Bush is not leading?

Kerry keeps saying that George Bush is not leading.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition defines lead as "To show the way to by going in advance; to guide or direct in a course."

I think what Kerry means is we are not a throng of nations singing in consensus, out of time in a noisome UN vaudeville show entertaining dictators in hope of making them smile, thereby producing in us a sense of accomplishment. Then boastful in our ability to paint over the rust, to take a pain killer so that we do not feel the tumor that has grown in us, we laud our cast of singers, dancers, and clowns until, at last we feel the need to go entertain again…