Idk, Doubleya wasn’t “smart” but he was “smart”, ya know? I wouldn’t want him making complicated calculations, and to his credit he knew that you get people better at counting, or with more fingers, to do that work.
But for getting us into a ridiculously drawn out war, and another war, and…oh and paving the way for drone strikes, for helping lead the country into a recession, for being - at the time - really good at embarrassing the office, he still pretty much gets to just paint or whatever and fuck off.
A bit mad to think about how much I miss him compared to gestures at everything. “Mission Accomplished”, vomiting on (iirc) the Japanese PM, being oddly good at dodging shoes to the head, this is like seeing a toddler destroy a car and going “cuuuuuute”.
Cheney, on the other hand, shot a guy in the head “on accident” and by my count has no redeeming qualities unless…nope, just checked and he’s still alive.
