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Pfft. If he understood what he was doing, I hate him more. So far I've always given him the benefit of the doubt when considering the results of his actions o
by Vivtek 14y ago
Pfft. If he understood what he was doing, I hate him more. So far I've always given him the benefit of the doubt when considering the results of his actions on 9/11, in Iraq, in Afghanistan, with the banking crisis, with Katrina, with secrecy, with making torture American policy, with No Child Left Behind, with the Patriot Act, and with turning a surplus into the worst recession in decades.
I'd hate to see what a mess a real genius would have made with all that.
All this story shows me is a man preternaturally gifted in terms of understanding the people around him, and bullshitting.
- sp332 14y agoYou should check out his autobiographical book Decision Points, wherein he apologizes for a lot of that crap.
- AutoCorrect 14y agolet me ask a rhetorical question: suppose you were the head of a large multinational corporation. Every day you have meetings where you have to make decisions that may irrevocably alter the course of the company. You depend on a small group of people to filter up to you all pertinent information needed to make the decisions accurately. How well do you think that would work? I say that no one can do very well in that instance, all the leader can do is set the tone, and hope that his people will implement the spirit of his intentions.