Regarding the much-discussed "Dead Certain" book about Bush, it's hilarious to learn that the author Draper apparently spent years "lobbying" the president, trying to convince him that it would be a favorable portrait. Even if one spends years assuring Bush the book will be a valentine to him, it doesn't matter. All GW has to do is open his mouth for the record and embarrassing, shameful words come flowing forth. He can't help it. He's a complete ignoramus and he just can't hide that fact. To be complimentary, the book would have to be quote-free, and categorized as fiction.

A favorite section in the book:

Several of Bush's top advisers believe that the president's view of postwar Iraq was significantly affected by his meeting with three Iraqi exiles in the Oval Office several months before the 2003 invasion, Draper reports.

He writes that all three exiles agreed without qualification that "Iraq would greet American forces with enthusiasm. Ethnic and religious tensions would dissolve with the collapse of Saddam's regime. And democracy would spring forth with little effort -- particularly in light of Bush's commitment to rebuild the country."

So instead of siding with the many Middle East experts at the time who warned against the invasion or at minimum that we would not be greeted with open-arms (thus needing many more troops), our president decides to go with the guesses of three (3) random Iraqi exiles.

Astonishing, but then again not.