Our dumb president

I'm starting to think our president, Mr. George W. Bush, may really be dumb. You know, not intelligent. I've speculated this for a while (about 7 years now) but it has really hit home since his no-bones-about-it stance on vetoing the Senate's vote to implement a plan to exit Iraq has come clear. I can't help but think, he really doesn't get it.

This is particularly troublesome considering the recent NBC/Wall Street Journal poll that shows 66 percent of Americans say the country is going in the wrong direction. Sixty-six percent! In addition, 49 percent of those polled say conditions in Iraq are worse than they were 6 months ago, 37 percent say they are the same and only 12 percent say they are better. When asked if victory was possible, only 36 percent said yes, and just 37 percent agree with the President's stance on staying put in Iraq. Is Bush seeing these numbers? I have to believe he's not, considering his threat to veto the pending Senate vote.

There's no doubt in my mind that Bush is arrogant, bull-headed, dogmatic and a flat-out jerk. I'm now convinced we can add "dumb" to his growing list of black marks, too ... jw