Well, I think there are some very smart and capable people in the Bush administration. The trouble is, they are working toward objectives I don't agree with. They're smart in a destructive manner.

As for Bush, he seemed a hell of a lot smarter 10 years ago than he does now. I saw a video about that with excerpts of speeches when he was governor of Texas, and the deterioration in his speaking abilities and general mental coherence from then till now is extraordinary. It makes you wonder what the hell happened to him in the last 10 years, frankly.