It all makes sense now.

I finally figured out what the problem has been this whole time. Shrub, while well-intentioned (well-oiled? I get so confused) has simply been looking at the nation as a whole as well as the job of being a national leader upside-down (look closely at the title of his book). The schoolgirl beside him got it right (like my bumper sticker says king george, "listen to children"). This explains everything from his budgetary policies, to his incomprehensible speeches and all manner of comedic (tragicomedy folks) blunders in between. Now that I've solved this mind-bending riddle that has been shrub's puppetancy (oops spelling error I meant "presidency" ha ha ha funny concept Bush as a leader) I can finally get some rest.