I think it was all the drugs and booze that rendered him unfit for academic life, the National Guard, and political careers. He was a mere shadow of his father, who was bright enough to run the CIA before becoming President. George W. was just a spoiled rich kid in college, in the military, and in politics banking on the family name. He never should have been governor of Texas, much less President.
There is a term for children of the rich who get a check every month to stay far away from the family to avoid embarrassment: Remittance Man. That would have been a good job for George W.
