Thanks to South Knox Bubba for this great Slate article on George W Bush, The Dunce in Chief.
The article considers how Bushes "malapropisms, solecisms, gaffes, spoonerisms, and truisms" collectively known as Bushisms, make him sound like "a grade-A imbecile". I'm wondering if "Bushism" has made it into the OED yet? It also reviews his lifetime record of underachievement, and how at a late age he managed to fall onto the wagon, and ended up catching the gravy train of power.
The closing paragraph says it all:
As the president says, we misunderestimate him. He was not born stupid. He chose stupidity. Bush may look like a well-meaning dolt. On consideration, he's something far more dangerous: a dedicated fool.
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