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Re:DOJ Argues: US can kill own citizens without review when ... by dehrmann on Saturday January 02, 2021 @11:05PM (#25619326)
> both “literally Hitler” and the dumbest man on the planet at the same time

I never got how Bush was supposed to be both an idiot and a mastermind.

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Re:DOJ Argues: US can kill own citizens without review when ... by stretchcat on Saturday January 02, 2021 @11:11PM (#25619358)
The narrative I remember is that Bush was an illiterate chimpanzee who was a puppet of Dick Cheney, the mastermind.

Edit: I am recounting the narrative as I remember it, not endorsing it.

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Re:DOJ Argues: US can kill own citizens without review when ... by michaelmrose on Saturday January 02, 2021 @11:47PM (#25619539)
Being good at acquiring power seems at this point fully a function of intelligent PR which divorced from the myriad skills required to govern effectively. Neither Bush nor Trump did much good with the great power offered them.
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