Bush Can Teach Obama What Not to Do: Woodward Woodward has seen all the mistakes and lived to tell about it By Kevin Spak Posted Jan 15, 2009 9:49 AM CST Copied George W. Bush adjusts his head phone during a joint press conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, unseen, at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, Dec. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq) George W. Bush’s presidency could teach Barack Obama many lessons—about what not to do. Bob Woodward lays out 10 of them in today’s Washington Post: "Presidents need to draw people out and make sure bad news makes it to the Oval Office": Bush went into Iraq "without directly asking Colin Powell, Donald Rumsfeld, or George Tenet for their bottom-line recommendation." "A president must do the homework to master the fundamental ideas and concepts behind his policies": One general suspected Bush "lacked a basic grasp of what the Iraq war was about." "Presidents set the tone. Don't be passive": Bush once watched Donald Rumsfeld snatch a document out of Condoleezza Rice’s hands. “I’ll let you two work it out,” he said, and walked away. To see the complete list, click the link below. Read These Next At least 10 dead in mass shooting in small Canadian town. No one can fly in or out of El Paso for the next week or so. Person reportedly detained in Nancy Guthrie disappearance. Mystery reason behind El Paso airspace shutdown explained. Report an error