Moose, I concur with your perception of weakness and I believe it a family trait. The Bushes are the black sheep of the ruling class. Their pathetic need for approval--specifically approval from the establishment--resulted in bad decisions that ultimately diminished the family's political stature.
It was that look over the shoulder for the teacher's approval that did them in. Maybe if I break my #1 read my lips promise to the American people I will be praised by the fourth estate, Yale, Skull and Bones members, K Street, Hollywood, et al. It did not work that way.
We saw the same spineless quest for political class recognition from the second Bush president. For 8 years the Clinton Administration blamed all that went wrong in the Middle East of GHWB's failure to complete the job. In other words, to go into Baghdad and remove Hussein. The instant he took the bait, the younger Bush was painted as a racist warmonger.
Lesson: we can never win approval, recognition, respect or even acceptance from the ruling class, so we should not try. Donald Trump understands this. The establishment likes Republicans who lose. They love Republicans who betray. They adore Republicans who die.
GHWB finally got what he sought all of his life. Now that he is laid to rest and the flags fly high once more, we can state the obvious. GHWB was weak.
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