In June of 1944, Dwight Eisenhower wrote a speech (that he luckily never had to use) that said "Our landings have failed and I have withdrawn the troops. My decision to attack at this time and place was based on the best information available. The troops, the air and the Navy did all that bravery could do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt it is mine alone."

Following the Bay of Pigs disaster in 1961, John Kennedy publicly stated at a press conference "I made a mistake."

When 241 marines were killed in a truck bombing in Lebanon in 1983, Ronald Reagan said "If there is to be blame, it properly rests here in this office and with this president."

When eight soldiers died attempting to rescue the hostages in Iran in 1980, Jimmy Carter said "It was my decision to attempt the rescue operation. It was my decision to cancel it when problems developed. The responsibility is fully my own."

Although (in my opinion) it should have been between him and his immediate family, in 1998, Bill Clinton apologized to the nation for his sexual infidelity saying "It constituted a critical lapse in judgment and a personal failure on my part for which I am solely and completely responsible."

Now, have you ever heard anything like this from George W.Bush? Can you even imagine him saying it? Through Enron (et al.) scams, 9/11 lapses, misinformation about WMD in Iraq, the looting of Baghdad, torture at Abu Ghraib, the leak from his office of a covert CIA operative's identity, and now the pitiful federal response to the aftermath of hurricane Katrina, he finds NOTHING that is his responsibility? It was all someone else's fault? (BTW the excuse for the above, in order, are: "it's not the government's business", "who could have guessed they'd fly airplanes into buildings", "everyone else was wrong too", "sh*t happens", "it was a few loose cannons", "no crime has been proven", and "who could have guessed the levees would break"). Come on Bush people. Is it really ALWAYS someone else's fault? None of these involve any mistakes by George W. Bush? If your kids fed you these lines, would you believe THEM? If you had an employee minding your store and incidents constantly happened on their watch, but they had a good excuse every time, would you keep them on?

The quotes at the top are from real presidents. What we have now is a petulant, insecure, self-centered man-child. God help the USA.