Now what?

First it was reported that Americans don’t trust “President” Bush to solve the healthcare crisis in this country…

Then it was reported (just this past weekend) that Bush has lost the support of a handful of his generals and admirals who have stated that they would quit rather than carry-out any plans to attack Iran…

Now, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, Americans trust Congress (and specifically Democrats in Congress) more than they trust Bush to handle the situation in Iraq, with 54% supporting Congress to Bush’s 34%.

(And in the interest of fairness, I want to mention that these results do show that the gap has narrowed a little since Bush's State of the Union speech when there was a 27-point gap. And while the Democrats did lose six points from that point, let’s be clear that Bush did not reclaim those points… they shifted to trusting neither the Democrats in Congress nor the president to handle the situation in Iraq…)

With Bush's approval ratings in the crapper mired in mediocrity… what more can possibly be done??

It’s sad.

It’s pathetic.

And it’s relatively unprecedented…

Think about it… have we ever seen a presidency where the American public, foreign allies, and members of the U.S. military have lost respect and trust in their leader?

America is on the cusp of being the laughing stock of the world… and, while the republicans are happy in their ignorance… the Democrats obviously don’t care about changing it either.

If they did, they would be doing more to end the war in Iraq… they would be mindful of sniping at each other over comments made by a campaign donor… they would be trying to reinstate habeas corpus… they would be trying to right all the wrongs that are within their power to right… they would actually be, I don’t know, doing something…

Instead… they’re not doing a damn thing but trying to keep up appearances.

I weep for the future…