“He often runs away from an unpleasant, unexpected, or difficult situation.” (L. 85.)
When Bush was asked a question about his relationship with Ken Lay at a press conference he simply stormed off the stage.
Hitler presented himself as a brave man, but made sure of security measures. (L. 105-106.)
Bush, although he “trusts” in God seems to trust more in guns. Wherever he goes, unprecedented security measures are taken at great expense to the public.
“He was firmly convinced that the 98% vote, approving his actions, really represented the true feelings of the German people. He believed this because he needed such reassurance from time to time in order to carry on with a fairly easy mind and maintain his delusions.” (L. 182).
For Bush, simply winning the popular vote in 2004 ”if he did” that he had not won in 2000 was enough to convince him he had a “mandate.” Similarly, he believes or, at least pretends to believe that because the people elected him they are in favor of every idea or every proposal he might put forth. And, he has always believed he does not have to answer to anyone.
In fact, he was elected ”if he was” because of a pandering press, and his dishonest, fear-mongering campaign. As has been noted, there have been virtually no orange terror alerts since the 2004 campaign ended.
The more powerful he gets, the more Bush believes in his own “greatness” and the more autocratic he becomes.
"I'm the commander... see, I don't need to explain. I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being the president. Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they say something, but I don't feel like I owe anybody an explanation." --Woodward's BUSH AT WAR
Perhaps Bush should read where Jesus washed his disciples’ feet.
Molly Ivins has said Bush is not stupid, and that he does not have a racist bone in his body. I take her word for it. But, that he always accepts the convenient or easy answer and is not capable of, or is too intellectually lazy to ponder anything deeply is, by now, surely beyond dispute.
Even what intelligence he possesses, though, can best be described as a type of cunning. A quality of being “street smart” which in itself indicates a sort of dishonesty. His campaigns have demonstrated his duplicity. He does not tell a lie outright when he can tell a half-truth. He deliberately misleads and deceives. And, his campaigns have proven he is ruthless.
While “incompetent” best describes his administration, “misleader” is probably the most apt term used to describe him in his role as president.
However, it seems to me that anyone who says his best day as president was the day he caught a “big fish,” can only be described as a twit.
Anyone who takes his role as president seriously would have been proudest of an achievement relevant to that office. Jimmy Carter, for instance might point to the day the Camp David Peace Accords were signed as the best day of his presidency. Bush, if he was anything but vacuous, might have said “the day we caught Saddam Hussein,” or “the day the Iraqi people voted in their first free election,” or, since he is supposedly a conservative, “the day Congress passed my first tax cut.” But, Bush said it was catching a big fish. What word can be used to describe such vacuity other than “twit?” How can anyone take such a person as “leader of the free world” seriously?? How embarrassing for America and Americans! But then most of the world was stunned that we would elect such an incurious man in the first place, and they were absolutely dumbfounded when he was elected? in 2004 as well.
In England, for instance, The November 4th 2004 London Daily Mirror Headline read “How can 59,054,08 people be so Dumb?”
Bio: Lonna Gooden VanHorn was born and raised on a small farm in Minnesota. She is the mother of 6, a grandmother, and the wife of a Vietnam veteran.
Formerly a person who did not "get involved" in controversy, the constant lies and deceit of the Bush administration have motivated her to become a trouble maker in her old age.
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