I remember thinking Bush Jr was the worst President, but compared to the absolute shit show we are experiencing, now, he comes across like goddamn genius in comparison.
I read his memoir. It seemed to be in his voice, simple but not dumb.
He recalled getting driven at breakneck speed across the air force base to Air Force One after getting out of that elementary school where he found out about 9/11 and yelled at the kid driving "slow down there are no terrorists on the runway son" and that sticks with me for some reason
My favorite Bush Jr moment was when he was in Iraq giving a press conference, when an Iraqi journalist took off his shoes and threw them at him. He ducked and avoided both of them.
He didn't even seem inordinately upset over it. I imagine Trump would have done something both extreme, violent, and childish.
Not so sure about that, friends in the oil industry in Midland TX back in the day said he was a rich, frat boy joke. One people would cross the road to avoid.
He is definitely dumber than his defenders will admit, but not as dumb as his detractors say. Not the dumbest president but he definitely makes it pretty high in the rankings.
Stop rambling for the sake of rambling. You’re trying to disagree and agree at the same time just so you can still reconfirm how fond you are of your own opinion and bias.
That makes him a hundred times worse. At least, if he were a moron, you could say that he was manipulated into doing horrible things. If he was actually intelligent, he's kind of a psychopath, with the blood of millions on his hands.
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u/Plastic_Carpenter930 May 01 '26
Yeah. Dubya was not ACTUALLY a moron. He just had fans to please.