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Originally Posted by pan6467
I think the problem with Bush is the same that plagued Ulysses S. Grant during his presidency (....no, not alcoholism).
Bush and Grant both show undying loyalty to friends and work to place them in jobs they, as president, felt their friends deserved. Unfortunately, those friends are very corrupt and have used these men's kindness and loyalties to their advantage.
So while Bush is thinking he is helping friends and I truly believe he feels these friends are competent and can do the job, these friends have taken advantage of him and his blind loyalty to them.
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i was just thinking about this yesterday and how bush reminds me so much of Grant or maybe a mixture of grant and harding, honestly. grant for the loyalty to friends, harding for the cronyism and lack of intellectual curiosity.