Larry Wilkerson: Bush was ‘Sarah Palin-like’ in his knowledge of foreign policy

[kpete]

Former Powell aide: Bush was ‘Sarah Palin-like’ in his knowledge of foreign policy

In an interview with Vanity Fair for its upcoming issue on the Bush White House, Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, ripped President Bush, saying that after the 2000 election, Bush’s knowledge of foreign affairs was as poor as that of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R):

We had this confluence of characters—and I use that term very carefully—that included people like Powell, Dick Cheney, Condi Rice, and so forth, which allowed one perception to be “the dream team.” It allowed everybody to believe that this Sarah Palin–like president—because, let’s face it, that’s what he was—was going to be protected by this national- security elite, tested in the cauldrons of fire.

Bush famously was unable to name the leaders of Pakistan, Chechnya, and India when running for President in 1999. In a recent interview, he reflected on his early days as President, stating, “I think I was unprepared for war.” Similarly, in 2004, Bush said he “was not on point” prior to 9/11. “I didn’t feel that sense of urgency, and my blood was not nearly as boiling.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/30/bush-sarah-palin/

[OneGrassRoot]

1. And, like Palin, proud of it. His legacy is one of destruction....

due to blatant corruption, as well as willful ignorance.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

2. Thanks a lot

Eight years later, this information is really fucking helpful, Wilkerson, you weasel.

[gratuitous]

3. Pardon my language, but no shit

And the parade is just beginning of former Bush administration weasels, fucksticks, assholes, and assorted shit-for-brains (shits-for-brains?) who will come out to tell us that what was obvious to a large plurality of the American public was all absolutely, 100% true. And just as absolutely, 100% denied by these WFA and ASFB and their toadies in the popular media, all of whom struggled mightily to persuade just enough Americans that Bush wasn't (for example) well-versed in foreign policy that we didn't form an angry mob to storm the White House and carry Bush and these WFA and ASFB bodily out into the streets for various amusements.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

5. Don't forget Bob Woodward,

King Of The Toadies, who rewarded Fuckface for giving him access by portraying him, laughably to those of us who knew better, as a decisive, take-charge President.

Horseshit.

[Captain Hilts]

4. But, but...we were told "the adults are in charge now." It's not true!?!

[alsame]

6. Anyone who watched the Gore/Bush debates knew this man

was an arrogant idiot.