The Pendragon's Hall

What is with all these polls asking people if they "like" George Bush? The United States of America is quickly going the way of South America and that's not good. No one dares criticize a ruler in South America because of his "popularity" with people. But what does liking a president have to do with anything? The Pendragon, apparently a throwback to an earlier time, would prefer, "Do you respect George Bush?" Even fear is a better guage of how well a President is doing than liking. Being president is necessarily a job where some people aren't going to like you. But liking is the new standard in the US apparently because we're so obssessed with people liking us as a nation. I honestly couldn't care less how many countries "like" us--although it would be fun someday to see an American poll asking how well we "like" the French or how well we "like" the Russians. We might get some interesting answers there.