But what I still do not understand is the howling political incompetence of it all.

I never imagined such political incompetence.

Given his achievements, how did Grant come to be an image of political incompetence?

Italian newspapers all led on the fatal mudslides in southern Italy, with the predictable comment that political incompetence was partly responsible.

Mr. Wahid is in large part a victim of his own political incompetence and his inability to work with Parliament or rally public support.

The thrill of battle allows us to set aside the political incompetence, even political evil, which brought us to battle in the first place.

An unmistakable fog of political incompetence is beginning to form around the White House.

Or will political incompetence continue to compromise the country's economic recovery?

The statement that a bad regulation is better than none at all represents a show of political incompetence and is wrong.

Mr President, the debate on the prohibition of leghold traps is the unending story of animal suffering, animal misery, human cruelty and political incompetence.