George H.W. Bush: “The need to protect ourselves from radicals and terrorists. The needs to win the war on terror.”

I understand Americans are angry and frustrated. But we do not need someone in the oval office who mirrors and inflames our anger and frustration.

bigotry seems emboldened.

I think you are engaging in the soft bigotry of low expectations.

American officials must heed the lessons of the short-lived coup in 2002, when Bush Administration support for Chavez's ouster undermined America's standing in the region and damaged our credibility as a defender of democracy.