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DECONSTRUCTING W….Howard Fineman on Hardball yesterday:

George Bush has never accepted the proposition that the world is complicated.

Me in the Washington Monthly three years ago:

I’ve long viewed George Bush as a temperamental conservative, the kind of guy you meet in a bar who slams down his drink and asks belligerently, “You know what this country needs?” — and then proceeds to tell you.

I think we’re both saying about the same thing. But I was more colorful! In any case, I think this is about the closest I’ve ever come to describing Bush’s essential character. Just thought I’d share.

UPDATE: Matt Yglesias thinks I’m being unfair to drunk guys in bars. Maybe so!