder and a gargantuan thief. The evidence for that assertion is overwhelming. He belongs behind bars forever.

By: No More Mr. Nice Guy!

No More Mr. Nice Guy! — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 04:56:57 +0000

Anonymous: you're right, Junior is not the president of a second-grade class. He's not smart enough.

By: Sue

Sue — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 04:52:01 +0000

Regarding Murray Waas’s article – Why are we so afraid to say the “I” word. What more proof does anyone need? I don’t want to sound redundant but…Clinton was impeached for lying about sex – this guy got a second term after lying about the reason for going to war – a war that has killed over 2,000 americans and severely maimed thousands more – not to mention the thousands of Iraqi casualties that nobody seems to care about. I couldn’t believe Nancy Pelosi’s response today when asked point blank if Bush should be impeached. I generally like her outspokeness – but today she did a very obvious “dance” while she debated her answer – a resounding “NO”. I can only hope that she was weighing her options – saying “no” now because the party is in the minority versus saying “yes” when the party is in the majority after next November elections. One can only hope!

By: renate

renate — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 03:57:01 +0000

Well, he told himself and us he is the leader, and he and many people did believe it. And they still believed it, even when he went in hiding after the wtc collapsed.

If he were a leader he would never have had to tell us, we would have known anyway.

Why would people ever think he can handle terror best, what has he done to cope with it? We get on disaster after another from his administration. Only failures and failures.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 02:15:56 +0000

The President told us his instinct was to project calm, not to have the country see an excited reaction at a moment of crisis.
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“Classroom.” Not “country,” “classroom.” Bush’s response was appropriate for a roomful of second graders. Unfortunately, he is not the president of a second-grade class.

By: k

Thu, 02 Mar 2006 21:23:00 +0000

We have watched this horror show since 2000 and wondered at how it took so long for the wheels to come off and for the public to notice. The work of government goes on, the employees manage the forest,engineer the waterways, the coast guard patrols the ports and shores, the social security administration sends out the checks and the military does more than should be asked. Congress meanwhile is busy playing golf while the lobbyists write bills, let legislators vote on them , and then rewrite them for Bush to sign. The John ONeills, Dilulios,Powells and even Ashcroft left and so did the vast middle – lawyers at DOJ, bureaucrats at FDA, CIA was purged etc etc. So now only the toadies and planted xtian seeds are left. The Bubble got promoted to fill all the posts for the second term. The second term therefore is falling apart fast. No one reliable is left to mind the store and things that take real leadership don’t get done.We begin to notice the rot.

By: Balanced News Blog » Blog Archive » Bush Poll Ratings at 34 Percent

Balanced News Blog » Blog Archive » Bush Poll Ratings at 34 Percent — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 21:03:29 +0000

[...] The troubling results for the Bush administration come amid reminders about the devastating impact of Hurricane Katrina and negative assessments of how the government and the president have handled it for six months. [...]