[deadbeater]

Urbane, a lot of people disagree with you. Bush had a chance to finish off al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, but due to the foray in Iraq, bin Laden, the Doctor and most of al-Qaeda hierarchy found relative haven in Waziristan.

Bush called Iran, Iraq and North Korea part of the 'Axis of Evil'. Seeing Bush invade Iraq for what it turned out to be spurious reasons, N Korea and Iraq revitalize their nuclear programs, forcing Bush to halt his world-wide crusade in Iraq.

Bush got two terrorist groups elected into foreign governments (and both are a stone's throw from Israel no less). Bush stood helpless as Hezbollah killed and kidnapped Israeli soldiers, precipitating in a war that all but set Hezbollah up to take over all of Lebanon.

Bush all but invited Sunni terrorists to move into Iraq ('Bring them on!').

Bush also started with a surplus and ended up with an even worse deficit than Reagan. At least Reagan's deficit spending served its directives, and consumer confidence was still high. Bush have very little to show with his deficit spending and consumer confidence is waning. At this rate of his declining popularity, the 'five percenters' would refer not to a sect of the Nation of Islam, the Nation of Gods and Earths, but instead to backers of George W Bush. Small wonder why McCain is trying to shed off the image that his presidency would constitute a third Bush term.

If Bill Clinton did all that, you would be screaming for his head, forget about impeachment. But then, all that is okay if you're a Republican.