Reply #12: "functional stupidity"

[Lisa]

There was a good article a while back that even if Bush isn't actually dumb in terms of IQ, what he does -- ignoring sensible advice, or making the same old mistakes because he thinks it might be different this time around -- basically has the same disasterous effects as a stupid person being in charge.

He can't see because he doesn't WANT to see. If there is a mound of 10,000 US and Iraqi bodies (actually, there really is) -- and a little girl eating an ice-cream cone, Bush would point triumphantly to the little girl, and say, "everything's going great".

Having a blind spot is a natural human trait, but Bush has an enormous one.



Giving someone like Bush a job like the Presidency is really the worst thing that you could do to him. If he had a normal life, even as a rich businessman from a powerful family, there would still be people who outranked him and could criticize him. But now he has legions of employees who are determined to shield him from any hint that he might be making poor choices. Failure, public disapproval, and criticism from those whom you respect are what get many of us to wise up and change our ways. Bush doesn't have those social constraints anymore, and judging by how immature and mean-spirited he can be, it's making him worse as a human being.