Love Him, Hate Him President(decisive/determined/strong or cocky/arrogant

[papau]

He may be wrong, he may be right, but he is never in doubt.

http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101031201/story.html?cnn=yes

Love Him, Hate Him PresidentAmericans adore Bush or loathe him — how we became a nation divided

By JOHN F. DICKERSON AND KAREN TUMULTY

There is an axiom in American politics that says whenever a sitting President is running for a second term, the election is more a referendum on him than a judgment on his opponent. President George W. Bush has taken this truism to a new level.<snip>

...47% suggesting that they are likely to vote for him and 48% saying they are not. For Bush, some of the signals are ominous: the poll shows his job-approval rating stands at 52%, down from its peak of 89% in October 2001, and his disapproval has reached a new high for his presidency of 43%.<snip>

As President, he has moved away from the compromises of triangulation and coalition building to the politics of certainty....He may be wrong, he may be right, but he is never in doubt. Republican and Democratic voters now disagree on nearly every important measure of Bush's presidency—on whether he has enhanced this country's stature in the world, whether he's been too partisan, whether he has a good grasp of the issues, whether he favors the rich, whether he has been too quick to inject his own moral and religious beliefs into politics. <snip>

To some, the way that Bush walks and talks and smiles is the body language of courage and self-assurance, and of someone who shares their values. But to others, it is the swagger and smirk that signals the certainty of the stubbornly simpleminded.....And then there's the phrase that comes up so often in his public pronouncements, the one that some hear as a measure of confidence and others as one of smug disdain: "I expect." He expects the Congress to act, he expects the U.N. to show some backbone, he expects Arab nations to be his partners in making peace in the Middle East. In scary and uncertain times, this kind of forcefulness is what some people want more than anything else.<snip>

[Supormom]

1. In scary and uncertain times, this kind of forcefulness is what some peopl

What would be scary is another 4 years of B***!

[theivoryqueen]

2. I saw this today - felt it glossed over valid anger

and global resentment, distrust and contempt felt for this asswipe.

[KoKo]

3. Hisdisapproval rating is up to 43%? I hadn't seen that in any of the

recent polls.

[papau]

4. job approval is 50 to 52 %, DISAPPROVAL is at 43%

:-)

[realFedUp]

5. The right hand side of the Time cover

looked borrowed from DU's fundraiser :-) !