It was a good day for GWB - a man who has made a career out of being the image of success. In that way he is a lot like Ronald Reagan, another man who was more medium than message. Unfortunately, there were too-many half-truths and outright lies (the Afghanistan reference comes immediately to mind) in this performance for it to give too much comfort.

My real problem with this event was that he gave the wrong speech. He insists on bragging when he should be conciliating. He continued to beat his chest and rattle his saber when a real statesman would have begun the healing process. Having displayed his capacity for whoop-ass to his enemies in no uncertain terms, a gracious leader would have been holding out the olive branch to those in the world who might still be our friends. But Bush is a small man with a small vision.

But maybe that's just me.
After all
I'm just a liberal.
Bart