Unfortunately, he is.
With respect, CofC, no he isn't. President Bush, the elite ruling class which is his true constituency, and their second-tier nomenklatura in business, academia, finance, media, etc. all know exactly what they're doing, and they are fully cognizant that the vast majority of the American people would oppose them if they were open and honest about their agenda.
The sad reality is that it is those of us who keep agonizing, whining and endlessly asking "why doesn't the President" et al. "understand?", "don't they get it?", and so forth and so forth who are the ones in denial.
The PTBs know exactly what they're doing, they understand perfectly what the American people really want, and they know that the longer they can feign confusion and misunderstanding and keep the benefit of the doubt in the minds of the people, the better their chances of succeeding in their objectives.
Sorry, but I just don’t believe he’s that smart. He’s not. He’s a simpleton being used by corporate America which makes him a useful idiot at best but an idiot just the same.