Common Denominator

Within a span of one week, two major sources have come forth with direct insight and understanding into the planning methodology at the Bush White House.

First came the announcement that Bush is seeking an Iraq War Czar.

From Reuters on April 11: White House seeks war "czar" for Iraq

excerpt: ".... three retired four-star generals approached by the White House in recent weeks had turned down the position."

AND

"Retired Marine Gen. John "Jack" Sheehan, a former top NATO commander who rejected the White House overture, told the (Washington) Post: "The very fundamental issue is, they don't know where the hell they're going.""

The salient words are, "they don't know where the hell they're going."

Keep this statement in mind as we go onto Bruce Bartlett, an economist and official in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations, who also helped President George W. Bush craft his tax cuts.

Bruce Bartlett on PBS Travis Smiley Show on April 17.

excerpt: "... I think the main thing is that it appears now in retrospect that this president didn't really have any clear economic plan. That a lot of things were done on an ad-hoc basis or based solely on political considerations without much thought as to how all the pieces fit together..."

Placed side by side the same planning methodology used by the Bush White House emerges and basically it comes down to this, there is no planning.

There are no plans for Iraq, no plans for how tax cuts affect the American economy, and just to mention one other major item were no planning was "the plan", recall the response to Katrina.

Bush detractors make the claim that Bush is incompetent. The facts do not support a different conclusion.