In this morning's Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, there is an editorial written by Lee Iacocca that absolutely lacerates Bush. He does this by detailing W's performance against what he calls the "Nine C's of Leadership"--Competence, Common Sense, etc. Here is one excerpt:
A leader has to show CURIOSITY. He has to listen to people outside of the "Yes, sir" crowd in his inner circle. He has to read voraciously, because the world is a big, complicated place.
George W. Bush brags about never reading a newspaper...As long as he gets his daily hour in the gym, with Fox News piped through the sound system, he's ready to go. If a leader never steps outside his comfort zone to hear different ideas, he grows stale. If he doesn't put his beliefs to the test, how does he know he's right? The inability to listen is a form of arrogance. It means either you think you already know it all, or you just don't care.
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