Good grief! Why does everything have to be an attack? How hard is it to have a political opinion that disagrees with yours without basically going into the namecalling rhetoric?

Personally, I'm not a Bush fan (to put it mildly). Well, I've always liked and admired Barbara Bush but not the rest of the family. Do I think he's the worst president EVER? No. Is he one of the best? Nope. I'd put him below average -- some of it his own doing by having poor advisors, some of it just plain poor judgment, some of it media hype.

No matter what, he does not run this country alone. Congress has to take some responsibility. So does our judiciary. They all have a voice in what happens to America. We may not like that voice because it isn't our voice but we need to accept it.

To even try to predict the future of anyone running today is impossible. Many have said they will make changes while running for office. Few have had the power to do so. Our forefathers worked hard to make sure there were checks and balances. Most of the time, these work they way they should -- to prevent any one person or entity to have too much control. Sometimes they get in the way of having good things happen. Whoever is president will have to find a way to work with this Congress. Definitely not an easy thing to do.

When running for president, people really don't have the inside story -- much of it is too confidential to be told to wannabees. They find that when they're in office the things they wanted to do are just not possible, either because of economics, politics or whatever.

No one person should ever get all the credit nor all the blame when it comes to running this country. There are too many outside factors.