On the face of it, perhaps. But Bush is the President. He has to take final responsibility, doesn't he?
If Bush can truly claim to know absolutely nothing, then don't we have a serious problem - wouldn't that imply that Bush is either incompetent or is simply not paying attention?
I don't believe for one minute - in spite of what the press keeps trying to tell me - that President Bush is "incompetent" or "simply not paying attention". You're certainly welcome to ask the questions - but Cathryn, frankly, I think it indicates something about you that you would.
You're a Texan. Is this really a possibility in your mind - that your former governor/your president could be an incompetent boob?
You know I think you're very bright, and perhaps you feel as though you're being objective when you frame questions that way, but it makes someone like me feel as though I may as well be reading the Washington Post.
I don't read the Washington Post, and there's a reason I don't.
We see these sort of implications constantly in the mainstream press. I wish we could dispense with them among conservatives.