Arrogant or Stupid

Arrogant--1. full of or due to pride. 2. haughty

Stupid--1. lacking normal intelligence. 2. foolish, silly 3. dull and boring

This is what my Websters New World Dictionary gives for the meaning of those two words.

Whether you would agree or not, President Bush fully embodies those two words. A person can be raised in a good home, attend the finest university, rise to power and still be stupid and arrogant. And I believe this sums up this man rather well.

An intelligent man would portray this mode through manner and deed. So far all I have seen is a man incapable of speaking clearly in public and unable to grasp what the reality of things really are. He seems out of it whenever confronted with problems one would expect low level management to fully understand. It is apparent that he depends totally on a cadre of advisors to make every single decision. Then he comes before the public and mumbles incoherantly that decision. I was watching him give a speech introducing his political hack nominee for Supreme Court Justice. The way he fumbled the words--I thought I was back at St. James elementary school listening to a third grade student give a presentation on the concept of the Virgin Mary. Not quite grasping it.

An arrogant man is haughty as the dictionary says. Full of pride and lacking any humility when faced with a personal mistake. G W Bush has failed to grasp many many issues that are a great concern of Americans. He understands the problem only from what his inner circle allows and he is out of touch with the public he serves.

The latest muff on his part is the recent nomination of his "inner circle" advisor Harriet Miers to be Supreme Court Justice. After his failings in Iraq, unbridled deficit spending, hurrican Katrina flubs, border immigration catastrophe,--just to mention a few--he has now managed to turn even his own party Congressional members against him. Even worse than that--the news pundits such as Hannity, Wills Coulter, and a string of others are in an uproar over this latest gaff. He has finally managed to turn the right wing press against him

I can only surmise that the man is arrogant and stupid. A few folks probably are still in his corner. We still have over two more years for even them to have had their full. Anyway--this is how I see it.