Andrew has an interesting insight on who Bush really is. Here's the snip from a reader's letter:

"While I was in architecture school at the University of Texas at Austin, one of my professors was the actual architect for George W. Bush's new ranch at Crawford. He showed photograph of its construction on a weekly basis during his lectures and had declared that the "governor" (as Bush was at the time) and his wife were the most pleasant and thoughtful clients he had ever had. He would recount stories of how Bush would form friendly and close rapports with him and other associated designers, in spite of their opposite political (and sexual) persuasions. George and Laura would host intimate dinners for my professor and he came away convinced of their capacity for warmth and understanding. My professor credits his ability to employ 'green' building techniques on the ranch to the Bush's willingness to listen. He was distinctly fond of Laura, who would call him every time he drove back from his site visits to see if he was okay. He admitted to his students that he came into the project as a skeptic, but came away as a grateful friend."

He clearly must have been brainwashed by Dick Cheney...