> > That's exactly it - a character defining moment. When it hit the fan > he had absolutly no idea what to do because he's not a leader, his > team is. He is only one component: the outside sales rep.
He took 7 minutes of stunned silence to collect himself and begin acting. SEVEN MINUTES........ > > What you saw would be the equivilent of asking an Enron contract > salesman what he wants to do about the unaccounted for financial > entities and how he'd like to lead the company. You'd get the same > blank stare. "Uh, what?" Actually.....it's more like telling the lead accountant at Enron "we've lost 300 million dollars that can't be accounted for". This hits him like a ton of bricks.....he sits down, collects himself for a few minutes, dumbfounded.....then begins to act. > > In most ways Mr. Bush is a simple man, a spoiled rich kid who was a > failure at his family business. He didn't find his stride until he > got off the bottle and got back to the other family business: > Politics! I have no idea if Mr. Bush is simple or not...and I really doubt whether you do either. > > With the right people telling him what to say he figured out how to > capitalize on his one strength: he's average. I don't even know what that means....he's approachable? He's understanding? He's an everyman? Or...he's not elite, he's an idiot, he's no better than you and me.......?? I don't understand...what do you mean when you say he's "average"? > > Before 9/11, he'd been so coached with ideas, policies, and names that > he'd never had time to consider that fact that was protecting the > entire country. When Mr. Card reportedly whispered, "Mr. President, > the country is under attack" he realized, all at once, that he had > absolutely no idea what he was doing or what he even should do. Again, are you living in the seven minutes that he took to absorb what was being told to him and to begin to decide how he was best to react to that? Or are you talking about the days and weeks following when he appeared as a steady, caring leader? (note i said "appeared" :) > > So he sat there thinking, "I'm in really deep shit, now. What do I > do? What does this mean?" And that's who Mr. Bush is - a really nice > guy who likes to party, but one you shouldn't follow into battle. I sure as hell hope he told himself "I'm in deep shit"....because phukkin-A man, ALL Americans were in deep shit. I sure hope his next question was "What do i do?"....followed maybe by "What does this attack mean?" How does this lead you to your conclusion that Bush is a nice party animal who you shouldn't follow into battle? Did i miss a bridge in that argument somewhere....? > > Nobody's ever described him as a quick thinker. Nope. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=17 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:170895 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
