This profile of Bush from Sunday's NYT Magazine is truly essential reading:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/17/magazine/17BUSH.html?pagewanted=all&position=
Obviously, I'm not a fan of Bush--why else would I be here? I've always thought of him as being astonishingly right wing, a half-bright dry-drunk, with a poor work ethic and little intellectual curiosity.
Reading this article, though, has changed my mind. The guy is completely batshit.