A reader who is teaching in China: “One of the things I find particularly
distressing is how the careless and hateful rhetoric of Democrats and the
media have been swallowed hook, line, and sinker by the Chinese, who receive
it via (God help us!) the BBC. Bush evil. Bush stupid. That’s what my
students believe; the dismissive tone of their voices, when they mention
President Bush’s name, speaks more than any words can. Democrats and the
media are so insular, that they do not begin to conceive of the impact of
their propaganda and how that shapes the way the rest of the world views us.
What has poisoned the perception of the U.S. abroad is not the actions of
GWB, but that of the Democrats and the media who noised abroad their disdain
and lack of support for Dubya, all for political gain. Had the Democrats and
media done what was right, the U.S. would be in different odor around the
globe.”