Deliver us from Bush

It's either a sign of ignorance or fear when you refuse to listen to people with opinions different than your own. In Bush's case, it's always the first, but I believe his swaggering machoism tries to cover up a deep-seated fear and insecurity that comes from the knowledge that he's woefully unqualified for this job and in deeply over his head.

He once declared that "Osama bin Laden isn't going to determine how we defend ourselves," but said today that members of Congress should "spend more time responding to the warnings of terrorists like Osama bin Laden and the requests of our commanders on the ground, and less time responding to the demands of MoveOn.org bloggers and Code Pink protesters."

If I hadn't built up such an immunity to Bush's stupidity, arrogance and dictatorial attitudes, I would be shocked by this statement. The President of the United States publicly wrote off a significant part of the population by declaring them irrelevant and unworthy of attention.

This kind of rhetoric might be appropriate for rabble-rousing talk-radio hosts like Rush Limbaugh, whose only purpose is to divide people and fatten his bank account, but Bush is the one who claimed to be the great uniter. The words of a president, even an ignorant one, carry great weight and should be carefully considered before making public pronouncements. Every time he opens his mouth, unscripted, we get a closer look at the emptiness inside.