Incurious George

[Saudade]

Incurious George
Bush's Weaknesses Are Beginning to Show


October 12, 2003

Almost three years into the presidency of George W. Bush the startling political reality is that, although he was elected by the slimmest of margins and lost the popular vote by more than 500,000 votes, he has governed as if he had a resounding mandate....

His handling of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks brought Bush acclaim for leadership at a time of crisis. But as the nation has moved away from 9/11, Bush's weaknesses as an inexperienced leader have begun to appear. The W we see today, with falling poll ratings, a mess in Iraq, a foreign-policy team at war with itself, and a sputtering economy, is the W many feared when votes were still being counted in Florida: an inexperienced president, not able to control his high-powered cabinet secretaries,

blindly repeating his tax-cut mantra no matter what the long- term consequences, defending a war of choice even as body bags - returned to the country almost daily and weapons of mass destruction have yet to be found in Iraq. A man not only limited by his lack of experience but also surprisingly incurious - who reads little and leaves it to others to question whether reality comports with his ideology .


More: http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/politics/ny-vpuno123491049oct12,0,2145567,print.story?coll=ny-lipolitics-print

[Ivory_Tower]

1. I have one nit to pick

All first-term presidents are inexperienced presidents -- that isn't what bothered me about his campaign. It was his obvious incompetence that was the problem -- and still is.

[rusty charly]

2. he didn't have the "slimmest of margins"

he lost

[rock]

5. He lost rather badly, as a matter of fact

All the post election analysis show that.

[Equinox]

8. He lost and was handpicked...

n/t

[Manix]

6. ...most unintelligent President in history!!

...makes even Reagan look smart.

[Skittles]

3. problem is

Bush's weaknesses were so f***ing obvious WELL before he was installed into the White House. I witnessed his incompetency in Texas as our governor. Fact is, this stupid f*** has been give pass after pass by the corporate press and now we are ALL payng for it.

[Booberdawg]

4. Yeah, he is dumb as a box of hair!

:D

[Skittles]

7. LOL

DUMB AS A BOX OF PERRY'S HAIR. :D

[av8rdave]

14. As a Texas resident...

I've been terrified of W since he ran against Ann Richards for gov. After all, his father converted me to the Democratic party.

W has lived up to all of my expectations!

Dave

[bemildred]

15. As a California resident ...

Please accept my sympathies, and while we are at it,
please extend me yours, we can use it too.

[tabasco]

9. Freepers don't want an intellectual President.

They like guys like Bush because he's a "regular guy." Never mind the fact that he never had to work a day in his life, never had to borrow money, and never was very successful at anything he ever did. I'm starting to think if a ham sandwich ran for President, the freeps would vote for it simply because it was Ham Sandwich(R). I can understand why a millionaire would vote for a puppet like Bush - to do the bidding of the corporate special interests and never have an original idea. But working class people that vote for people like Bush are simply duped. Ignorant people who want ignorant leaders that are "like them."

[JohnyCanuck]

10. Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many

for appointment by the corrupt few.” – George Bernard Shaw

[karlschneider]

16. Actually, Chimpy "borrowed" a LOT of money. He just never had to pay

any of it back.
:grr:

[jokerman93]

11. The Phrase:

"The Banality of Evil"

keeps coming to mind when I think of this golum president we have.

Anyone know who coined it?

[Saudade]

12. Banality of Evil

This is the subtitle of Hannah Arendt's book on the trial of Adolph Eichmann.

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