I think Bush Jr is doing a multiple bluff; he plays stoopid to supposedly cover up that he's not very clever, but turns out he might be sharp after all.
who can say ? ultimately, its up to his politburo to decide if he's in control or not; if he really is stupid, he wont be able to stop the others from carving up their own power bases. tip: if you want to ask how dominating ANY historical leader was, look to see how many infamous names appeared from under him. if none, chances are he ran the show, but if several, its probable he didnt have a grip on things.

he is stupid, but he is told what to say by people whoare maybe less thick, but are still stupidly short-sighted.

unelected bush demands that elected arafat be forced out of power

this world is fucked, the american christian right are intent on bringing their vision of armegeddon to us all

check out  http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020701/

look at the poll results, we are fucked if so many brainwashed american people believe in this shit

stock market or near-economic collapse usually require a major shake up to fix, this usually comes in the form of war (or resource grab, to fund the monster that is the greed of nations)

anyway i will post a more constructive argument at a later date, just to say the people of the world are with palestine (as has been demonstrated in the anti racist un meeting last year, and un resolution passed many times over), america keeps fucking it up for the arab people, and anyone who wants a level playing field

You think he's stupid enough to be intelligent, intelligent enough to be stupid. Yep, he's a short, tall, fat, slim guy falling up the building!

Please lady o' mine, you're straddling the fence here. Be carefull to not get weak knees and bruise that Soft pink truth on a pickett.

Is Bush as stupid as everyone thinks? Well, yes and no. The scary thing is that not everyone DOES think that Bush is stupid.

Historically, middle America has an inate distrust of 'smartass' intellectuals. The prevailing attitude of mainstream American Christian conservatism is that clever, articulate people are devious and somehow 'un-American'. The majority of Americans regard Bush as an example of an all-American home boy, with the same patriotic values and objectives as them. The fact that he's been cossetted by a wealthy family; never had to do a proper day's work in his life, and gained power through having the right connections rather than by his own efforts, seems, amazingly, not to have undermined the belief that George W. is a 'regular guy' just like everybody else.

The over 70% of Americans who think Bush is doing a good job are supported in their delusion by the mainstream media which, since the 2000 elections, has gone out of its way to portray Bush as being a good deal more shrewd than he appears; stressing that verbal inarticulacy and ignorance of international affairs is not necessarily indicative of lack of intelligence and questionable political acumen.

This is bollocks of course. Bush is every bit as clueless, weak, narrow, ignorant and incompetent as he appears. And he's in good company - the average IQs of Cheney, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, et al, would make a group of lobotomised estate agents seem pretty sharp by comparison.

So, my response to the question "is Bush as stupid as everyone [sic] thinks he is?"... No, he's a lot more stupid than that. And stupidity and power is a dangerous combination.