David Letterman re:

Bush's re-election

"The country right now is at war, our economy is bad, 455 billion dollar deficit, and the Democrats are saying: 'How are we going to beat this guy?'"

So says David Letterman.

The audience was silent, at first, and then, as the meaning sunk in, began to laugh, and, finally, applaud, reports the ABC Political Unit in today's issue of
The Note.

A reader has this to say:

His daughter, a University of Texas at Austin student, is looking into studying abroad and told her dad that a UT website advises not to not dress like an American and "leave those UT caps and shirts home".

He's worried.

"And by the way, I'm a Colin Powell supporter. And that's about it for the current administration, the worst since that president who just had an aircraft carrier named after him, what was his name, huum, maybe my wife would know, humm, what was her name again. Astrological charts, homilies, and a fervor for deregulation have been replaced by a short-sighted energy plan, deceit, and a dangereous new foreign policy that has the potential for backlash against the US that is unprecedented. Plus we have to put up with our chief executive saying to our enemies "bring it on", while American soldiers are regularly being shot and killed. Amazing."

There's more.


"The roosters are coming back home to nest for Bush over the WMD situation. I hope it worsens. He is a terrible president in my opinion. His energy policies suck, he misled the public on Iraq, and his advisors are out of control."

But when asked who's going to defeat W (Dean? Gephardt? Leiberman?) he has no answer.

What say you?