How Bush leads: part Patton, part Dangerfield

U.S. News- Washington Whispers ^ | 01/20/03 | Paul Bedard

[Pokey78]

Don't laugh when you see the title of a new book that challenges the elite's view that President Bush is no brainiac: The Leadership Genius of George W. Bush. Really. "We did it," says coauthor Carolyn Thompson, a leadership expert, "because he's so widely underestimated and because everybody thinks he's not what he really is." That would be Master Leader, she and James Ware conclude in their scholarly study. More in-depth than others like The Rumsfeld Way, it charts Bush's 10 common-sense leadership lessons, like: Hire smart, build trust, talk straight, and leave aides alone. "General Patton," they write, "followed the same strategy." Yet unlike the field commander, Bush gets no respect, à la Rodney Dangerfield. But that, too, says Thompson, is part of Bush's genius. "He likes to be underestimated." She's even copied her two favorite Bush traits. While unpresidential at times, he tells it like he sees it. And he's religious about sticking to his schedule, which includes two hours of exercise and home by 7 p.m. "I do the same now and it works," she says. "He's made a believer out of me."

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[Sofa King]

You know what's funny about this? The same people who have allowed the media to spoon-feed them the idea that Bush is dumb, and have refused to reconsider despite all of the evidence to the contrary, accuse republicans of not thinking for themselves (and, ironically, they say that because it's the party line that they've been fed).

[McGavin999]

It's going to take a while before the media spin winds down, but when it does, this country is going to realize what a great president we've got.

[billorites]

"I was so poor growing up...If I wasn't born a boy....I'd have nothing to play with. "

[upchuck]

... Carolyn Thompson, a leadership expert, "because he's so widely underestimated and because everybody thinks he's not what he really is." ... But that, too, says Thompson, is part of Bush's genius. "He likes to be underestimated."

Carolyn Thompson, you call youself an author? I doubt it, cause you got it wrong not once, but twice.

Everyone knows the word is misunderestimated.

[Yardstick]

Have you read, "Dubya's Guide To The English Language?" Good stuff!!!

No, but I received George W. Bushisms: The Accidental With and Wisdom of our 43rd President, a snotty little jab at Bush put out by our friends at Slate, as a gag gift, and it's great fun. There's no doubt W's got the knack. A few choice nuggets:

"I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family"

"I will have a foreign-handed foreign policy"

"If the terriers and barriffs's are torn down, this economy will grow"

"We ought to make the pie higher"

"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully"

[HighRoadToChina]

Hey, there is only 8 here! Where are 9 and 10?!?

[Once-Ler]

"We ought to make the pie higher"

Now that is thinking out of the box!!!

[Yardstick]

Yeah, going upwards with the pie. Who'd a thought of that? ;O)