In 2000, America elected george W. Bush, an amiable and well-meaning guy, but an utter intellectual mediocrity , merely because
he happened to be the son of a known quantity , the elder Bush . W. got into Harvard and Yale solely because of his family connections;
if he were from some unknown middle class family in Podunk , he would not have stood the remotest chance of getting in on his own merits .
Bush did not know what he was doing, and was totally utof his depth . He was led by the nose by the totally nscrupulous and power-hungry
Dick Cheney and chose his cabinet and advisors based on cronyism, not merit .
Bush also allowed his evangelical Christian religious beliefs to color his decisions , and unwittingly encouraged those wolves in sheep's clothing, the religious right . He wasted an unconscionable amount of moeny on the futile and disastrous Iraq war and other ill--advised things,
money which could have and should have been used on badly needed domestic projects, such as the infrastructure, helping the poor,
providing financial aid for young people wanting to attend college, graduate,law and medical school , etc.
This is only the tip of the iceberg of the enormous harm the Bush admoinistration did to America and the world .
