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What evidence shows Bush Junior to be particularly bright or competent? His grades at Yale? His running into the ground of multiple business? His embarassing

What evidence shows Bush Junior to be particularly bright or competent? His grades at Yale? His running into the ground of multiple business? His embarassing performance as President? Don't get me wrong -- there are a lot of smart, competent conservatives I think are sometimes wrong and or just on a different side of class interest from me. Say, Dick Cheney, Bush Senior, Ronald, Nixon (off the charts smart, really). But George Junior was, indeed, an idiotic stooge.

protomyth 13y ago
The people who worked for him have pointed out he was quite a lot smarter than them[1]. The interviews he gave during his library's opening. Dick Cheney has said Bush is smarter than him. This SNL BS is seriously messing with how people think. It's like the number of people who believe Ford was an unathletic clutz. 1) one example http://keithhennessey.com/2013/04/24/smarter/ http://keithhennessey.com/2013/04/24/smarter/
- forkandwait 13y ago
  Cool. His friends like him and wrote a blog post about it ;) I still think history will judge his administration as being 8 years of screw-up, class warfare, and embarassment. Note that I am not saying that about his Dad, Ronald, or Richard....
  - wyclif 13y ago
    If history will judge Bush poorly, how will they judge Obama in the context of continuing Bush's policies? Embarrassment? Check. Screw-ups (including Syria)? Check. Pressuring/intimidating foreign governments not to grant Snowden asylum? Check. Drone striking children? Check. Sending admin flacks out to say that Benghazi was caused by a YouTube video? Check. BTW, the Obama admin has zero evidence in public of scientific samples or intel proving use of sarin gas by the Syrian government: http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE98603A20130907?irpc=932 http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE98603A20130907?irpc... Reality check: Obama and Bush are cut from very similar policy cloth. Both warmongers and NSA expansionists who don't give a damn about the civil liberties of the American public.
barry-cotter 13y ago
I believe his ASVB scores were higher than Kerry's. Not checking, on my phone.
TheLegace 13y ago
Have you seen the debate he had when he was running for Texas Governor, hell if he was honest he may even of gotten my vote, it's sounds like it's from a completely different universe. http://youtu.be/pw4Bhmm22xo?t=18s http://youtu.be/pw4Bhmm22xo?t=18s
espeed 13y ago
Compare Bush's Texas gubernatorial speeches to his presidential speeches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvknGT8W5jA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvknGT8W5jA Bush Library Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw86w6G9e3E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw86w6G9e3E Uncommon Knowledge: President George W. Bush On His Presidency and Life After the White House: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K48Co8InGi4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K48Co8InGi4

protomyth 13y ago

The people who worked for him have pointed out he was quite a lot smarter than them[1]. The interviews he gave during his library's opening. Dick Cheney has said Bush is smarter than him. This SNL BS is seriously messing with how people think. It's like the number of people who believe Ford was an unathletic clutz. 1) one example http://keithhennessey.com/2013/04/24/smarter/ http://keithhennessey.com/2013/04/24/smarter/

forkandwait 13y ago
Cool. His friends like him and wrote a blog post about it ;) I still think history will judge his administration as being 8 years of screw-up, class warfare, and embarassment. Note that I am not saying that about his Dad, Ronald, or Richard....
- wyclif 13y ago
  If history will judge Bush poorly, how will they judge Obama in the context of continuing Bush's policies? Embarrassment? Check. Screw-ups (including Syria)? Check. Pressuring/intimidating foreign governments not to grant Snowden asylum? Check. Drone striking children? Check. Sending admin flacks out to say that Benghazi was caused by a YouTube video? Check. BTW, the Obama admin has zero evidence in public of scientific samples or intel proving use of sarin gas by the Syrian government: http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE98603A20130907?irpc=932 http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE98603A20130907?irpc... Reality check: Obama and Bush are cut from very similar policy cloth. Both warmongers and NSA expansionists who don't give a damn about the civil liberties of the American public.

barry-cotter 13y ago

I believe his ASVB scores were higher than Kerry's. Not checking, on my phone.

TheLegace 13y ago

Have you seen the debate he had when he was running for Texas Governor, hell if he was honest he may even of gotten my vote, it's sounds like it's from a completely different universe. http://youtu.be/pw4Bhmm22xo?t=18s http://youtu.be/pw4Bhmm22xo?t=18s

espeed 13y ago

Compare Bush's Texas gubernatorial speeches to his presidential speeches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvknGT8W5jA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvknGT8W5jA Bush Library Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw86w6G9e3E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw86w6G9e3E Uncommon Knowledge: President George W. Bush On His Presidency and Life After the White House: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K48Co8InGi4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K48Co8InGi4