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kpete

(71,997 posts)
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 04:27 PM Mar 2013

FALLOWS: 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 didn’t 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 OP
MY capsule view of Bush Dpm12 Mar 2013 #1
The thought of ANOTHER Bush as POTUS is one that makes my blood curdle Hulk Smash Mar 2013 #2
Yep, that just about sums him up. CJCRANE Mar 2013 #3
My capsule view of Bush (R): He was AWOL from honor, integrity, honesty, and responsibility Berlum Mar 2013 #4

Dpm12

(512 posts)
1. MY capsule view of Bush
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 04:29 PM
Mar 2013

a moron who proved incapable of leading this country and who flushed everything we stand for down the 'political toilet'.

CJCRANE

(18,184 posts)
3. Yep, that just about sums him up.
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 04:49 PM
Mar 2013

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
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 05:00 PM
Mar 2013

In other words, he was a Compleat Republican -- fully embodied the degenerate "values" of the G.O.P.

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