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I think Bush is a life-long underachiever who frankly is not very intelligent, does not want to know what is going on (he's said this many times, and is proud of the fact that he doesn't expose himself to the news), and who has surrounded himself with some very dangerous people. These people realize that he's not very bright and are using that, and the fact that Bush won't read a newspaper, to completely control what Bush learns. Everything Bush knows comes from his advisors (he's admitted - no - bragged about that as well). As such, they can tell him anything they need to in order to do what it is they want to do.
I also think that last night's press conference was very revealing:
1) he never actually answers the question that he's asked.
2) despite three seperate journalists telling him that one of the biggest criticisms about him is that he never admits when he's wrong, he couldn't come up with ONE SINGLE MISTAKE he's ever made. He has the image of himself as an infallible leader.
3) He admitted that there was nothing Saddam could have done to avoid war. He said that even if he'd known, as he does now, that there were no WMD's, he would have attacked Iraq anyway. This proves that we have a warmonger - or at least a foolish and ignorant puppet who's strings are being pulled by warmongers - on our hands.
4) He is completely incapable of thinking on his feet. Every answer he gave was stumbling, vague, and in the end did not answer the question. He even stumbled and struggled for words to talk about the issue (freedom of iraqis) that he claims to be so passionate about.
In short, this is a man who is not a good president - in fact he is the Peter Principle poster child. The only way he rose to the position he has now is through the influence of his family. He'd never have made it on his own merit.
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