G.I. George

I never thought I'd see the day when a sitting U.S. president would appear in public in a military uniform (OK, "flight suit"--still a military get-up) like some South American despot. What makes it even more disgraceful is that W cynically avoided the Vietnam-era draft by joining the National Guard and then failing to show up for his assignments. (Daddy Bush's prominence apparently allowed him to get away with that.) What a shameful display! I'm sure we'll see the video footage over and over again in upcoming campaign commercials, complete with genuine soldiers providing the backdrop, essentially used as props.