If this is incompetence, then by definition their goals should not be achieved. What we see as incompetence, they see as victory. By any yardstick you choose to use, the Bush Administration has done nothing but gain from their "incompetence" and their agenda has been pushed forward piece by piece through their persistent "incompetence".
If this were incompetence they would not be gathering support for dismantling our Constitution and creating a 21st Century version. Our private information would not be available through illegal surveillance. Their Patriot Act never would have been successfully pushed on us.
We would not find ourselves unable to gather peacefully and protest. Protesters in NYC in 2004 would not have been rounded up like cattle and held without charge as the Republicans held their fear-mongering 9/11 convention . Free Speech Zones would not exist.
Electronic voting machines would be not be allowed and they would be widely recognized for what they are - highly unreliable and susceptible to tampering.
No WMDs and Abu Ghraib would have ended Rumsfeld's career.
No bid contracts would not be allowed and Halliburton would not be profiting by the fiasco in Iraq.
Bush would not be allowed to declare himself above the law through 750+ signing statements.
The North American Union and it's ramifications such as the Kansas City SmartPort and the NASCO Superhighway would be discussed openly in the MSM.
They would not be able to use fear to their advantage and condemn those that call for peace.
And most importantly Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld would not still be in office where they continue to make the decisions for our country and decide our future.
No, I'm sorry but we need to stop calling the Bush Administration incompetent and wake up to the fact that they are succeeding wildly in their pursuits of control, power, manipulation and profit. Every time we use the term "incompetent" to describe their actions we are not only making excuses for their actions or inactions but failing to hold them accountable. We need to start calling them what they really are: Liars, Crooks and Criminals that are getting away with destroying our country.