Bush's lack of gravitas

Here's an email I just send to the President:

I disagree with a lot of your policies, but let me point out something that I think annoys a lot of Americans - OK, a lot of Democrats - that you can and should change, and would make you less objectionable.

When you talk about serious matters, you always end up with a chuckle in your voice - as if you are saying "why don't you people get this? you people are just too dumb to understand my point." You don't seem to take these serious matters seriously. You lack gravitas.

You did it yesterday, at your news conference - commenting first on the large number of soldiers who died there, in the helicopter crash, etc - and then explaining what you see as the vital, long-term objective. And I AGREE with you on that. But the chuckle turned me off. And if I was one of the family members of the soldiers who had died that day, I would have found that chuckle disrespectful.

Try to keep the chuckle out of your voice, and I might be able to stand listening to you talk about serious matters.