Who's Your Bagh-Daddy?

George W. Bush, that's who, with his surprise visit to Baghdad yesterday.

Meeting with the newly convened Iraqi government. Lifting the morale of the troops.

Leadership.

Nice.

For a reverse, dare I say perverse, take on leadership - I point you to John Kerry making a speech this week pandering to a leftist Democrat group.

The "highlight" of Kerry's speech, and his biggest applause lines, appears to be his disavowal of the war that he voted for - which he now calls a big mistake for our country - and his apology for casting the wrong vote on the war. A vote he claims that President Bush "misled" him into casting.

Really, this is what you guys are looking for in a President? This is leadership? This is what makes you proud?

Never mind his really bad timing in disavowing our war efforts when we're experiencing real progress there. Never mind that he is completely wrong on the war being wrong, and on being manipulated into it. All factually incorrect. Never mind that.

The really troubling part is that he thinks that standing up and confessing that he is such a malleable and influence-able Senator that he can be "tricked" into casting a "wrong vote" for something as serious as sending our nation's soldiers to war makes him Presidential material. Huh? Unbelieveable.

Well, there you have it. Two examples of leadership this week. One bold and optimistic. The other craven and apologetic. I know who I choose to admire.