Has Bush hurt America's work ethic by setting a bad example?

[gulliver]

Bush takes long vacations, routinely goes to bed early, is often pictured riding his bike... He was a C student in college and is not only unrepentant but brags about his mediocre performance. He is known to be intellectually incurious, uninterested in details... Bush procrastinated an extra month putting together an Iraq war plan that has little new in it when finally revealed. He let New Orleans ride the storm out...then the flood.

As a leader, Bush is a lazy, irresponsible, bumbling slacker. My question, "Has it rubbed off on America?" Has he harmed America's prized work ethic? Might our economy not be doing better if we had a leader with an exemplary work ethic rather than a counter-exemplary one?

There was an article on one of the major news sites recently describing how slacker co-workers make other workers more likely to slack off. That is what gave me the idea that Bush might actually be screwing up our work ethic. Unfortunately, I can't find the article now. If someone else is aware of it, I would appreciate a link.

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

1. dumbya has set a bad example just by being. n/t

[Don_1967]

2. Bart Simpson would have worked harder.

[YDogg]

3. perhaps

i heard something yesterday on the news where folks were discussing young workers expecting vacations immediately, and that sort of thing. maybe one symptom, but i don't know.

[Raine]

4. He certainly hasn't help it

I wonder though if it wasn't Raygun that started America slacking off. I remember he would take long vacations really often and hardly spent any time in Washington.

[Rosemary2205]

5. Is this a payback idea on how Clenis

supposedly was causing teenagers to get more blow jobs?

[kineneb]

6. I pretend to work, they pretend to pay me.

saying from former Soviet Union.
"Yawn, you don't pay me enough to work hard."

[Mythsaje]

7. Anyone who consciously or unconsciously emulates the Shrub

has issues beyond slacking off at work.

:evilgrin:

[pwb]

8. he has shown us how wealth can do anything

very stupid rich kids in very high places all over or country. all those Vietnam draft dodgers are in charge. yes the draft resisters during vietnam were mostly todays neocons, the same people pounding the war drums today.
cowards have become heroes and heroes have become cowards. wtf over?

[Jim Warren]

14. So true

Malcolm Forbes, once speaking to a group of newly graduated MBA'S responded when asked what was the most important thing a young person could do toward success:

"Pick your father"

[jgraz]

9. He's hurt my work ethic by making me too pissed off and depressed to do anything

[leftofthedial]

10. he has glorified lazy incompetence

he's a disgrace

[Cleita]

11. The only work ethic he is screwing up is that of his fellow

rich brat peer group. But I don't think any of them had a work ethic to begin with.

[SammyWinstonJack]

13. !

:thumbsup:

[Porcupine]

12. What work ethic?

America lives on a screw the next guy work ethic. If you can make your dime by selling something completely immoral and unethical go for it. Health Insurance scams? Go for it! Poisen the neighborhood? Not a problem. Build houses on swampland that won't drain? Cash in and check out. Cheat your WalMart staff out of desperately needed wages? It's bonus time buddy.

Oh sure there's a few of us that show up ever day and try and provide an honest days work but we're a reviled minority. Bush is what we deserve until we stand up and take responsiblility. Impeach the bastard and then you can talk to me about work ethic.