Re: When even a Republican can see it....

In article <f2rg69$k5a$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
wdstarr@xxxxxxxxx (William December Starr) wrote:

In article <mpes43pad217tnedkm3q18s4fdu2r0fa99@xxxxxxx>,
Cheerful Iconoclast <cheerfuliconoclast@xxxxxxxxx> said:

I don't think [George W. Bush is] evil in the sense that Hitler or
Pol Pot was evil -- wanting to kill millions of people because he
hates them.

But I think he's mistaken about a great many things, and that
various personality traits combined with his religious convictions
make him unable to recognize and correct mistakes.

So: arrogance and hubris, combined with delusional thinking.

Possible.

Without knowing more than I, at least, know about what he thought he was
doing and I why, I don't think it's practical to know what the
explanations are for his mistakes. Practically everyone reporting on
him, on either side, has his own axe to grind.

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