"There's a sense of disquiet because of the war in Iraq," said Bush, in an hour-long interview with the Orlando Sentinel and six other Florida newspapers.
Some of you young'uns won't remember this, but nothing got Carter more shit than admitting that America had a sense of "malaise". Turns out even depressed, angry people don't like presidents remarking on their being depressed or angry without DOING something about it, because then it sounds like it's the people's fault, not theirs.