Expectations: When you have some one who comes in and tells you they are going to restore honor and dignity to the White House you have a certain level of expectation.

If once they get in they not only fail to follow through on that pledge but go in the opposite direction it is really a disappointment.  Then once Bush's true colors began to show not only do you get a sense of disappointment that he never has held the high moral gound that was just so much of a sham, but it is actually much worse than that.

So this should not come as any surprise:

I've obviously missed something. When did it become appropriate for the Commander-in-Chief to go onto a military installation before a military crowd and denounce the opposition party? I cannot remember a time in my 21-year career when anything remotely like this happened. Is it just me or are we embarked on something very dark and dangerous for our democracy?  http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/007009.php

I too have better than 25 years in the military and I have never seen anything like this president. He seems to be afraid of his own skin. He seems desparate.