Originally Posted by soypwrd

of selfish, arrogant, not so bright ideologues steering the ship of state, and hence us all, over a cliff.

So bot, you have a friend who knows bush and says he`s a smart guy. I`ve got a good friend, a republican who spent most of his career at the Pentagon and is on a first name basis with most of bush`s team, who would agree wholeheartedly with my above characterization.