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The Bush Administration has been called a lot of names by a lot of people, but competent has never been one of them. If something distinguishes Dubya from previous chief executives, it’s his uncanny ability to screw up and remain shockingly confident. Even when he and his partners-in-disaster circumvent those pesky protocols that the rest of us call the “rule of law,” they manage to drop the ball — with Bush at America’s helm, scandal has been perennial.