I am certainly not a fan of the current Bush, but I do think we should cut him some slack now. These Bush v. Clinton v. Lincoln v. whoever are ridiculous. Bush is the current leader of this country, and we all must depend upon him to do this best job possible.
I am also sick of people nitpicking on his conduct yesterday-he should have gone back to the White House, etc.-maybe a good public relations move but definately not wise to put the President in physical harm's way when Washington is underl attack, for Pete's sake.
I missed Bush's speeches yesterday-I couldn't handle the red "America Under Attack!" logos that were constantly on TV. Again, although I am certainly not a fan of the man, I personally think he is generally a very effective speaker. He has a way of (appearing) to speak straight from the heart and expresses his thoughts clearly. Admittedly, he is not the most inspirational speaker-but I'm not particularly looking for a feel-good spokesman right now.
And finally, since I'm on something of a tear, I'm REALLY sick of the constant "lets bomb the Arabs/Afgans/whoever back into the Stone Age NOW" mentality. While this is, in sense, a war, it is really more of a police investigation matter. Unlike Pearl Harbor, we have to first find out who did it & where they (and their supporters are) before action is taken. Give Bush, and more importantly, the FBI, etc. some time and resources to do the job. Anyone who knows anything about what they did in prior bigtime investigations, such as Lockerbie (sp?), the first WTC bombing, the African embassy bombings, and even (most of) the Oklahoma City bombing should rightfully be proud and amazed at the job they did.