Your argument that Bush-bashing in the States, as well as around the world, may help him in the upcoming presidential elections is myopic in the extreme (”The Politics of Rage,” November 22, 2003). Historical parallels of such paradoxes notwithstanding, the growing wave of emotion goes well beyond elections. To wit, Americans are now washing their hands of their crusading president, which is a precondition for recapturing the world’s goodwill toward the States. No matter what happens in the elections, therefore, Bush-bashing will grow until he is ousted from his post. That is the only way for Americans to return to the fold.