Bush acted like a Statesman, where did that get him?
“Bush acted like a Statesman, where did that get him?”
One can be a statesman, and still be wrong. Bush also opened two wars when one would have worked, and spent like a drunken sailor.
Jesse Ventura was direct, bordering on crude, where did that get him?
That’s the flip side of your point, such as it is.
Ideally, a statesman with good policy decisions would be what you wish for in a president. Is that too much to ask for?