[Graymatter]

A president should uphold the dignity of the office, not allow himself to be perceived as a punching bag.
Time was, presidents had respected public figures speaking up in their defense, with righteous wrath when appropriate.
I have some forlorn hope that GHWB will let them have it. He's just about the last of the unemasculated breed.

[Alia]

I like President Bush very much too. And as I look back through my own life, at how Presidents were criticized, and compare then to now?

The criticisms NOW now are so coarse, adolescent-level and lowball. No intelligence required. Just the ability to do "drive-by verbal assaults". Bah.