George....maybe it's time you started reading the papers

"If I worried about polls, I wouldn't be doing my job"-George Bush

Really? Even in when it's in the low forties/high thirties?

A bit of advice Mr. Bush, saying that poll numbers don't concern you doesn't make you seem like a decisive leader...they make you seem distant, out of touch, and a tad bit conceited. While I've never believed that politicians should allow poll numbers to dictate their policy decisions, I'm not really sure that your declining...your plummeting poll numbers are a result of unpopular policy decisions (though you have made some pretty bad decisions) no, your problems are due to a secretive administration that seems to believe that it has a massive stockpile of credibility that doesn't really exist.

Honestly, do you think that you can just get a free pass on every single decision you make? Sorry chief, that pass expired after the whole WMD fiasco. So it probably would have been advantageous had you actually explained (thoroughly) why you approve of the UAE port deal, and better still had you been aware of the deal before every major media operation in the nation got a hold of the story. Not that I see anything inherently wrong with the deal, of course this deal was such a massive political liability that even Stevie Wonder could have seen it coming. The problem isn't that you don't care Mr. Bush, it's that you didn't anticipate that the majority of the nation would care.

With Iran growing increasingly hostile and Iraq on the verge of civil war, it isn't surprising that people were going to be a little upset at the idea of Dubai taking over major American ports. And I'm sure you've got a legitimate reason....Ok I'm sure you have a reason for approving of the deal, but it's a little late put that reason out there. Instead of coming off as a rational decision maker you'll be seen as someone trying desperately to cover his tracks, and believe me Mr. President people are starting to notice the difference between the two.

Of course the UAE debacle is only a bullet point on your long list of screw ups, it seems like since Hurricane Katrina (well really since you took office, but I'll be nice just this once) you've made mistake after mistake, but what's worse is you don't seem to be adapting. You don't seem to understand that America isn't going to wake up and suddenly share your bizarre take on the world, sure you've got your base that wouldn't leave you if you drove America into an irreversible spiral of despair...*pause*...but for the most part Americans don't like the idea of politicians that seem/are disconnected.

Do you even know why the Dick Cheney hunting accident was such a big story...I mean other than the fact that it was almost ridiculously funny? The reason is that people were put off by the fact that Dick Cheney didn't think enough of the American people to release some type of public statement until that softball interview on Fox News. Had Dick Cheney been a little more forthcoming about the accident I wouldn't have cared, hell he actually would have earned a couple approval points in my eyes. Instead his approval rating has dropped to a Caligula like percentage(18%).

So you see, Mr. President Americans don't like to be neglected, we prefer that our elected officials be open and honest with us. And while I'm sure the later will be a bit more difficult for you, I'm sure you can at least fake the former.

To close I'd like to refute this comment: "...I know the American people want somebody to stand on principle, make decisions and stand by them and lead this world toward a more peaceful tomorrow, and I strongly believe we're doing that..."

If you could draw your attention to the last line of that statement....You see it? Ok, there is your problem. You have a tendency to put a great deal of emphasis on yourself. At this point what you believe is damn near irrelevant. If you know what the American want then why are you steadily losing support? Maybe the American people don't know what they want, or maybe, just maybe you should pick up a Newspaper.