Bush: Evil OR Stupid, which is it?

[ck4829]

Evidence that he is Evil:
Took us into Iraq
Linked to the Not-So-Swift Vets
NSA Spying
Abu Ghraib Prisoner Abuse
Wiretapping
John Negroponte

Evidence that he is Stupid:
Can't privatize Social Security
Can't sell ports to Dubai
Claims not to know about all of the evil things that his Administration has done
He IS pretty stupid acting
Lot's of gaffes
Self-Injurious

Let's answer the question once and for all:

Bush, Evil or Stupid?

[PDittie]

1. It is both, of course. eom

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Dunno, he's good at both . . . . n/t

[ShortnFiery]

3. Both!

And that's one sad formula for the next two years ... let's hope STUPID wins out until the next Presidential Election. :blush: :(

[OldLeftieLawyer]

4. Yes

Why choose?

He's both.

[meti57b]

5. he's a dry drunk.

[Virginia Dare]

20. There's evidence he hasn't been so dry of late...

and I read speculation from someone on DU that he's on medication to keep him from drinking again, hence the splotchy red marks on his face recently.

[Minnesota Libra]

6. Keep in mind it takes brains to be as truly evil as Bush/Cheney are. nt

[debbierlus]

29. Cheney is evil

Bush is nuts. He needs to be hospitalized.

And, I am dead serious.

[Tinksrival]

7. The question is:

Is he evil-stupid or stupid-evil.

I vote for the latter.

[supernova]

8. I think he's the worst kind of stupid

He's letting others lead him around by the nose into doing extremely unethical things. Sadly, I think he's unaware of the difference because that's how he was raised.

[AlinPA]

11. Agree; he is stupid, and being told what to do by Rove & Cheney.

[supernova]

18. He's so blindly loyal

that he doesn't realize that "your buddies" can make you do dangerous things. I don't think he has the capacity to stand up to Dick Cheney. Most of this crap leads right back to Dick Cheney's office. And * won't do a damn thing about it because Uncle Dick is his "friend." :-(

[AlinPA]

24. Yes, and Karl Rove intimidates him and controls him. n/t

[Left_Winger]

9. Both

[Captain Hilts]

10. Evil and lazy. nt

[mcscajun]

12. They are not mutually exclusive.

They are constants but come into play at varying times to varying degrees.

[peekaloo]

13. He's "stupevil".

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[oscar111]

14. evil.. pulled doc away from the bedside of a sick kid in texas

that was the effect, of not supporting a texas bill to provide docs to the poor's kids.

only, the effect was to do that thousands of times.

[liberal N proud]

15. I have to go with both

He is by nature evil and if he were not stupid, he would know how to keep the evil under control

[endarkenment]

16. Classic false dichotomy.

There is no exclusion between stupidity and evil.

[sinkingfeeling]

17. Stupid...I won't get into the simplistic 'evil' vs. 'good' crap that is

the whole basis of American foreign policy.

[WinkyDink]

19. Psychopathic would about cover it.

[deutsey]

21. The two, especially in this case, are not mutually exclusive

:evilfrown:

[wiggs]

22. Toweringly ignorant and misguided. nt

[loyalsister]

23. Stupid like a fox

He's very cunning. Most people don't believe that he is mean or that he can do awful things because he appears to be stupid.
He benefits from that appearance more than many of us who automatically chalk it up as his greatest fault would like to believe.

[katty]

25. BOTH, of course! really bad mix

[debbierlus]

26. Seriously fucking mentally ill

He is a jerk. No doubt. But, he is also crazy nuts. Personality disordered combined with psychosis.

Delusional.

Paranoid.

Grandiose.

Believes he LITERALLY is on a mission from God.

The man is nutter butters.

I blame more the people who propped him up to be the corporate frontman then the psychopath

(And, low IQ to boot!)

[madokie]

27. ignorant, no good, low life, evil, stupid SOB that is not worthy of the

air that he breaths
did I leave out anything?

[warrens]

28. Stupil and evid!

[XemaSab]

30. Evil

I think we're making a big mistake in treating him like he's stupid.

[bemildred]

31. Evil IS a sub-category of stupid. nt