Bush must think he's living in a biblical past where exploits travel slowly by word of mouth or via caravans, where heroes and leaders stand tall against the overwhelming enemy, where communication can be easily sanitized. But this isn't 2000 years ago. This is the age of information where despite Bush's best attempt to stifle information and dupe the masses, communication of peoples around the world is near instantaneous.

Maybe Bush needs to bring out that bottle he has hidden away. He's not fooling anyone. At the first debate he repeatedly stressed the difficulty of being President. If it's that difficult that he can't do it or isn't interested in doing it then quit. Spare us the martyr act. I read elsewhere that you didn't want to run for President but were talked into it. What happened to stadning tall and firm? What kind of mixed message is that, where you can be easily manipulated into doing something you didn't? Hey, if you don't want to be President, bow out.

But if Bush does win flash-forward to 2008. You can imagine the campaign slogan for Jeb Bush:

Jeb - Smarter, Sober - the better Bush for a better America