Um, no thank you...

Americans say overwhelmingly, they'd like their next President to be completely unlike Bush.

Three in five Americans want the next U.S. president to be completely different from incumbent George W. Bush, according to a poll by Time magazine.

Bush's policies in Iraq and high gasoline and energy prices had a ``very negative'' effect on his overall job rating for 45 percent of respondents, according to the poll, conducted between Nov. 29 and Dec. 1. The results showed 36 percent would like the next president to have policies similar to those of Bush, compared with 60 percent who want a different type of leader.

The findings indicate Bush is failing to reverse flagging approval ratings after laying out his strategy for Iraq in a Nov. 30 speech. The poll showed 41 percent approve of the job Bush is doing while 53 percent disapprove, little changed from results in September after Hurricane Katrina hit the U.S. Gulf Coast. Of those who disapprove, 76 percent said they were unlikely to change their opinion of Bush.

Okay so the next President...

-- Honest
-- Intelligent
-- Flexible
-- Economically Responsible
-- Respect Civil Liberties
-- Be Competent

Oh, yes...

-- Be a Democrat.


Got it.


That latest "big speech" did squat because it was the same old, stubborn, lying, and barely understandable Bush.