The Decisive President shrub

[rpannier]

I read all the time on line, "More Americans think shrub is more decisive." My question is, "How do you define decisive?"
I can be very decisive if I put no thought into my actions.
It seems to me that the press are equating thoughtless actions with decision.
And they seem to define wishy-washy and indecision with giving long deliberate thought.
I would like to think that if I was gonna put someone in a position where they might get killed, that I'd (or anyone would) think long and hard about the decision I make.

[kentuck]

1. So you call this decisive ???

Show a clip of Bush sitting in the classroom reading My Little Goat as his aide whispers in his ear that we are being attacked. Show the fear in his eyes and the indecision as he continues to sit and sit and sit...

[JuniperLea]

3. and that was a brief

whisper... couldn't have relayed that much information... wouldn't Bushie at least be curious as to the rest of the attack story? or was he just so engrossed in the goat story? or was he using a classroom of kids as a sheild, thinking he might be the next target?

woe is me!

[JuniperLea]

2. this really bugs me

"And they seem to define wishy-washy and indecision with giving long deliberate thought."

situations change and with that change should come an open mind's change of thought and direction. you don't just 'stay the course' when your ship is sinking!

decisive = momentum w/o direction?

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

4. I'm leery of polls

because they only present the results, NOT the questions that were asked. A question can be phrased in such a way that the desired answer will be given a majority of the time, which is what I am sure is what has happened in polls like these.

[beyurslf]

5. I think they call him decisive when they mean stubborn and

bull headed even when presented with mounting evidence of how wrong you are.

[Sparkly]

6. It means nothing!

He's not good at making decisions.
He doesn't always stick with his decisions (Fallujah, role of UN, 9/11 commission, etc.).

And he's not quick at making decisions -- as I pointed out in another thread, he's SLOW!!

[BillZBubb]

7. Being decisive is a liability if you are a dimwit like Bush*

That should be the Democrats line of attack. Being decisive is good if you make informed, reasoned decisions. When you continually make half-assed, clueless, wrong decisions it leads to a mess.

Adolph Hitler was probably the most decisive leader in history. Therefore, being decisive isn't necessarily an asset--unless you need a Fuhrer.