From http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20051104-1626-cnssummit.html, on Friday in Venezuela:

In a brief question-and-answer session with reporters later, Bush said he would be civil in anticipation of a possible face-to-face meeting with Chavez during the two-day summit.

“I will, of course, be polite. That’s what the American people expect their president to do, is to be a polite person,” Bush said.

I don’t know about you, but I expect a helluva lot more than politeness from the president, like, maybe a minimum knowledge of diplomacy. Does he really not realize how idiotic he sounds when he talks like this?