[CamB]

Geeez, it's like one big justification of GWBs faults AND positive being seen as good points.

Apparently, Bush is a regular guy because he partied too much, became an alcoholic and struggles with public speaking.

However, at the same time he is obviously smart because he owned a baseball team and got tertiary qualifications from high zoot universities.

I think we're taking both of those just a little too seriously... For one, I would be completely confident that I could have been to Yale and Harvard and passed (how much harder than the good old University of Auckland can it be).

Its worse really - anyone who ever really thought about tertiary education will know that it is a really good way to find out if someone is good at university. Not a job, not being POTUS, just university.

Also, I'd dispute that all people who learned to fly in the National Guard are POTUS material.

IMHO, GWB's pathologically poor diction and "gut feel" decision making are no more acceptable than Kerry's prevaricating was. When other world leaders think your leader is an idiot, you have a problem (whether he's an idiot or not).