Two Brain Cells :: I am the commander. I don’t owe anybody an explanation.

A Bush quote from a few years ago that sums up a lot: “I am the commander, see? … I do not need to explain why I say things. … That’s the interesting thing about being the President. … Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they say something, but I don’t feel like I owe anybody an explanation.” Quoted in Bob Woodward’s Bush at War, discussed in this interview.