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I agree with most of your evaluation, but I honestly believe Bush thought Saddam had wmd. Remember, Clinton also said in office that Saddam had WMD, and the United Nations also passed 17 resolutions stating that Saddam illegally had WMD. I never understood why people thought Bush was an idiot. He's clearly very intelligent. He has a country attitude and mannerisms, and unfortunately, people often mistake that for a lack of intelligence. They don't understand the culture he grew up in, so they think he's an excusable idiot. I think most of America connects with his 'shoot it to them straight' mannerisms, though.
Quote from: Trauma on December 15, 2003, 03:57:12 PMI agree with most of your evaluation, but I honestly believe Bush thought Saddam had wmd. Remember, Clinton also said in office that Saddam had WMD, and the United Nations also passed 17 resolutions stating that Saddam illegally had WMD. I never understood why people thought Bush was an idiot. He's clearly very intelligent. He has a country attitude and mannerisms, and unfortunately, people often mistake that for a lack of intelligence. They don't understand the culture he grew up in, so they think he's an excusable idiot. I think most of America connects with his 'shoot it to them straight' mannerisms, though. Yep, and actually that's what a lot of people love about him is that they like his "cowboy swagger", they say he "shoots from the hip." And people want to say that all he does is reads what other people right for him... that's not true all the time, there's no way to prepare for every word to every one of those questions. He is truely "shooting from the hip" with some of those answers. And he knocks those questions out of the park, people eat it up.