If everyone thought like you did, there wouldn't be a problem.

Unfortunately, we're dealing with the Syd Blumenthals of the world.

Just as an unrelated aside, Bush is always going to have trouble when issues of "manner and behavior" come up. The man is what you see, and while people say he is relaxed and eloquent in private or in small groups, he obviously has difficulty in situations where he is supposed to be "projecting" some attitude or demeanor.

Clinton was an artist at this. Like some actors, he was "on" every moment he was in public, and could switch his manner almost immediately. A famous shot of him after a funeral showed him actually doing this. Every person he met was convinced that he or she was the center of Clinton's universe. A master politician. Part of me believes that if it wasn't for term limits, the man would STILL be president.