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In reply to the discussion: Wow, Greenwald in a new light [View all]MH1
(17,600 posts)Bush basically blew off the threat of terrorism when he took office. I don't know if he really saw a major attack as a potential opportunity - I don't think he was smart enough to think ahead like that. But sheesh, it was even on the news (NPR anyway) how he basically threw all the info from the Clinton admin into the circular file.
So on that awful morning, my first thought was, "I wish we had a President, at a time like this". I didn't even consider Bush president, not just because of Florida, but because he was so obviously detached from what needed to be handled. (Remember the month long August vacation? Clearing brush, ha ha?)
Then after the attacks, his approval rating spikes to like 90%. It was then I felt, for the first time in my life, that my country was doomed. (I probably should have felt that at Bush v. Gore. But I still held out hope, even then.)
I could almost accept the average Joe on the street who doesn't pay attention to shit, grasping for whatever they could and wanting to believe that Bush actually could be a decent President. But political writers? Nah. If you're supposedly paying attention, yet you do that, wtf?
And even though I could sort of forgive the masses, if I work at it, I still have trouble accepting that that many people really be that easily suckered. It's really scary and depressing to think about. (So I think I'll think about making a drink now, sigh.)