[the OlLine Rebel]

George Bush was so stupid, he was able to orchestrate the most massive terrorist act in history in fewer than 8 months.

[WesternPacific]

..that the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq badly damaged the Bush administration's credibility and led to dwindling public support for the war.

This says more about the American public's intelligence, or lack of, then that of the former President's intelligence.

[LibLieSlayer]

“Bush himself called Rove “the architect” in deference to his role in shaping policy in the Bush White House. But in his book, Rove admits to a major mistake in his handling of the Iraq war: He writes that the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq badly damaged the Bush administration's credibility and led to dwindling public support for the war.”

Yes... Rove was an idiot about that... and then there was that pesky amnesty that Rove said would grow the gop... grew it right out of office.

LLS

[Qwackertoo]

What about the yellow cake? Has the average sheeple of an American voting public ever even heard of that? Perhaps President George W. Bush was willing to take the hits, bad press and attacks of the wacky left & MSM while they secretly moved it out of Iraq. Or was that also a lie?

[reefdiver]

The left, They hate us all, GW was just a target. If Sara is elected She will be next. Reagan got it for 8 years and Nixon was drove from office.

A show down with these people Nation wide...

The pilot who hit the bldg, The guy who shot up at the CIA. DONKS.

Liberal talk radio, Hate filled speech, All day long. Just fueling Rohm’s Retards.

[Eagles6]

“The former White House political adviser blames himself for not pushing back against claims that President George W. Bush had taken the country to war under false pretenses, calling it one of the worst mistakes he made during the Bush presidency.

Ya' got that right Carl. You should have been out there everyday whackin' the lefty liars down.

[excopconservative]

MSNBC is still running pieces about Bush’s brain after all these years. No wonder they are tanking.

[americanophile]

Rove is right about their lack of response to criticism - the biggest problem was always communication.

[rlmorel]

[nkycincinnatikid]

I remember a letter to the editor in the Financial Times circa 2002/3 in which an obscure British historian objected to the press characterisation of W as stupid. The writer had attended a function in London at which then Gov of Texas Bush was speaking. During the round of handshaking at the end of the conference W recognised the mans name and according to the writer congratulated him on his latest book and spoke inteligently with him about it. After that I never once doubted W’s intellect.

[SmartInsight]

GW had an MBA from Harvard.

He was just not an egomaniac, constantly telling others how smart he is, as our current President is doing.

[Rennes Templar]

“blames himself for not pushing back against claims that President George W. Bush had taken the country to war under false pretenses,”

This was his and W’s major shortcoming on many issues.

[what's up]

Rove depicts Bush as a courageous and resolute leader whose conduct in office was forever shaped by the Sept. 11 attacks. He calls Bush's achievements over two terms “impressive, durable and significant” and says many of the controversies that weakened his presidency were falsehoods perpetuated by political opponents.

100% agreed.

Bush & Rove...both good, good men.

[Jimmy Valentine]

Ah but! Rove had the weather making machine which also made people say and do crazy things!

Wish I could borrow the keys to that.

[Tex-Con-Man]

From the article:

In the run-up to the war, Bush and his national security team, including Vice President Dick Cheney, attempted to link Saddam Hussein to the attacks as a way to build support for the invasion.

(RR)There you go again...
I remember the Dems accusing Bush/Cheney of trying to tie 9/11 to Saddam, and I remember Bush/Cheney publicly denying a link, but I do not ever remember Bush/Cheney actually linking 9/11 to Saddam.

[FTJM]

Bush was a successful and popular Governor without Rove. The Dem script is and was that he is stupid. He was imminently more qualified than the current idiot in the WH.