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[hap0206]

susie -- characteristics such as you describe are in the eye of the beholder

Here are the ones that I use

1 - the people who have given up much to work for him and for our country -- and always show him great respect -- Powell, Rumsfeld, Rice, Cheney -- none of these need the job, none (except maybe Rice), have political ambitions

2 - We are in a war and Bush is a fighter pilot -- he comes across as a warrior, and there is no question in the minds of our enemies that their days are numbered with him as CIC

3 - He is a master politician, has been in politics all his life -- he gets what he can from congress, has learned that the dems cannot be trusted, watched his father get steamrolled by dems when trading his "read my lips" pledge far a tax increase/spending cuts deal with feckless dems -- he will not make those mistakes

4 - With a landslide mandate, has the opportunity to

- slash the tax code to a modified flat tax
- Fix SS to insure that the system is solvent
- Get an energy policy that insures continued growth of our GDP
- Get some market forces working on health care costs -- cap obscene tort law suits that are costing us all hugh sums

5- He is a good man and his wife likes him