Painting Obama as "THird Bush Term"--knowing perfectly well that that hat belongs much more correctly to McCain than to Obama--is extremely disingenuous. Judging by Bush's actual actions, the two men are as far apart as they could be int erms of priorities, approaches to situations, ability to communicate. Obama is awake, curious, interested, intelligent, literate, insightful and is also determined and courageous.

Bush is not literate, very incurious, uninterested in most things, illiterate, not insightful, and has the courage that comes from obstinacy and the determinationt hat is born from the refusal to evaluate changing conditions.

Why, then, would anyone seek to spill that bucket of paint over in Obama's direction?

Projection, I guess; or the need to nullify those aguianst whom one has destructive impulses. It is certainly nopt a fair and reasoned proposition.

Note that Bush asserted on his recent trip to Germany that he doesn't like war.

Does that seem consistent with his record?

A