Dubya - No Longer The Dumbest POTUS Of All Time

WestCanMan · October 8, 2021

How scary is this?

America was run by Dubya for 8 years from 2001-2009, and now Biden [and possibly Kamala] will run the country from 2021-2025. That means that the US will have been run by complete morons for 50% of the first quarter of the 21st century.

How is it possible that a country with so many decent, intelligent people can continue to belch out 'leaders' that are so hopelessly daft?

What does this mean for democracy? What's to blame?

Personally, I believe that it's not intelligence or altruism that fuels a person's desire for power, it's actually the baser instincts that put people on that course. That explains why Hillary got so close [evil], McCain (deceitful scumbag], Obama was POTUS for 8 years [divisive racist] and Trump was POTUS for 4 [egomaniac & philanderer].

Makes me wonder, what was wrong with Romney, Gore and Kerry?

(FWIW, Democracy in Canada is no better. Trudeau has been elected PM up here 3 times now. It's insane.)

bush_cheney2004 · October 8, 2021

Has nothing to do with intelligence or morons, as U.S. presidents do not "run" the United States...it is far more complicated than that. President Obama largely continued and even doubled down on many Bush era policies (foreign and domestic). Such are the vagaries of U.S. federal (and state) politics, economics, and culture...far more dynamic than any single president can hope to totally control.

President Bush had the highest job approval rating (+90%) following the 9/11 attacks...no other president has even come close to that.

Romney, Gore, and Kerry made serious political mistakes and did not understand how the presidential election game is played, right down to simple electoral college math.