Gruss, I also think that there is another reason. If you make a decision based off of the information at hand at that time and it turns out that the information was wrong, is that a mistake? One can question the timing -- should we wait for more information -- and that might be viewed as a mistake, but if the information at the time is urgent, then again one could very well argue that no mistake was made.
Now, don't confuse this with accepting Bush's inability to analyze his decisions. I've stated before that I view this as a weakness. But I think that with this president more than any other, people are clamoring for the "I could have done better/I made a mistake" statement. Kind of like what we wanted from Clinton with the Monica thing - if he'd just said right when it came out that he'd made a mistake, only the hard-core haters would have cared. -----Original Message----- From: Gruss Gott > Brian wrote: > That's a lot different than saying "he's not too bright". As I said, his real strength is emotional IQ and I think he relies heavily on that to make decisions. That is, he's a emotional decision maker rather than quantitative one. This is why he's so unwilling to admit mistakes. In his mind, the principle of why he did something is still true: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=37 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:132976 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
