George Walker Bush...is a GENIUS!

As one analyzes politcal thought of the 21st century the name George W. Bush shall be part of the vernacular. While it can be argued that he shall go down as one of history's LEAST popular presidents his effectiveness CANNOT be over looked. Consider this. Prior to being elected governor of Texas Bush's only political experience came by watching his father run for congress and later the presidency. He ran for governor ADMITTEDLY out of SPITE ( "Ann Richards embarrassed my daddy." ) and was elected in an OVERWHELMING margin.

As a one term governor he used Karl Rove's Lee Atwater-esque tactics and smeared a venerable war hero named John Sidney McCain with liebelous half truths and outright lies in order to steal the GOP Nomination from him. He admitted that his favorite "Political Philospher" was Machiavellii. We're talking about the SAME Machiavelli whose treastie "The Prince" is in essence that the ends justifies the means when power (either it's aquistion or retention) is concerned.
Bush obviously forgot to mention the great Sun Tzu's "Art of War" in which he said: "When capable, feign incapacity." For the bulk of the past eight years, a man who graduated from Yale reveled in his detractors painting him the buffon as if he were Falstaff to Cheney's Henry or Claudius to his Caligula. One seldom views those whom thought to be stupid or the least bit slow witted as any sort of threat.
George W. Bush rather than proving his intellect directly played the fool and ignored the constitutiion, congress, the supreme court and the rule of law in general has he passed an agenda that circumvented all of the aforementioned. The credo of his administration? "To hell with you...I'm the president." Whenever called on "bad" or unpopular decisions he simply pretended to be a dullard. In the process he dismantled the framework of his own political party and reshaped American and geo-politics as a whole. To wit I say: well played Mr. President.! While I vehemently disagree with the BULK of your administrations agenda I must compliment you on a hand well played.

Government WITHOUT the consent of the governed. As you once said:
"I have no problem with a dictatorship...as long as I'm the dictator."
You sir after 8 long years of an economic and energy policy that looked as if it was written by chimps (which I NOW know was a brilliantly crafted doctrine that ruled people based on the premise that they are too ignorant & stupid to know what is in their best interest) have my respect.