bumbling incompetence

Not for corruption, but just for bumbling incompetence.

Through interviews with the White House staff, Ms. Drew has put together a devastating picture of bumbling incompetence.

Papa Bear's bumbling incompetence, compared with Mama Bear's warm, wise effectiveness, has spawned particular ire.

Their bumbling incompetence often jeopardizes their duke's "ingenious" plans, which constantly drives him insane and brings him to the verge of despair.

Prof. Michael Hudson of Georgetown University describes present Middle East policy as "a bumbling incompetence, running here or there but doing nothing consistently."

The two women were about as distant as it's possible to get from the bumbling incompetence of the man Gearing, and each one of them alone weighed more than I did.

No doubt the shocking spectacle of our vulnerability, lack of preparedness and bumbling incompetence is not lost on our enemies, who must now see us as an easier target than they ever imagined.

He said that "the perception changed from the bumbling incompetence" of the failed effort to rescue American hostages during the Carter Administration and the Iran-contra scandal "to something that demanded more respect."

When Vince Cable told Gordon Brown that he had gone from Stalin to Mr Bean, it was not just a witty one-liner, but a hammer blow to the Prime Minister's authority: an air of bumbling incompetence attached to him from the moment the insult was delivered.

The timing of the idea is curious, what with Manchester City's massive wealth and the bumbling incompetence of Tom Hicks and George Gillett set to do a much more effective job of denying Liverpool a place at Europe's top table than any rule change could hope to for many years to come.