And the second thing is that there's a high degree of denial that seems to start at the top, and a -- and a reluctance to tell the president, 'Mr. President, you know, as much as we might like to think things are going well in Iraq, or as much as we would might like to -- like to think things are going well in New Orleans, they're not, and we need to move quickly.'
Gergen comments on the denial within the Bush administration regarding the situation in Iraq and New Orleans.
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He is a leader there's no question about that. But I think he's a bad leader. I think he's leaving his people into, he's leading the country, especially into a very bad place.
President of United States has not had a security briefing, or security briefing since October 2nd. I've never heard of any president, under any circumstances, come anywhere close to that, and been so derelict of the duty.
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I think it's going to take something usually unexpected or a dramatic change in his health or a prison sentence to stop him.
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