Bush's Appointments Mostly Retreads

Ronald Reagan was America's first Teflon president (nothing stuck to him), but George W. Bush is just plain slippery.

When you look at his record up to now, it's hard to imagine Bush ran in 2000 as a "compassionate conservative." If he's compassionate, I'm a Tibetan monk.

He also called himself "a uniter, not a divider." Frankly, I had never heard of the word "uniter" until Bush used it, but I assume he meant "one who unites." Well, America did unite behind Bush after Sept. 11, but he can thank 20 Middle Eastern terrorists for that. Aside from his so-called war on terrorism, he's done nothing but create division in our country.

When he accepted the Republican nomination in Philadelphia, Bush promised "a new beginning." Throughout his presidential campaign, he ran as a Washington outsider, someone who would freshen up the stale air in our nation's capital.

He's done exactly the opposite.