JUST WONDERING ...

More and more market analysts are using "Depression Era" to describe developments in the economy ... The NY Times revealed the Bush administration lied about its torture policy ... Retired military officers employed - or seeking employment - with defense contractors deliberately used by the Bush administration to pitch a war of choice ... Record debt, record deficits. Plunging prestige abroad. And the list goes on ...

With President Bush poised to leave office as the only president on the losing end of two wars, his popularity has hit a new low: 69% of Americans disapprove of his presidential performance.

Then I came across this photo of LBJ listening to a tape describing the conditions on the ground in Vietnam, sent by his son-in-law Captain Charles Robb.

So I was wondering, Does anyone think President Bush ever finds himself in a contemplative, anguished, moment like this? Again, just wondering ...

- Mark