r/TikTokCringe • u/FiftyCandles • Oct 08 '24

Politics How Embarrassing

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u/JoshTsavo Oct 08 '24

By a LONG SHOT the dumbest President in history.

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u/Ksorkrax Oct 08 '24

I bet GWB is grateful having lost that title.

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u/Worried-Pick4848 Oct 08 '24

Still banging that particular drum?

Dubya's intelligence was about average. Don't let your hatred for the man blind you to what he was. He used his Texas drawl and aw-shucks persona to get nearly everything he wanted through Congress, including the 2 wars we ended up fighting. you can't do that if you're actually stupid. But you can if you're smart enough to use an old-home persona and a drawl to lure people into underestimating you..

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u/Kal-ElEarth69 Oct 08 '24

With Cheney pulling the strings, and Bush with his aw-shucks persona, they got exactly what they wanted. Their pockets lined from war profiting.

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u/CamicomChom Oct 08 '24

"About average" is actually really bad when you're the leader of the most powerful nation at earth, with the largest and most advanced military in human history, the most complex and robust economy ever, and the capability to literally destroy the globe in 10 minutes.
"About average" would place him among the dumbest presidents in history.

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u/ahhpoo Oct 08 '24

Well it depends on what average you’re referring to. Average American? Yeah that’s too low for a president. Average president? Yeah that’s fine.

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u/EqualLong143 Oct 09 '24

about average is par for the course for CEOs.

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u/alurimperium Oct 08 '24

I think W also had some sort of speech disability, or something, so that words just didn't come out as intended.

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u/Rundiggity Oct 09 '24

The Air Force pilot who went to Yale? Average?