Why is "President" Bush so naive as to what is going on under his very nose?
97298
He is definately not naive. He lies to the media saying he didn't know about things. I think the people are naive and believe him. How can we trust a Leader that doesn't know what is going on in this country? His credibility is very suspicious to me.
758132
I agree with you 100%.  Sensible argument is futile with this crowd; you may as well blow in the wind.\n\nNormal cognitive people find it difficult to believe that Bush did indeed fool a lot of people. But to preserve your own sanity, you gotta believe. \n\nMy stance is to wait it out.  George will continue his escapades and after he does the worst damage the last 'residues' will turn on him. \n\nBecause, you know what?  It WILL happen.  Time always tells.
1146004
Oh little minds . The president lied with all his information coming from Clinton era appointed intelligence agency's. There is no way on earth that Bush had the opportunity or time to place real intelligent men at these jobs. So he had to believe these people were telling him the truth. He may be guilty of passing on a lie told to him but not making up the story himself. if you will remember most of the rest of the free world held the same views.\nRemember the intelligence folks had training in truth fullness from their commander in chief Who did not have sex with that Woman.
370266
At least twice each week I read the rant of another angry American who declares that Bush is an idiot, but if they're just figuring that out now, they're throwing stones from a glass house. Of course he's an idiot. They needed an idiot. If the man displayed any signs of intelligence, evil actions couldn't be  passed off as "failures" or "bungling." If the president were intelligent and scholarly, people would question why he's completely incompetent, \nbut because he's an obvious buffoon, many people accept that as the reason everything's \ngoing horribly wrong. It's also a lot less distressing to believe that your government is incompetent rather than know that they're evil, and most people will cling to that comfort.\n\n               The real problem is that if people blame Bush's idiocy for our troubles, they probably also think that the solution would be to get him out of office, but if they think we'll be saved by "Hillary in '08," or any other politician, they're even slower than Bush. \n\nRegardless of who's occupying the White House, there has never been an idiot running this country. There's  too much power and money at stake for an idiot to gain control of it. If the president is an idiot,  he's only in the White House because someone else has firm control over him. Someone somewhere has a lot more control over the fate of this nation than our "president" does. \n\n               Of course this reasoning begs the question "if this country isn't being run by an idiot, \nwhy is everything going so horribly wrong?" The answer is that it's going wrong by design. \nThe questioner makes the  assumption that this country is being run by people who are acting in the interest of Americans, but nothing can be further from the truth. Instead of accusing Bush of doing a lousy job, or being a lousy president, please try to think in terms of Bush's "boss" being someone other than the American people, and his "job" as being to grab as \nmuch cash as he can for himself and his friends before driving this country into the ground. If you look at his presidency in that light, you can instantly see that he's doing a marvelous job, and he's the best "president" an enemy nation could ever hope to see in the White House.The fact of the matter is that America as we know it (or knew it) is being systematically destroyed, and the politicians from both political parties are making this possible.\n\n             Freedom and justice are fading memories, the U.S. Constitution is "just a goddamn piece of paper," and the election process has been undermined. The jobs have been shipped overseas, the economy is hopeless, the environment is being raped, the Army is "broken," the infrastructure is crumbling, our borders are being dissolved, and every dollar or gold nugget that was subject to being looted, is already gone. With the entire nation and its population deep in debt, crashing the economy is a simple matter of raising interest rates, which will allow the bankers to once again scoop up all mortgaged property, and force its inhabitants out into the street. Instead of calling it illegal immigration, we should be calling it a foreign invasion, because the consequences of this invasion are as terminal to our freedoms and to our way of life as any act of terrorism ever perpetrated against us! The United States is being invaded - FOREIGN INVADERS.  \n\n             The American people need to understand that the United States is under attack! \nNo, not by Iraq or Iran, but by Mexico! Yes, Martha, you had better believe it. \nThe Mexican government is deliberately and systematically working to destabilize and undermine the very fabric and framework of American society. \n             And President George W. Bush and Senators John McCain and Ted Kennedy (among others) ar
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I don't think Bush has a clue what goes on in the world. He tries but his ideas and most others differ. The damage he has done to this country in terms of lives lost, economic costs and world reputation will take years to heal.\n\nBush isn't malicious - he really believes he is right and all others are wrong.
