It amazes me that this author, as well as many other liberals, have the audacity to blame Bush for the corporate scandals that have taken place. When Bush became president, it's not as if these companies began their dishonest practices. In fact much of this began during the Clinton presidency. Whether liberals understand this or are just using it to hang Bush, the American public and the world as a whole has seemed to accept that Bush is responsible, even though he has been in office for lees than 2 years.
I'm always amazed when people accuse George W. Bush of a lack of intelligence. George Bush went to Yale. I'm a pretty bright woman, but I couldn't get into Yale and get through its rigorous courses. George Bush went to Harvard and got an MBA. I didn't go to Harvard, either, and I don't think I could earn an MBA there or anywhere else. George Bush drove fighter aircraft. I couldn't fly a fighter to save my life, but I know it's not a job for a fool. George Bush ran one of the largest, toughest states in the Union, a state with an economy larger than that of most Western European nations. Again, I couldn't do that, no matter how many advisors I had. I suspect strongly that this limey leftist couldn't, either.
So why do they insult him? Two reasons, I'd venture. First, in their view, anybody who is conservative must necessarily be stupid or dishonest or both, because all decent and intelligent people are leftists. Second, anybody who has a Texas accent must necessarily be stupid, because everyone knows that Southerners are ignorant, uncultured, unread, unwashed cowboys. Of course, this goes for most Americans, too.
Besides, it's so much fun insulting the Americans. It gives the wretched, downtrodden French and British a reminder of the superiority they've long since had to give up.