lunes, enero 22, 2007

Smiling Tool Green Mob


According to the Associated Press “Americans seem sour on the state of the union in advance of President Bush's address on the subject. A poll finds most believe the country is on the wrong track -- a complete flip from five years ago.”
And “At the same time, Americans see the president as likable, decisive and strong but also stubborn. (My italics) And only a minority think he is honest -- 44 percent, down from 53 percent two years ago.”
The country being in the wrong track comes as no surprise to most of us. With the exception perhaps of big corporations and money grabbers who have made a killing in the markets, the common guy is struggling to make a living in many cases and always one or two steps behind inflation - Yes there is inflation even though no economist dares to admit it! - With the extra uncalled for addition of the Iraq issue.
Now, let’s see the rest of the opinion poll. Is Bush “likable”? Depends. If you mean he is a guy you would sit down and have a beer with, perhaps. As a leader of our destiny I don’t think so. Let’s take “decisive“. Is he decisive? I guess I would say yes. Unfortunately, being decisive means very little if your “decisions” are wrong most of the time! Strong? I don’t know. The image is one of a meek person fighting his own image more than that of a “strong” leader, but may be this is a matter of perception. “Stubborn”? Do you have any doubt about it? Finally “honesty”, how honest is he? Not much according to the poll.
So, here we have a nice guy, on the surface, whose decisions are mostly wrong, with perceived strength and not very honest leading our destiny.
A combination of “Smiling Bob”+”Tool Man”+“The Hulk”+“Don Corleone”