As I was sitting at work yesterday and watching the press conference with President Bush, I became amazed and how ridiculous people are getting with their criticisms of him. Without even seriously listening I heard comments such as, “he will no doubt go down as the worst and dumbest president in history,” or, “what an idiot.” I was sitting there listening to these comments by various bystanders and couldn’t get over that the average American honestly does think they are smarter than the President they elected. Believe me, I have plenty of criticisms of Bush and his policies as I’m sure the next guy does, but I have always tried to avoid the ad hominem when discussing him. Intelligent and well informed criticism should be welcomed and even praised, but comments like these are just unacceptable; especially when given by someone who obviously doesn’t know what they’re talking about.
