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FreeStateDemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 07:28 AM
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"consensus-seeking, moderate-centrist governor in Texas evolved into a highly polarizing president "
This is written a NY Times book reviewer(MICHIKO KAKUTANI) this morning. Was the idiot really ever "a consensus-seeking, moderate-centrist governor in Texas,"?

THE BUSH TRAGEDY By Jacob Weisberg

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/01/books/01book.html?_r=1&ref=books&oref=slogin
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Kutjara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 07:29 AM
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1. In the sense that he was a yes man who always needed...
...to be told what to do by smarter, more powerful people? You bet.
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 07:31 AM
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2. centrist? A BFEE member? I don't think so
Edited on Fri Feb-01-08 07:31 AM by ixion
it's not in the nature of their mafia-styled family to seek consensus on anything.
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reality based Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 07:32 AM
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3. It was Texas, after all.
He tried to speak Spanish, so he was a moderate.
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 07:50 AM
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4. he`s been a sociopath his entire life
they did a wonderful job in selling him as the guy next door and installing him in two "elections"
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 08:47 AM
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5. Texas is set up as a weak governor state.
Perfect showcase for a guy whose only skills are glad-handing, back-slapping and feel-good photo ops.
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