This speaks for itself

I'm not a big fan of Bush, He spends too much, takes civil liberties for granted while fighting the war on terror, and doesn't hold to the conservative ideal of small government and fiscal responsibility.

People say he's stupid. A score of 1380 on the SAT and successfully completing flight training school are not accomplished by idiots.

Does he sound goofy? Yes. I have no answer for that.

Dodging the Vietnam war: Bush actually volunteered for Vietnam, but the F102 he was trained on was considered obsolete and his request was refused.

As a person, I think he is pretty decent. Here is an incident that didn't get enough news coverage:

SANTIAGO, Chile — President Bush broke up a fight last night between his lead Secret Service agent and a Chilean security detail, pulling the agent through a wall of men trying to bar his bodyguard's access to a state dinner.

Mr. Bush and first lady Laura Bush arrived at 8 p.m. local time yesterday at the Estacion Mapocho Cultural Center for the official dinner of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

After the first couple posed for photos with Chilean President Ricardo Lagos and his wife, the four entered the doorway with a line of Chilean security guards and uniformed police closing quickly behind him.

The president's lead agent approached the line of men as quickly as it closed and demanded to be allowed through. Within a few seconds, the confrontation began to escalate with voices being raised and shoving in all directions. "You're not stopping me! You're not stopping me!" yelled the agent, as captured by several television cameras. "I'm with the president."

During the fracas, another Secret Service agent was roughly pulled from the tumult and pushed against a concrete wall by Chilean security. A few seconds later, after posing for yet more pictures about 15 feet inside the doorway, Mr. Bush and the rest of the party turned to enter the dining room. But the president quickly turned his head to the growing din just outside. Mr. Bush calmly turned right as the other three continued on and inserted himself into the fight.

The president reached over two rows of Chilean security guards, grabbed his lead agent by the shoulder of his suit jacket and began to pull. The tape of the incident, viewed by reporters last night, could not pick up any words the president might have been saying as he worked to get the agent through the line.

A few Chilean guards turned their heads and noticed that the arm draped over their shoulders was that of the president, and the line softened. Mr. Bush pulled his agent through, who was heard to say, "Get your hands off me" as he passed roughly through the doorway. Mr. Bush then adjusted his shirt cuff and said something to the first dignitary he passed as a grin crossed his face.

Here is the rest of the article and a video of the incident

It seems the Chilean guards were pissed that the president was using his own secret service protection and they decided to take a stand at the perceived insult.

Do you think Gore, Kerry, Clinton or anyone else would jump into a fracas to rescue a secret service agent?

Here is something else I found interesting:

According to Gary Aldrich, Former FBI agent in charge of White House Security screening, Chelsea Clinton referred to the Secret Service agents who guard the President as “Trained Pigs”. When one of the agents explained to her that they were there to protect her and her parents, would give their lives to do so, and that it was inappropriate to call them that, she shrugged her shoulders and said “That’s what my parents call them.” This speaks volumes in the difference between President Bush and ex-President Clinton.

There are plenty of bad things you can say about the commander in chief, but stupid, cowardly and disloyal are not among them.