Who Really Makes The Bush Administration Decisions?
110755
I think he might very well be calling the shots.  \n\nI can imagine that everything in his life so far has convinced him that his beliefs and decisions have been sent to him directly from God.  That gives him the courage and confidence to ignore information and suggestions that don't please him.\n\nOne name you didn't mention, though, is Condoleezza Rice, former tutor and faithful friend.
824154
It does.Sort of like what the bush administration is trying to do.
312646
Actually we hold job as president too important in my opinion. The president works for us, not the other way around. Bush has been telling the American people what to do and how to think about certain situations and i find this to be completly wrong. Like I mentioned above, the President works for us and he should do what we want. My loyalties belong to this country, not its president.
1139154
It's "d" (of course) but the name of the current Secretary of State is spelled Condoleezza Rice.  \n\n"Under the Constitution, the President of the United States determines U.S. foreign policy. The Secretary of State, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, is the President’s chief foreign affairs adviser. The Secretary carries out the President’s foreign policies through the State Department and the Foreign Service of the United States."
1186429
George H.W. Bush. He was once the head of the CIA. Probably knows countries biggest secrets ( Kennedy, aliens, stuff like that).
236758
Wow, that is hard.  On one hand you have a totally selfish lier willing to go at any length to please himself.  On the other you have a total moron willing to go to any length to please the selfish liers controlling him.  I guess I would go with Bush because he is so cute when he forgets what he's talking about.
402414
A lot of people will do whatever they are told to do, if the orders come from a pulpit.  The Religious Right co-opted God, and told the old, the religious, and the gullible that Dubya was the "moral" choice.\n\nOh, and also- Bush/Rove hired the people who counted the votes.  The electronic voting machine firm guaranteed Bush a victory long before the election.\n\nBy the way, more people voted for the last "American Idol" than voted in the last Presidential election.
1036947
Actually - I'd agree with the nomination of Colin Powell. He was an honest man in a den of liars. He did his duty as best he could, and then got the hell out of there. He's made his displeasure known, to a degree, but hasn't gone out of his way to trash the administration. In general, he seems like a class act.
236005
The President is the head of the Executive branch of our government.  He overseas the Military, and all of the various departments that make up our inept government.  By setting policies for how and under what circumstances our laws will be enforced, he has a great deal of power over the government's actions.\n\nAlso, he has the ability to use the military for whatever ill-conceived purpose for up to 90 days without approval from congress.\n\nHe also has the authority to introduce bills to congress and veto bills that they pass.\n\nThe president also appoints judges, ambassadors, department heads and hundreds of other high level government positions.\n\nBy using these powers as he sees fit, the president has the power to shape the actions of the American government for many years, or even decades.\n\nIn the case of George W. Bush, the president also has the power to alienate our allies, start illegal wars, subvert the American constitution, ignore the suffering of the poor and gradually undo 230 years of proud American history to the embarassment of the people of this country who are not brain-dead or evil.
736194
It seems that Mr Bush is a very focused man - which could be a good thing, but has instead been a negative thing.  There have been people inside his administration who have tried to give him advice and he has almost categorically ignored them.  It seems that there is information that is welcomed and accepted, and then there is some information that is swept under the carpet.  I think people feel disenfranchised when the President and congress act as if we are preschool children and we are incapable of making informed decisions at all.  Most Americans are intelligent enough to take the information that is presented to us on a daily basis and form opinions and ideas.  We just wish that we felt represented and not dragged along behind whatever agenda our government decides is important.
1098491
George Bush, or is it the other way around.
961634
Ask George W. Bush personally.
1134006
No. I feel that his cronies and his staff do. Bush is merely a puppet. His cronies pull his strings and Bush moves to their whims. He is at fault because as the head man he should be asking questions and I don't think he is bright enough to do this. In fact, his stupidity is what made him appealing to the Republican party. He is a mindless puppet who marches to do whatever his cronies want. He is not bright enough to ask questions or know what questions to ask.
734129
Whoever Bush is working for told him to do it.
1004801
The President has a Secretary of State, Ambassadors in every American embassy around the world, and receives daily briefings from his staff to include intelligence that let him know items of interest from around the world.  The president's advisors, subject matter experts, and staff develop courses of action and recommendations, and the President, based on those courses of action and recommendations, makes decisions.  The CIA is a small piece of that.
724859
Um no, not really.  They're just pawns in Bush's game.  He calls the shots, they do what they're told.
848290
Bush or Osama?\nBut dear, they are financial partners.\nkiss