Originally posted by chasinfla
bung, keep an your eyes and mind open. I think you're gonna be surprised by this one. This is one of the great teams...once in a century material.
One doesn't need to be a genius to be a leader. But it helps to have a backbone.
Chasi,
When GWB first got into office, he came off as a dull minded, naive, arrogant man, who knew nothing of international relations and made one stupid move after another (Kyoto, ABM treaty, etc.). The only relief to the country's embarrassment has been the fact that he wasn't elected, but rather cheated his way into office. Most presidents initially make some mistakes before they get very good at the job, so some of this can be forgiven. However, he follows up these rather brash foot-in-mouth missteps by being absent on September 11, and then proceeds to do more to institute a Big Brother style larger government (which is decidedly non-republican) than any president in history. Eighteen years late, but Big Brother is now.
That being said, I truely hope you are right about this one. Believe it or not, I'm usually pretty good at keeping an open mind, so I will try to do so in this instance. To his credit, he's done slightly better in the last bit. Still though, there's been a lot of bumbling with the middleeast.
I think, as you state, that the lack of an endoskeleton is the real problem. It seems that he waits until the general populous is screaming "duh!! Do THIS!" for awhile, takes a poll, and then declares the obvious action or policy, as if it were his own.
Still, I will try to keep an open mind, and maintain some hope of being surprised.
