Former US official says Bush a 'blind man'

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1023195.htm

Former US treasury secretary Paul O'Neill has blasted his former boss, President George W Bush, describing Cabinet meetings with him as "a blind man in a room full of deaf people".

Mr O'Neill, who was sacked by Mr Bush in December 2002, told CBS television the President did not ask him a single question during their first one-on-one meeting, which lasted an hour.

"I went in with a long list of things to talk about and, I thought, to engage (him) on. ... I was surprised it turned out me talking and the president just listening. ... It was mostly a monologue," Mr O'Neill said in the interview to be aired this weekend.

He says his description of the President as a "blind man" was a reference to his dislike of a free flow of ideas or open debate.

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[cthrumatrix]

1. they should lead with "he lied ...people died"..they frame the debate

this way...it should be the major content that get's headlines

[young_at_heart]

2. Bush doesn't like a free flow of ideas.......what a surprise!

Something lacking here I think!

[glarius]

3. HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY IDEAS!....The man is clueless and idealess!

Bush's contribution to a meeting is back-slapping and glad-handing...oh ya and we musn't forget his "charming" little habit of calling everyone by a nickname! I don't think it's that he doesn't like a free flow of ideas but that's how his minions have been able to cover up his stupidity!....They pretend he doesn't like it!......Uuugghh!!!!