Bill Delahunt: “But here we are, we have suffered, and let us be very candid and frank: We have suffered a loss of prestige all over the…”

“But here we are, we have suffered, and let us be very candid and frank: We have suffered a loss of prestige all over the world. One only has to turn to nightly news shows. Leading the news now are the preparations in Great Britain for the visit of our President, President Bush who, according to the most recent polls is viewed negatively by our ally, the English people, by 60 percent. Sixty percent of the English people disapprove of President Bush. Whether one is a Democrat or whether one is a Republican, that is painful to us. That is painful to us. We do not wish our President to be viewed as negative by our ally.”