You have explained exactly why he annoys the heck out of everyone!
There is nothing more insulting than not being taken seriously as an enemy.
That certainly could be one of the major reasons the Dems. and others want to bring George W. Bush down.
But I swear, in the back of my mind, there is a group of the people trying to bring down Bush and this REPUBLICAN administration as simple payback for what they (mistakenly) consider the persecution of Clinton over Impeachment. And, there is part of me that believes that there is another group of people, perhaps big money people, out to get Bush because they are still trying to get paybacks for the assassination of JFK. "What" you may say. Well, in their "unusual" mindset, they may still harbor the thought that the military folks and CIA were involved in his killing in '63. Remember the character in "JFK" played by Donald Sutherland, Mr. X? He sums up the basis of that mindset very well.
Anyhow, they have their plans well set and they are relentless and have most of the rotten, lying, old media on their side, and we better keep the House and the Senate later this year...... and I think we will. I think George W. Bush is still holding a card or two to play.
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The American Thinker February 3, 2004 | Thomas Lifson
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One final note on George W. Bush’s management style and his Harvard Business School background does not derive from the classroom, per se. One feature of life there is that a subculture of poker players exists. Poker is a natural fit with the inclinations, talents, and skills of many future entrepreneurs. A close reading of the odds, combined with the ability to out-psych the opposition, leads to capital accumulation in many fields, aside from the poker table.
By reputation, the President was a very avid and skillful poker player when he was an MBA student. One of the secrets of a successful poker player is to encourage your opponent to bet a lot of chips on a losing hand. This is a pattern of behavior one sees repeatedly in George W. Bush’s political career. He is not one to loudly proclaim his strengths at the beginning of a campaign. Instead, he bides his time, does not respond forcefully, at least at first, to critiques from his enemies, no matter how loud and annoying they get. If anything, this apparent passivity only goads them into making their case more emphatically.
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A card --- I think somehow, at the right time before these congressional elections in the fall, enough info of WMD being moved before the war will be exposed. Even the old media won't be able to ignore it. Oh well, maybe I'm just dreaming.
That certainly could be one of the major reasons the Dems. and others want to bring George W. Bush down.
But I swear, in the back of my mind, there is a group of the people trying to bring down Bush and this REPUBLICAN administration as simple payback for what they (mistakenly) consider the persecution of Clinton over Impeachment. And, there is part of me that believes that there is another group of people, perhaps big money people, out to get Bush because they are still trying to get paybacks for the assassination of JFK. "What" you may say. Well, in their "unusual" mindset, they may still harbor the thought that the military folks and CIA were involved in his killing in '63. Remember the character in "JFK" played by Donald Sutherland, Mr. X? He sums up the basis of that mindset very well.
Anyhow, they have their plans well set and they are relentless and have most of the rotten, lying, old media on their side, and we better keep the House and the Senate later this year...... and I think we will. I think George W. Bush is still holding a card or two to play.
****
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1070924/posts
The American Thinker February 3, 2004 | Thomas Lifson
One final note on George W. Bush’s management style and his Harvard Business School background does not derive from the classroom, per se. One feature of life there is that a subculture of poker players exists. Poker is a natural fit with the inclinations, talents, and skills of many future entrepreneurs. A close reading of the odds, combined with the ability to out-psych the opposition, leads to capital accumulation in many fields, aside from the poker table.
By reputation, the President was a very avid and skillful poker player when he was an MBA student. One of the secrets of a successful poker player is to encourage your opponent to bet a lot of chips on a losing hand. This is a pattern of behavior one sees repeatedly in George W. Bush’s political career. He is not one to loudly proclaim his strengths at the beginning of a campaign. Instead, he bides his time, does not respond forcefully, at least at first, to critiques from his enemies, no matter how loud and annoying they get. If anything, this apparent passivity only goads them into making their case more emphatically.
****
A card --- I think somehow, at the right time before these congressional elections in the fall, enough info of WMD being moved before the war will be exposed. Even the old media won't be able to ignore it. Oh well, maybe I'm just dreaming.