Competence Versus Bluster

Six days after the attacks of 9/11, President George W. Bush gave a press conference where he proclaimed in his trademarked macho swagger

McSame Tries To Flee From Bush’s Embrace

Bush: The Invisible Man at the Rethuglicans’ convention For the first time in pundit memory, the president and vice-president of an incumbent party, in this case the Rethuglicans, failed to make a live appearance at their party’s nominating convention. President George W. Bush phoned it in from the White House, while Vice President Darth Cheney reverted to form and was …