The Misunderestimated Man - How Bush chose stupidity. By Jacob Weisberg

"The question I am most frequently asked about Bushisms is, 'Do you really think the president of the United States is dumb?'
The short answer is yes.
The long answer is yes and no.
Quotations collected over the years in Slate may leave the impression that George W. Bush is a dimwit. Let's face it: A man who cannot talk about education without making a humiliating grammatical mistake ('The illiteracy level of our children are appalling'); who cannot keep straight the three branches of government ('It's the executive branch's job to interpret law'); who coins ridiculous words ('Hispanos,' 'arbolist,' 'subliminable,' 'resignate,' 'transformationed'); who habitually says the opposite of what he intends ('the death tax is good for people from all walks of life!') sounds like a grade-A imbecile. "

The Misunderestimated Man - How Bush chose stupidity. By Jacob Weisberg

Yesterday evening I was at a reading by the author Paul Auster here in Amsterdam.

He read the first two pages of all is novels. A lesson in first sentences. He also talked about the situation in the US. The antagonism between Democrats and the conservative from George W. Bush. "They can't talk to eachother. Within five minutes they start screaming. There is a divide right through the middle."

Reading Jacob Weinbergs piece on Bush reminded me of the words. Republicans hated Clinton. Democrats hate Bush.

I don't want to intervene in US domestic politics, but in my judgment, the US president and his gang are making a chaos of international diplomacy.


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