It was a reaction to the picture.

I was a huge defender of Bush for quite some time. I defended him when he would be called a 'moron' or 'trained monkey'. I protested that people should have respect for the office, at the very least. When people argued about the holes in his service record and that he was stupid, I came back pointing out that you can't be a moron and learn to fly military fighter jets. I know how difficult it is to fly a *Cessna*, never mind a warplane.

Bush disappointed me time and time again.

Comparatively speaking, Bush can't hold Reagan's horse's reins. Compare Bush to Reagan. In *every* *single* category, he comes up short. You will notice how, during the last campaign, the GOP was invoking Reagan's name all over the place. But if you didn't already know, watching that coverage wouldn't have told you who the sitting President was.

It would be petty to ridicule Bush for his occasional speech flubs.

It would be petty to slam him for unproven allegations.

It does an opponent no good to make up stories when the truth sits right there. Just *sits* there when he's told we are UNDER ATTACK.

I firmly believe that Reagan would have politely excused himself from those children and immediately left the room. I mean, come on, even *Clinton* would have done that.

I've seen the tape. Repeatedly. I will never forget the "deer caught in the headlights" look. That's when I started to doubt him.