I was having a conversation recently about watching a Bush blooper reel and how funny it was. I don't think Bush is a dumb person, you can't be stupid and achieve as much as he did while in office. The amount he accomplished is staggering. Two wars, new branches of government, education policy. -Almost all of which I disagree with, but still the guy had an agenda and he was able to make it happen.
What do you think, is Bush dumb?
It's an irrelevant question. He was an effective leader and a terrible policy maker; that is what matters. He was effective at enacting all of the policies he wanted (in contrast to Obama), but, unfortunately for all of us, the majority of those policies were, and continue to be, disastrous. It doesn't matter if he's smart or not. What matters is what you do, not what you can do. Cheney is also supremely smart, I'm sure. Same with Rice, Wolfowitz (sp?), Bolton, etc. They were all so smart they outsmarted themselves by deluding themselves into believing they knew how to handle Iraq. Who gives a shit how he may have scored on an IQ test?