Why does Bush warrant trust?

Sean Aqui at Donklephant [yes, I am doing a driveby commentary on a good blog] has an interesting post up on the political dynamics of the supplemental funding bill. I think he has a couple of things right, and a couple of things significantly wrong, most importantly the following line:

But if you believe, as I do, that Bush deserves one last chance to show he can win this thing, then an Oct. 1 deadline is simply too soon at this point.

As Phil Carter wrote in Slate, George W. Bush and his command authority have gone through numerous plans and each time they have proclaimed short term success only to see that plan replaced with an even niftier and more buzz-wordy plan nine months later.

But defining the current surge as a "Plan A" is a dangerously dishonest move that ignores the history of the Iraq war to date. In fact, since 2003, we have run through at least six plans, none of which has succeeded. The Petraeus plan is something more akin to Plan F—truly, the last Hail Mary play in the fourth quarter. And if it fails, then we better start considering Plan G, also known as "Get out of Iraq."

George W. Bush's judgment is a cesspool of failure. He has failed at running anything that produces positive returns and results for anyone other than himself and his cronies for his entire life. The one potential counter-example of the Texas Rangers required a massive state bail-out in the form of a new stadium for George W. Bush to declare success. I am just amazed that anyone can assume that George W. Bush's judgment deserves the benefit of the doubt at this stage of time.