I always felt that Bush wanted sooooo much to be ‘liked’, that he bent over backwards (to Kennedy), to hiring (Paulson - a Rat at Treasury)... and to the Arabs (Iraq invasion was conducted in a ‘politically-correct’ fashion with the least amount of ground forces possible, that’s why the borders were porous and the insurgency took hold and the ‘surge’ was needed later).
The guy was never nothing more than a well-connected clueless politically-correct make-believe-conservative. Just like his entire family.
Back in the old days, they would’ve been Kennedy Democrats.
I saw his little speech this week—maudlin and mealy-mouthed and full of spin and obfuscation. He’s been BOUGHT. I remember when Laura was trying to raise money for his precious library. I sent one of those Bush pesos that circulated around FR years ago. On her stamp...