The fact that Bush (& anyone associated) can climb up on a podium and actually begin sentences like, "What the American people have to understand is..." is not only the act of somebody utterly without shame, it's insulting and infuriating to those of us who seem to have a better handle on policy with 1% of the information he has. We've long talked about the whole "is Bush dumb" thing, but I gotta say - there's a lot of evidence to suggest the man is sick in the head. No one would have that much gall.
While I'm on the subject, I'm kind of amazed that a press corps can sit around, straight-faced, and take notes while this moron rambles on. I keep half-expecting somebody - ANYBODY - to stand up and suddenly say, "Is he for real?" What gives?!?" I was watching the press conference with Bush sending off Tony Blair and, regardless of my political differences; when Blair spoke, I was listening to an intelligent and even somewhat inspiring man. Bush followed him and started up with his ridiculous, "I know one thing - what the world needs is courage, and here stands a courageous man..." bullshit. Completely without substance and, of course, hemmed, hawed, & stammered. I swear to God, it seems like one of that spate of movies in the late 80s where kids suddenly were in adult bodies. He sounds like a friggin 4th grader. And a mean bully one, at that.
I'm sitting there, watching the press and various dignitaries in attendance; the majority if not all of them learned people with lengthy, impressive resumes, who have reached the pinnacle of their career to be on the short list of attendees at a White House. And I'm thinking, "Jesus, the President of the United States is the dumbest guy in the room."
It's funny, but this punk-ass chimp wrecking the world renders it not quite so "ha ha funny."
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Preaching to the choir of course, but always good to have a rant.
Boy, where to begin?
As has been stated many times, while many people were understandably annoyed by Clinton's inability to keep his pants zipped, you did feel like he was almost always the smartest guy in the room, at least in a general sense. Sure, there are lots of people focused on narrow issues, but for seeing the whole picture and putting the pieces together, he was a extraordinarily smart guy. And while I hated how slow he talked, when he talked it was easy for him, and even insubstantial stuff came out pretty well.
Again, anyone surprised that Bush is as he is simply wasn't paying attention. He is the product of years of goofing off and an almost complete lack of curiosity. A man who truly got to where he is almost entirely based on an extremely powerful extended family (extended to include corporate interests).
It's exactly like any number of monarchies gone bad, where the children are not made of the same mettle as their forebearers generally as a consequence of their forebearer's success. Not to give too much credit to successful monarchies or indeed to the Bush clan, but the gene pool degrades over generations of easy life and inbreeding if strict attention isn't paid. Anyone think Jenna or Barbara is destined for a life of power? They are chips off the old W, but without the focus.
And, also stated many times, anyone who decides their choice of president based on who they'd be most comfortable having a beer with should be first punched in the face, and then deported. As W came to learn, presidenting is hard work, and requires a mental dexterity few are capable of. We should demand that our presidents be as intelligent (in many ways) as possible.
And even with Wh being as stupid as he is, insanity is defined as doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. In this case I don't think it's stupidity. I think it's vanity. The unwillingness to acknowledge mistakes and learn from them, and even worse to cover up and aggressively deny those mistakes, is truly the act of desperate and sad people. No amount of carnage is enough to admit they fucked up.
And this goes for all of the apologists who continue to say we just need to clap louder and everything will be alright. The John McCains and Joe Liebermans of the world, along with all of the cheerleaders on the right and in the middle.
I don't know what to add, you both outline how I feel nicely. Except that, I'd never want to have a beer with Bush. Even if he is a nice guy.
I'm writing from Iowa, so I'm steeling myself for the coming onslaught of the presidential political process. In fact, it's already here. And I realize, for me, one of the secondary issues with the Bush presidency is how low my expectations are. Barack Obama has been through my hometown several times, and when I listen to him outline the highly vague and general idea of universal healthcare, my first thought is not, "Is this a credible proposal?", but rather, "He completes his sentences with a regard to basic syntax! I'm voting for this guy!"
The irony that is 'the soft bigotry of low expectations'.
Truly Bush is an Orwell character.
Let it out brother! One thing for certain is that we need new people at the top.
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