591087
the joke is on them, friend. they are too arrogant and ignorant to understand how foolish they look. let them have their little fits. they don't even know why they are upset or whta they actually believe. one day...bush is an "evil genius". the next day...he's a stupid gun-slingin cowboy who can't even speak. they can't even make up their own minds..which makes it very hard to even take them seriously IMO.
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I think he's one small tree :-)\n\nHe looks like he's spaced out on drugs when he talks, and I just can't trust someone who reminds me of stoners I knew in high school. \n\nIn his name, our country has taken backwards steps in womens' health (the subject I know most about), freedoms of expression, the national debt, foreign policy, public health, public education, higher education, student aid, the economy as a whole... obviously, the list goes on.\n\nI believe that someone who comes from "big oil" should NOT be trusted so completely. It just makes common sense. Would you trust a lawyer in your divorce if he was invested in your soon-to-be-ex's company? NO!\n\nWhat is sad is that many people who support Bush are from the rural areas- where THEIR sons are dying at a higher rate as foot soldiers! \n\nSome people choose to believe their preachers and targeted propaganda over common sense. \n\nI think it's pathetic, and I can't think much more on it before I become nauseated.
950774
Bush was and remains scared silly. That's why he floated around on air force one while the rubble of the world trade center was still falling. He's a prop for a band of geopoliticians who figured if we did not finally knock Iraq in the chops with a perfect excuse like 911, we would never have a better opportunity. He turned red in panic too scared even to politely excuse himself and put the business of being commander and chief above reading to a bunch of kids. He is a fake, and lots of people love his lies.
529651
Hey I'd believe any trash on Bush as he is such a liar and embarrassment to the U.S. Maybe it was his dog he was kissing and someone made a mistake. Pickles is too busy worrying about how the women of Iraq are dressing to pay attention to Bush so maybe he thought he could get a little Rice A Bony why Cupie was giving her fine women's rights speech.
1008200
Bush has said much more stupid ish than this. Really, I'm not surprised. Anyway if you have an illiterate person representing you. They are easily to control and puppetize.
690887
You must mean a different G.W. Bush as our current occupant of the White House is not MENSA material.  When you believe that a supernatural being talks directly to you and tells you how to run the world, well Houston we have a problem.
404396
Hi,\n\nAt the risk of being flamed, I thing Bush is a very smart man, and knows exactly what he is doing.  The idiocy comes in manipulating the American people with fear and uncertainty.  Yes, he is not the best speaker either, but some of that comes from the idea that he is trying to make HIMSELF believe and keep track of the stories that he has concocted through the years of his manipulative campaign.\n\nIdiot?  No.  Immoral?  Yes.
360944
Cuz Bush smells like the underside of a horse.
931105
Humble pie?  He doesn't know what that is.  He is a megalomaniac and a psycho.  He is oblivious to good sense and can't read his public.  I don't know how this man made it to president in the first place.  It just goes to prove that gullible America will elect anyone at all.
230599
While presidents seem all powerful in reality they are compelled to follow an agenda that is set primarily by the political party which they represent and by the will of the majority (although this does not always seem the case).  Mr. Bush is simply the figurehead or mouthpiece for those agendas so it is a bit unfair to call him stupid....perhaps you consider the policies he is pursuing to be stupid.  As to the support....don't forget that he was elected by a majority all of whom had an opportunity to make other decisions.  Those decisions will be made again in 2008 and maybe you will see a different type of candidate elected to pursue other agendas for this country.  That is the essence of democracy.
1001926
It's simple.\n\nBush and his gang think they are above the law and above reproach. That everything they do is perfect and proper. Bush himself has said he has never made any mistakes. It's a combination of arrogance and entitlement. Not to mention a bit of megalomania.
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It's not a spoken bushism: it's the time he accidentally walked into a closet after giving some sort of speach.\n\nHilarious!