Butch;

It is also an American's right to speak out in favor of, or against, our government. So you can get off ME, thank you very much.

I don't have a problem with Bush smiling at his family, for pete's sake. Even if I did, that would MOST CERTAINLY not be ALL I have to complain about, as you so irritably put it. It is his smugness at other times that annoys me. And of course it is good to hear that he is demonstrating his emotional side; maybe that will help more Americans back him in this terrifying time.

But I do not agree with a LOT of what he has said so far. His Wyatt Earp-like demand for bin Laden "dead or alive" is ridiculous. Calling for blood when we don't even know who exactly is responsible for this attack, is feeding the militant, vigilante crap that is tearing apart our streets right now. A Pakistani DOCTOR was attacked by a man in an emergency room who he was HELPING. Do you think that our president's use of such violent rhetoric (even while he has FINALLY taken a stand on anti-Arab and other racist attacks) is helping now???

I pray he has learned a lot and grown up a bit and may be able to lead us through this. I have not seen convincing evidence of it so far. But I do appreciate the fact that a lot of people here have been comforted by his speech.