Ken Fortenberry wrote:

He was as scary tonight as I've ever seen him. He is obviously distraught,
disoriented and fearful. Poor thing, he means well, and I truly believe
that, but he is in WAY over his head and he's finally beginning to realize
it. When the Commander in Chief is discombobulated, be afraid.

When he made a couple of slips of the tongue within the first minute
of his *prepared* *speech*, I knew it was going to get ugly. I've
always felt that he knows he's in over his head. It's as if he went to
sleep as a rich little frat boy and woke up to find himself as the prez
of the fricking uninety states.

It's obvious that he enjoys playing the prez (especially when you
get to dress up in a fighter pilot's suit), but when it comes to
actually making decisions or having to stray from his script, he's
totally lost. And after his "performance" last night, I can't imagine
anyone doesn't know who's really running the country (i.e., Daddy's
henchmen).

I wish I had been keeping a tally of the number of times he repeated
the same mantras when asked a question ("historic opportunity" ... "It's
hard ... hard ... not easy" ... "no longer hope that oceans protect us
from harm" ... "he was a threat ... threat" ... "war footing ... war
footing ... war footing" ... "console the family members who have lost
their life" ... "make America more secure ... the world more free ...
the world more peaceful", etc.) And the way he dissembled and started
to ramble whenever there was a reasonably tough question.

It was truly pitiful, and I am genuinely curious how people from
other countries view us when they see him representing us.

Of course, now we should keep an eye out for the spinmeisters on the
right to see how they are going to make him out to be "presidential".


Chuck Vance (who doesn't dislike Dubya, and admits that he was a
decent governor of Texas)