"But he seems like a nice fella!"

The cost of "nice":

A $230 billion budgetary surplus in 2000 is now a $412.6 billion deficit.

An ignored briefing while on vacation leads to over 3,217 dead in terrorist attacks on the US and the subsequent military action. The financial costs are over $100 billion in clean-up and reconstruction costs, plus military funding.

A birthday party in Arizona and appearances in California lead to ignoring a natural disaster developing in the Gulf of Mexico region. Over 1,069 dead (as of 21 September 2005), over 2,576 missing and $ 60 billion pledged to clean-up a situation that could have been mitigated by not cutting funding for levee improvements.

A family score to settle leads to 2,107 dead coalition troops and at least 10,000 citizens of Iraq. Over $275 billion in military spending.

"Nice" has cost the US, and the world.

Electing a guy that you could see as "a drinking buddy" or "a good neighbour" has led to nearly 16,500 dead people and over $400 billion in extra spending, in addition to another $640 billion lost from federal coffers.

The cost of "nice" is a small suburb's worth of people and a trillion dollars. And that's not so "nice".