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Amazing, with all the great security we're supposed to be getting, we can't keep a crazy heckler away from the President of
China.  In fact, the White House Press Office gave her the press pass to get in!  What a disaster. Chinese television went to
black, Bush whispered "Your OK"  in President Hu's ear and the police dragged the lady away (after several minutes of
yelling).  Typically, Bush looked stupefied and our country looked 2nd rate. I'm not saying we have to cuddle up to China at
all.  Some of the worst human right abuses have occurred there.  But we need to be able to at least LOOK like we can run a
tight ship.  Friend or Foe, we don't have the room to be sloppy. But we were.  Many times.  

One of the most undiplomatic and embarrassing moments came when it was time to play the Chinese National Anthem.  
Sounds pretty simple right? The Chinese have been here before so we have the CD and I'm sure the name is written right on
it.  All you have to do is announce which National Anthem you're playing....

" China's national anthem was announced as the anthem of "the Republic of China" - the formal name of Taiwan.
China's full name is the People's Republic of China and it claims Taiwan should come under its rule.

If that wasn't enough there was also a jacket pulling incident and the entire visit was clouded in a debate on whether it was
really a full State Visit. What a mess. It seemed the President was intentionally trying to insult the Chinese and make the
country look weak and incompetent.  Do we really have to go through nearly 3 more years of this?  
Bush's defense of Rumsfeld was entirely
substance-free. Bush simply told reporters
in the Rose Garden that Rumsfeld would
stay because "I'm the decider and I decide
what's best." He sounded much like a
parent telling children how things would be:
"I'm the Daddy, that's why."

This, indeed, is how Bush sees the
presidency, and it is a point of view that will
cause him trouble.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PROTESTER GIVEN PASS BY WHITE HOUSE