If there was a game show like are you smarter than a fifth grader, but instead it is are you smarter than previous President George Bush Jr. and twice impeached previous President Trump is the first contestant would Trump win? So basically who is smarter the 43rd or 45th?
An IQ test, Bush is a pretty smart dude despite his portrayal in modern media, he would probably win.
Dubya was definitely way smarter than the media portrayed him at the time. He did very well in the debate against Gore.
I read that the whole “fool me once” gaffe was down to him not wanting to be have a sound bite of him saying “shame on me”, copped it mid sentence then tried to cobble his way out of it. Not sure how true or accurate that is but it is at least plausible.
I believe it. I also love that phrase and now consider it the official Texas version.
This.
Bush is extremely intelligent, and thrives on (loves that) people think he’s a dummy.
The “God told me” shit was horribly dumb, though.
He ran on the whole “I’m the guy you meet up with at the local bar after a long day of hard work” campaign. He was electable because he seemed relatable (I know he went to Yale and had a childhood we could only dream of, but to the average American at the time he was your neighbor, that was his campaign and it was genius).