The President's Briefing

Why is it that every time I watch the President address the nation, I keep thinking that he is one of the dumbest men ever born? So steadfast on being right especially in regards to the war that he is willing to allow more and more Americans die to "finish the job". He's still speaking now and with each breath I get angrier. When he was asked about maintaining peace with allies who support some of Iran's policies, our leader actually said that in some cases money trumps peace. What?!? Did I hear that correctly? In my head that literally translated to money is more important than people. What ever happened to people first? Bush says it's difficult achieving multilateral democracy. Maybe that could be because we in the U.S. are too arrogant with our political views and policies. I'll be the first to admit I'd rather live here than in some oppressed society like North Korea or China. However, on some small level I think we want to believe we live in a democratic society but we really live under a monolithic view instead. The president does what he wants, when he wants, and how he wants it. He has carte blanche regardless of whatever other pressures are around. It goes to show you can be stupid regardless of how much money and power you have simply because of arrogance. When do you think Bush will work with a speech coach? He has two years to go so maybe one day we'll actually hear an articulate address.