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9.12.05 @ 12:01AM

PROBLEM RESOLUTION
RE: John Tabin's No Bounce in His Step:

I am a regular reader of TAS, but have not particularly followed Mr. Tabin's writings. If he has been a conservative and a past supporter of the president, my guess is that with friends like Mr. Tabin, the president doesn't need enemies. Evidently he hasn't researched this tragedy very closely, for if he had, he would realize that much of the president's current "image problem" is more an impression, based not on reality, but the howling wolves of the so-called mainstream media and the disrespectful utterances of incompetent politicians, both local and national. These people, already having no love lost for President Bush, seem willing even to use this great tragedy to divert scrutiny from their own actions while attempting to tarnish the president's image as a man of action. My impression is that they have found a willing (or unwitting) helper in Mr. Tabin. Little wonder the President's step is a tad less bouncy!
-- H. Cannon
Candler, North Carolina

No, John, President Bush doesn't have a problem. America has the problem because in America today, there is a mainstream media singly focused on the destruction of President Bush regardless of the consequences to America. And it is the American public that is gullible enough to listen to them.

President Bush is rock solid and I thank God for his leadership. Who was it that said "it's lonely at the top?" Well my friend, President Bush is showing America every day that while the medicine may taste bad, it is necessary to prescribe it to effect the cure. You may not like it and you may not like him for prescribing it. But the alternatives are unacceptable and quite frankly, frightening.

Bottom line, it's not the polls that define true leadership. It is the final results. What we are seeing today is the cleanup of eight years of Bill and Hillary Clinton's absolutely trivial, do-nothing, govern-by-polls, co-presidency.

God bless you
-- Jim L
Cape Cod, Massachusetts

I am old. In fact, I remember when Harry S. Truman's approval ratings were in the 20s! Can you imagine that?

Harry had problems: War in Korea; trouble at the UN; the Republicans had one house of Congress in those days, and there were hurricanes even back then; unemployment was high, even in a time of war.

Harry hung in there -- he even fired MacArthur. On that one some said, "What gall!" Today, most historians place Harry in the "near-great" category of presidents, which puts him close to names like Lincoln, Jefferson, Washington, and Roosevelt.

Harry was quite a guy.

George W. Bush is a lot like Harry S. Truman. He even talks like him as Harry was no great speaker. George W. Bush is now facing a great and difficult problem where thousands of Americans require help, and he intends to see that they receive the help they need -- from food to medicine, to a place to lay one's head, to a job, as well as all the needs of a family. He will see that it is done, though it will take time. He will be remembered for a job well done regardless of how current polls read; all polls are suspect these days.

Only one other political leader had to face such evil in modern political history, dating back to Franklin D. Roosevelt. That was Richard M. Nixon, and he was destroyed by both the mainstream media and liberal Democrats, through an astoundingly vicious campaign against him, primarily through television and the leading press of the New York Times, the Washington Post, and a few other papers across the land.
-- Allen O'Donnell
Wayne, Nebraska

Look at the photos of Lincoln before and after the Civil War. Takes a toll.
-- David Govett
Davis, California

COASTING TO GREATNESS
RE: Jay D. Homnick's In the Eye of the Storm:

Finally, someone gives long-overdue credit to our magnificent Coast Guard. I was in the U.S. Merchant Marine for ten years, and I can say that I saw firsthand the professionalism this branch of the armed forces displayed.

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