Reply #24: Slight correction [View All]

[moodforaday]

It's not necessarily "pResident Bush" letting or making IHOP. My personal hunch is he's merely a figurehead, and Cheney is pulling most strings, with Wolfowitz and other neo-cons closely behind.

Bush was electable, because he has name recognition and people somehow feel he "connects" with them. (How so many people came to believe that, I've no idea, since he's clearly detached from reality and shows absolutely no compassion or empathy - but they did.) But Bush isn't actually making the policy.