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Interesting article on Bush's current upbeat mindset in light of his poor approval ratings:
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That italicized part totally sums it up, IMO. I'm inclined to think it's a lot of both. Incomprehensibly large ego + an utter dearth of hindsight, foresight, or peripheral vision = worst president ever.
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And yet Bush does not come across like a man lamenting his plight. In public and in private, according to intimates, he exhibits an inexorable upbeat energy that defies the political storms. Even when he convenes philosophical discussions with scholars, he avoids second-guessing his actions. He still acts as if he were master of the universe, even if the rest of Washington no longer sees him that way.
"You don't get any feeling of somebody crouching down in the bunker," said Irwin M. Stelzer, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute who was part of one group of scholars who met with Bush. "This is either extraordinary self-confidence or out of touch with reality. I can't tell you which."
"You don't get any feeling of somebody crouching down in the bunker," said Irwin M. Stelzer, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute who was part of one group of scholars who met with Bush. "This is either extraordinary self-confidence or out of touch with reality. I can't tell you which."
That italicized part totally sums it up, IMO. I'm inclined to think it's a lot of both. Incomprehensibly large ego + an utter dearth of hindsight, foresight, or peripheral vision = worst president ever.
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