A look back at George W. Boilerplate

From October 2004 at VFR, a succinct explanation of why President Bush seems so resolute:

Republicans admire, and in many cases literally adore, President Bush for his resoluteness, his unyielding and tenacious determination to “stay the course” no matter what. But what is the source of this power of will, this unchangeable quality that makes Bush seem so impressive to some minds? It occurs to me that the famous Bush strength is, at bottom, a compensation for an equally famous Bush weakness, namely his pathetically small stock of ideas and his tiny vocabulary, which leave him no choice, every time he opens his mouth, but to repeat himself, and repeat himself, and repeat himself yet again….

Posted by Lawrence Auster at November 17, 2008 05:53 PM | Send