One of my students asked “How involved was President Bush with what was going on?” I smiled and responded, “What you really mean is, ‘Was President Bush smart e

One of my students asked “How involved was President Bush with what was going on?” I smiled and responded, “What you really mean is, ‘Was President Bush smart enough to understand what was going on,’ right?” I'm probably just missing context here (details on what exactly was being discussed at that moment, tone of voice of the asker, etc), but the question as asked seems perfectly sensible. How closely did the head of the executive involve himself vs letting the experts it should have been delegated to deal with it? I know I'd probably have been torn between protest and silently wtfing if I'd had a professor put words in my mouth like that when I was in college.