bu$h: Dumb like a bullet (nice read from SFGate)

[dbt]

Now, a little comic sorbet to clear the palate between onslaughts of prison abuse and strafed weddings:

Word has it Bush probably didn't hear the actual details, of the specific brand of U.S.-made hoods or of the rape techniques employed, because, as everyone knows, Bush is a "big-picture guy" who likes only the general Cliff's Notes overviews of world events and can barely find Baghdad on a map and can't really handle too many simultaneous thoughts. <snip>

It is the eternal Bush conundrum. How to appear sort of blank faced and ignorant of the true atrocities your administration commits so as to avoid any sort of direct accountability, and yet still pretend to be a savvy, aware, tough-guy leader who gets things done and takes no bull and launches unprovoked wars on anything that stands in the way of his dad's portfolio. <snip>

It's always felt like a bit of a grand ruse, Bush's Forrest Gump-style dunderheadedness, a clever (if entirely plausible) way to deflect much of the responsibility for his regimes's carnage, all designed to make the nation believe that this guy simply couldn't be all that bad because, well, he just ain't all that bright. <mo snip>

Any major moves now -- like firing Rummy, or Wolfie or Uncle Dick, or even apologizing for all the Saddam-grade rapes and tortures -- would make Dubya appear contradictory or unstable or inconsistent, which is exactly the mass illusion he simply must maintain right now lest his approval rating drop even farther, to where it finally matches his IQ. Whoops, sorry. Cheap shot. See how easy it is?

Readmo.

Ah, what a fascinating question! Is bu$h smart enough to realize what a box his "dumbass" image has put him in? Or does he just pop another Dexedrine Time-Release Spansule (30 mg) and go back "on-task?"

:evilgrin:
dbt

[Malva Zebrina]

1. I think he really is a dumass--that thinks he is a smartass

I enjoy Morford.More from the article:

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After all, it has always been far too easy to smack BushCo around as being an aww-shucks dumb-guy AWOL simpleton daddy's boy with a low-C average and a painfully inarticulate approach to the world, coupled with an astounding, world-famous ability to mangle both the English language and every foreign policy ever implemented.
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He is stupid, Cheney is behind every decision he utters, I am certain. That is why he seldom is allowed to speak without any prompting. He make the ass out of himself that he is--a dumbass. I give him no points for even the slightest bit of intelligence.