What do you think is Bush's greatest weakness?

[undeterred]

For me his inability to ever admit failure or apologize.

[Norbu]

1. the internet

bush is the last president of the television age

[Arugula Latte]

18. Ooh. I like that answer!

I hope the technological ground has shifted under these people so that they won't be able to get away with simply co-opting the mainstream media in order to get their way, as they did for the first few years of his presidency.

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[originalpckelly]

23. Excuse me, but they are called the INTERNETS!

I heard the President say it myself, and if he said it, then well it must be right.

[Rex]

2. That he said yes in 2000.

But then again, that is what is destroying the very fabric of the GOP. So I say more of it!!!!

[unblock]

3. so many to choose from...

[Aviation Pro]

4. Alcohol and stupidity....

eom

[filer]

5. Genetics? n/t

[sakabatou]

6. The disregard of history and mistakes

[Zybelline]

7. combination of born again faith on top of ignorance terrible

[Arugula Latte]

8. His very existence.

I wish Poppy had been shooting blanks the night he was conceived ... x(

[Bad Penny]

20. amen

[Imagevision]

44. Loss of power, this is going to be entertaining

[MGD]

9. His upbringing. He missed out on some of lifes most importrant lessons imo

Money frequently corrupts the natural selection processes that would normally "weed out" weaker specimens.

[greeneyedboy]

10. lack of conscience & intellectual laziness/lack of curiosity

anyone read "Bush on the Couch"? the guy is genuinely sociopathic. i think he is dyslexic, but not as dumb as he acts (unfortunately--i'd rather have a moron figurehead President than a sociopath-in-chief).

[Virginia Dare]

11. Extreme sociopathic tendencies....n/t

[Unvanguard]

12. His arrogance.

He and his advisers clearly do not have a clue what they are doing, but they refuse to recognize this obvious truth.

[newyawker99]

25. Hi Unvanguard!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[bigwillq]

35. Hi!

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[LiberalEsto]

13. Lack of empathy

He obviously inherited it from his mother.

[TahitiNut]

14. He married a smoker.

:evilgrin:

[bryant69]

15. What's worse Brain Cancer or Heart Cancer?

I think his greatest weakness is everything.

Bryant
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[Initech]

16. To quote Bill Maher - two words he cant seem to say "sorry" or "nuclear"

[focusfan]

17. His brain or lack of one

[malaise]

19. He'a a pathological liar

and a sick fuck.

[femmocrat]

21. His mental state.

Someone once said he had "narcissistic (sp?) personality disorder." :shrug:

[bklyncowgirl]

22. His unwillingness to listen to those who know more than he does.

We've had ignorant presidents before, we've had stupid presidents before but to the best of my knowledge, Bush may be the only one who simply refuses to listen to the advise of persons with far more experience than he, if it conflicts with whatever it was he wants to do.

[Lisa]

24. yes -- didn't he drive his car into the wall of his garage in agitation?

... after Laura offered a few constructive suggestions about his speeches? As they were coming home from an event in Texas for his congressional campaign, he urged her to give him some tips, and she took this at face value and assumed that he wasn't just fishing for compliments (they had only been married a short while, so she didn't know him as well). And he got so worked up that he almost demolished the garage.



http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/e2147.htm
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/05/20040519-18.html

[HughBeaumont]

26. Strengths, weaknesses . . .

Either way, it implies nothing but regressive process. There isn't anything positive you can say about this Do-Nothing King at all.

[ThomWV]

27. Ego

[Hubert Flottz]

28. His total lack of Morality!

[FormerDittoHead]

29. That he can fool 50.2% of the people all of the time... n/t

[Atman]

30. Waking up in the morning

If he'd just stop doing that, we'd all be better off.

.

[Crankie Avalon]

31. His insecurity...

...it pours out of everything about him. Apart from his insecurity about his masculinity (and, let's face it, on that score as on so many others he has much to be insecure about), he can't bear knowing he's a mediocrity. Gifted people remind him of his mediocrity, so he ignores their counsel and instead surrounds himself with flatterers who have no wisdom or talent for anything other than flattery. A dope surrounded by other dopes isn't a formula for effective leadership. He's desparate to prove he's not the fuckup he's been all his life (failed businesses, alcoholism, drug abuse, and on and on) and is using this Supreme Court-appointed presidency as his last chance to say, "See? I was right and all you eggheads throughout my life were wrong." But, unfortunately for America, he IS a total, lifelong fuckup and is messing up as president just as badly as he's messed up at everything else in his sick, sad, pathetic life.

[Rosemary2205]

38. I was going to say lack of maturity but

your post about insecurity is really the root of the lack of maturity, so I have to go with you.

[mnhtnbb]

41. I agree. His pathological insecurity is at the root of everything else...

the lying, the boozing, the arrogance, the delusional hallucinations
about God wanting him to be President and telling him to attack Iraq..you name it, I think it comes from his insecurity.

[magellan]

32. His self-confidence is a house of cards

As long as he's surrounded by yes-men he gets by. But he needs others to constantly tell him he's right, otherwise he spirals into depression and bad temper. That's why everyone around him tries so hard to keep bad news from him, even going so far as to tell others what they can and can't tell him, and why he's so given to accepting and making excuses for not seeing reality.

[Fuzz]

33. Easy

[raccoon]

34. I agree. Ever notice how most all management is like that? nt

[Efilroft Sul]

36. His strange need to prove himself worthy to the Quaker Oats dude.

Oh, wait. That's Babs.

[Vidar]

37. He speaks.

[napi21]

39. Arrogance.

So arrogant, he thinks he can ignor any law he doesn't like.

So arrogant, he insists on staying the course in Iraq rather than admit a mistake.

So arrogant, he thinks he will never be charged with breaking the laws orget caught and punished.

[LeftishBrit]

40. He is fundamentally anti-democracy

And unintelligent, has psychopathic tendencies, and chooses the wrong people wherever possible.

[Jack Rabbit]

42. That's a little like asking what was wrong with the '62 Mets

Apart from a .220 team batting average, a 5.00 team ERA, 215 errors and 120 losses, what was wrong?

[undeterred]

43. ...

:rofl:

ok, but which of these things bothered you the most?

[LostInAnomie]

45. Arrogance

The idea that he is never wrong has been the guiding principle for every move he has made since birth.

[maxsolomon]

46. Horses

scared to death of 'em.

some cowboy.