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minus-squareSharkticon@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up33·4 days agoI simply do not believe George W Bush could pronounce those names correctly, or without giggling.
minus-squarebus_factor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up41arrow-down2·4 days agoGeorge W. Bush was a lot smarter than he let on. He realized early in his career that the bumbling persona he put on made him more likeable among the rubes. That’s not to say that he was a genius or anything, but he was smarter than people thought.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoI’m not so sure about this. Any “smart” evil stuff he did was mostly Cheney pulling the strings.
minus-squarebus_factor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·4 days agoBoth can be true. He definitely let Cheney run foreign policy behind the scenes, but that doesn’t automatically mean Bush was an idiot.
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 days agoYet also Bush Jr at Trump’s inauguration: “that was some weird shit.”
I simply do not believe George W Bush could pronounce those names correctly, or without giggling.
George W. Bush was a lot smarter than he let on. He realized early in his career that the bumbling persona he put on made him more likeable among the rubes. That’s not to say that he was a genius or anything, but he was smarter than people thought.
I’m not so sure about this. Any “smart” evil stuff he did was mostly Cheney pulling the strings.
Both can be true. He definitely let Cheney run foreign policy behind the scenes, but that doesn’t automatically mean Bush was an idiot.
Same with Boris Johnson.
Yet also Bush Jr at Trump’s inauguration: “that was some weird shit.”