Bush Leadership Style

I know what it is I said and I said... something.

President Bush said Tuesday he is directing the Environmental Protection Agency, and the departments of energy, transportation and agriculture, to develop steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2008, but failed to call for a specific increase in fuel efficiency standards.

He said the directive came in response to a recent Supreme Court ruling saying the EPA has the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, including carbon dioxide, from the transportation sector.

The EPA has previously refused to regulate carbon dioxide emissions arguing that it did not have the authority to do so.

Let us review:

1. Bush makes a public statement about something but does not provide the agency with any detail... the kind that comes around when actual work is done
2. Bush's statement makes clear the obvious: the EPA should do its job
3. Bush's statement is a reaction to a Supreme Court ruling that asserts the EPA should do its job. There is no proactive leadership from the Commander Guy
4. Bush's EPA was sued by the states precisely for not doing its job. That inaction came at Bush's direction

Bush - (n.) A follower and who drags his feet, kicking and screaming. Leadership qualities consist of instinctively identifying and making a mad rush for the highest cliff around.