You all are doing wonderful work. It's killing me that I don't have time to read it now. (sigh)
Appreciate the kind words-- I don't read this stuff, in depth, as much as I would like to-- hunting down and skimming links for quotes or more relevant links is about all I have time for-- but this may be the Administration's "October Surprise," come early.
It will be fascinating to watch all the twisting and spinning.
Well, if someone happens to write a short synopsis of what's going on, please ping me. 'Cause all I know at this point is that someone named "Mary" got a pink slip, and this somehow relates to what we've been saying all along - We need a new press. ;-) If I start scanning your thread to put it all together I'm afraid my deadlines will be missed. I can always catch up on it later. Thanks for everything you do.
Yes.......
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GWB: HBS MBA
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1070924/posts
The American Thinker February 3, 2004 | Thomas Lifson
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One final note on George W. Bush’s management style and his Harvard Business School background does not derive from the classroom, per se. One feature of life there is that a subculture of poker players exists. Poker is a natural fit with the inclinations, talents, and skills of many future entrepreneurs. A close reading of the odds, combined with the ability to out-psych the opposition, leads to capital accumulation in many fields, aside from the poker table.
By reputation, the President was a very avid and skillful poker player when he was an MBA student. One of the secrets of a successful poker player is to encourage your opponent to bet a lot of chips on a losing hand. This is a pattern of behavior one sees repeatedly in George W. Bush’s political career.
He is not one to loudly proclaim his strengths at the beginning of a campaign. Instead, he bides his time, does not respond forcefully, at least at first, to critiques from his enemies, no matter how loud and annoying they get. If anything, this apparent passivity only goads them into making their case more emphatically.