Back when I was a young man, I remember many a wall was adorned with a picture of [Dwight D. Eisenhower] or Jack Kennedy. You didn’t have to be patriotic to show respect. Party affiliation didn’t obscure the honor of the presidency.

Today’s treatment of President Bush is appalling. Here is a man who could be kicking back enjoying his millions. Instead, he’s under the most concentrated and vile scrutiny any leader has ever endured. It makes me cringe when I see a man who is sacrificing so much be the source of so much ridicule.

This really hits home because I spent 365 days in Vietnam fighting a war under a president who makes Bush look like Abraham Lincoln.

That war also had little bearing on the future of our country, whereas the current conflict has huge implications. It’s cool, especially in the Northwest, to be anti-Bush right now. I’m just not cool.

MIKE DAVIS Brush Prairie, Wash.

It’s hip to be square, I suppose. I’m glad it’s now cool to be anti-Bush is Brush Prairie, Washington. I weep for Bush, knowing that he’s sacrificed so much. (Actually, I scratch my head trying to figure out what that is supposed to mean.) So very sad. And doesn’t the “You didn’t have to be patriotic to show respect. Party affiliation didn’t obscure the honor of the presidency.” rule wrap its way over to Lyndon “makes Bush look like Abraham Lincoln” Johnson?

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