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What? I guess George Bush was extremely competent? I have found people who bring themselves to power had a rich father. (This will get deleted. Whenever I
by marincounty 13y ago
What? I guess George Bush was extremely competent? I have
found people who bring themselves to power had a rich father. (This will get deleted. Whenever I talk about
the lack of Horatio Alger's, especially in the last 30
years--moderators get angry.)
- mh_yam 13y agoBush was a very intelligent man contrary to what many believe. http://keithhennessey.com/2013/04/24/smarter/ http://keithhennessey.com/2013/04/24/smarter/
- thaumasiotes 13y agoYour link has a certain amount of spin going on. Bush was a pretty intelligent man; his SAT scores are known. He got a 1206, the equivalent of a 1276 post-1995 but before the inclusion of the writing test. Certainly (well, I hope) not smarter than the average student at Stanford Business School, but, notably, smarter than Kerry was. I think the more interesting questions here are, "how much power does the US president actually have?" and "how similar is becoming president to overthrowing the existing government and replacing it with yourself?"
- mh_yam 13y agoSeeing what Obama is doing, it's pretty similar.
- delackner 13y agoThank you for highlighting a difficult point! The most instructive item for me was seeing a comparison of video of Bush in his run for the Texas governorship, showing his sharp mind. In such context though, the dissonance. erwee. his stated political objectives and his true violent objectives is disheartening.