Bush Legacy in a Word: Unprepared

Two stories up at ABC News corroborate a growing body of evidence that suggest George W. Bush's single greatest flaw was that he was unprepared for the job of commander-in-chief. First comes the admission from the president himself, concerning the Iraq war:

Looking back on his eight years in the White House, President George W. Bush said he was "unprepared" for war and pinpointed incorrect intelligence that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction as "biggest regret of all the presidency."

Considering he was "unprepared", I guess it's a good thing Hussein didn't possess the WMD.

Item number two is the revelation that the Bush team ignored warnings on the imminent collapse of the mortgage industry:

The Bush administration backed off proposed crackdowns on no-money-down, interest-only mortgages years before the the economy collapsed, bucking to pressure from some of the same banks that have now failed. It ignored remarkably prescient warnings that foretold the financial meltdown, according to an Associated Press review of regulatory documents.

Not prepared, and not heeding warnings. Sounds familiar, no?

By the time a CIA briefer gave President Bush the Aug. 6, 2001, President's Daily Brief headlined "Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US," the president had seen a steady stream of alarming reports on al Qaeda's intentions.

Or how about this?

Vital measures to protect New Orleans from "catastrophic" hurricane damage were scrapped by the Bush administration to pay for its wars on terror and in Iraq, despite official warnings of impending disaster.

Is it January 20th yet?