Bush's most admirable quality, imho, is that he shows us how little importance the American public places upon scholarship and conscience, the wellbeing of the advantages-challenged here at home, and honesty... when it comes to selecting it's politicians and statesmen... Bush is no 'stand alone', but a product of our ambiguous American culture, and what he represents is as confusing to me as Bartok... but by golly... he sure is teaching us alot about ourselves... R U listening John Q. Public? ttr