[mjolnir]

Mr Bush's speeches have been far better than Tony Blairs.

True, and President Bush has AT LEAST the equal of Blair in the press conferences they've shared...The President would have rocked Question time imo!

But the press-- including much of the conservative press--- started with the idea that Bush is dumb (and/or inarticulate) and nothing will ever change that he is for them.

[Fair Go]

How many in the media could qualify as fighter pilots as Bush has done? How about zero! Bush is also far better educated than most journalists. Also, how many professors could qualify as fighter pilots? It never ceases to amaze how members of the lunar left who cannot spell, who are illiterate when it comes to history, are prepared to attack Bush's intelligence.