That’s George W. Bush, talking trash to a CIA briefer who visited Bush’s ranch in August of 2001 to make sure he’d read the August 6 PBD headed “Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US.”
Looks as if Suskind has done it again.
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Hal Grossman says
I am always taken aback at these glimpses into Bush's true nature, especially the depth of his cynicism. It was evident as far back as 2000 that he is a bit of a demagogue and a poseur, but this comment is of a different order.
Bush may be intellectually inert, but in some ways he's brilliant. He knows how to fake sincerity (as in the old joke about how to succeed in Hollywood), and to convince half the voters that he's earnest, moral and courageous.
I blame television, and the illusion it creates that the viewer is really getting to know the person whose image he sees on the screen.
During his father's presidency, Barbara Bush was consistently portrayed in the media as the kindly mother figure, whereas she's really quite meanspirited in real life. Maybe young George took a lesson from that bit of fakery.