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Tony Blair praises Bush: "No dumb idiot". Really?

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Late breaking news, Tony Blair attempts to set the record straight by letting us know what he really believes about George W. Bush in this latest Politico piece .  As always, partisan hacks provide hours of amusement in the comment section and I encourage you to explore the banter in order to get a glimpse of the utterly pathetic state of intellectual discourse in this country. Other than the obviously superficial, is Tony Blair correct?  While the frenetic left relished in insulting Bush due to his perceived "stupidity" it largely pertained to his speaking and communication ability, see, they wanted an intellectual elite much like what we have right now in the White House.  Yet do you believe the hallmark of a great leader is one that communicates to the masses as opposed to an elite upper crust of society much like Hamilton once envisioned?  Sure Bush made a few speaking errors and may have waved to Stevie Wonder, but if the Bush haters consider this to be the primary r