The stories are success stories. The letters from listeners often touch the heart and can be inspiring.
I just can't feel lukewarm about a character. I either despise her, admire her, or don't understand her and want to understand her.
Understanding that yes, we are committing more resources than we thought we might be in protecting our homeland and prosecuting a war and so it's understandable that we would be going through a period of deficits.