General Discussion

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,686 posts)

2. GWB was lazy and let Dick Cheney do most of the plotting and scheming.

Sun Nov 18, 2018, 01:52 PM

Nov 2018

I don't think he was affirmatively evil, just passively so. Trump is affirmatively evil. He likes being bad. W had pets. Trump doesn't even like animals. W wasn't a sexual predator and he seems to care for his wife and children; Trump, not so much, except for Ivanka, and his fondness for her seems skeevy. W was often incoherent but since he retired he at least seems to know when to shut up. Trump never shuts up. I'm not trying to rehabilitate W - he was a terrible president - but I don't think he ever plumbed the depths of narcissism and depravity like Trump does. W did enormous damage because of the Iraq war, but I have no doubt that Trump is capable of more and worse if he were to serve two terms.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

9 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Compare and Contrast Trump with GWB [View all] crazytown Nov 2018 OP

GWB was far worse, just because of all of the people that died or suffered because of him Polybius Nov 2018 #1

GWB was lazy and let Dick Cheney do most of the plotting and scheming. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2018 #2

"I have no doubt that Trump is capable of more and worse" crazytown Nov 2018 #3

Bush was misguided but he wasn't evil or mean. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2018 #4

You know I can't get it through my head that the man is really evil. crazytown Nov 2018 #5

He is more evil than Cheney. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2018 #6

'Gratuitiously evil'. -Evil for the fun of it crazytown Nov 2018 #7

"George Bush was a disaster"... czarjak Nov 2018 #8

Michelle Obama genuinely likes GWB but I think she despises Trump and maybe Melenia too. Kaleva Nov 2018 #9