George Bush made George Bush a failed president. The Decider made several decisions, beside the decision to invade Iraq, that made him a failed president. Decisions about Katrina, decisions about the economy, decisions about enemy combatants. In retrospect, The Decider actually made few correct decisions, leading me to believe that his inability to speak reflects an inability to think.

Re: Robert. Wish you'd provided a few more details, like "which decisions?" The Katrina debacle was a failure of the leadership of Louisiana's Gov Blanco, as well as Mayor "Schoolbus" Nagin of New Orleans infamy. I still am waiting for an explanation of exactly what Bush or FEMA supposedly did wrong. As for the economy, the Bush tax cuts helped keep it going pretty strong until the housing crisis, which was partially brought on by the screw-ups made by the Reid and Pelosi after the 2006 Democrat takeover of Congress. As for enemy combatants, the only failure he made there was to not order the military to simply shoot them in the head once their intel usefulness was at an end. (Would have solved a lot of problems and there would have been no need for a Gitmo.) It's amazing that anyone would criticize Bush's "inability to think" after eight prior years of leadership by polls, focus groups, and other things Clinton did to essentially wet his finger and raise it to see which way the political winds were blowing. At least Bush had principles that he didn't waver from, and wasn't afraid to do the right thing even when it wasn't politically popular. Nowhere is that more true than with Iraq, which Elder spent several paragraphs detailing. Which I notice you seem to have ignored completely.