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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFALLOWS: My capsule view of Bush
My capsule view of Bush: I believe that the temperamental combination he brought to the presidency was lethal. I think of the big three elements of this mix as ignorance, incuriosity, and decisiveness.
Ignorance was his low level of pre-existing knowledge of the complexities of the world.
Incuriosity was his apparent lack of passion about learning what he didnt know.
Decisiveness was his desire, nonetheless, to make big, sweeping choices quickly for instance, ten years ago that it made sense to invade Iraq.
Incuriosity was his apparent lack of passion about learning what he didnt know.
Decisiveness was his desire, nonetheless, to make big, sweeping choices quickly for instance, ten years ago that it made sense to invade Iraq.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/03/threat-inflation-threat-deflation-the-bushes-and-robert-byrd/273754/
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FALLOWS: My capsule view of Bush (Original Post)
kpete
Mar 2013
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Dpm12
(512 posts)1. MY capsule view of Bush
a moron who proved incapable of leading this country and who flushed everything we stand for down the 'political toilet'.
Hulk Smash
(51 posts)2. The thought of ANOTHER Bush as POTUS is one that makes my blood curdle
CJCRANE
(18,184 posts)3. Yep, that just about sums him up.
But even so, I feel some sympathy for him.
Maybe I'm just a big softie.
Berlum
(7,044 posts)4. My capsule view of Bush (R): He was AWOL from honor, integrity, honesty, and responsibility
In other words, he was a Compleat Republican -- fully embodied the degenerate "values" of the G.O.P.