SharonA, I didn't listen either. And I'm appalled at the amount of damage he's going to manage to do the country, to civil rights, and to the economy in the four years he's in office. I had hoped we could coast on Clinton's fumes for four years, but obviously not.

Do people accept the carnage in Afghanistan as acceptable simply because Dubya has told us it's okay so often that we forget our earlier arguments? Like the Afghan people had no choice in dealing with the Taliban and bin Laden? Do people honestly believe that if we treat North Korea, Iraq, and Iran like they're the lowest form of life, and like Cuba, continue with trade embargoes, that they WON'T turn to whatever form of help is offered, no matter how corrupt or immoral? There are simply NO critical thinking skills available in this particular Bush administration. In a comparison of people to nations, if Bush were the parent and these were his children, he'd have locked the four of them in the closet and starved them. For years. He has to get real, and understand that there will always be people opposed to the US, people considered "evil" by this government. Bush isn't going to take them all out, in any way, shape, or form. But he is attempting sleight of hand. He is going to set things up so while people who don't know any better watch the drama on stage, he's going to make sure to pick their pockets and set up an economy in which the rich continue to get richer and the poor stay poor or are worse off. But that pretty well defines the Republican agenda. In my jaded opinion.

SRS