Bush & Company are...

blameworthy
crooked
despicable
devious
dishonest
disingenuous
heinous
hostile to science
hypocritical
ideologues
immoral
impudent
incompetent
lacking in conscience
lacking in empathy
liars
mendacious
not candid
not trustworthy
opportunistic
out of control
prevaricating
rapacious
reprehensible
schemers
shameless
tricky
uncaring
unethical
unprincipled
unreliable
unsympathetic
virtueless
wicked
without scruples

This covers most of the basics, I think, but I'll keep adding to the list as I think of more. Anyone with any suggestions can post them in the comments here, or e-mail them to me.

I'm looking primarily for descriptions of the entire Bush Administration, its character and that of its policies, not specifically for descriptions of Bush himself. For instance, while I would accept "stupid" or "incurious" as defensible descriptions of Bush himself, they don't really apply to the administration as a whole, which has some brilliant, if unscrupulous and dishonest, people in it.

Addenda: Already, I've added despicable (Kaiju) and impudent (Ivan Raikov).

More: Buck-passers and blame-placers (Shirley); dishonorable, without integrity and clueless (Kathy); and dangerous and warmongers (Breeze).

And: I'm adding from Chuck arrogant (very good!, how did I miss it?) and destructive, and also indifferent (rather than his suggestion of "apathetic," the connotation of which seems slightly wrong to me) and wrong-headed, suggested by his "wrong"; from Roger (aka MyFriendRoger), I'm adding corrupt (yes!), craven, sleazy (absolutely), pernicious, venal, calculating, perverse, conspiratorial, culpable, insincere and debased, and I'm replacing my "without scruples" with his unscrupulous (I was trying to avoid "un-" words).

I'm holding off on some that have been suggested to me: bastards, butt-wipes, atrocious, monstrous, satanic, vile and the big one, evil. Also "pathetic", because they do not arouse any sympathy or pity in me.

Et cetera: S.M. Dixon suggests "sociopathic" which seems slightly problematic to me. The dictionary says a sociopath is "One who is affected with a personality disorder marked by aggressive, antisocial behavior," which looks somewhat appropriate but feels slightly off the mark to me, perhaps because it's generally applied to an individual and not a collection of people and policies. Certainly the policies of the Bush administration have, since 9/11 especially, been quite aggressive, and they have also been, more generally speaking, very aggressive in implementing their disastrous agenda -- so I think aggressive would be an appropriate add. On the other hand, "antisocial" is a difficult one. Certainly their policies have been diametrically opposed to what I and most enlightened people believe are best for society, but that's not exactly what "antisocial" means. Still, there must be an approprate word to describe their agenda. I'm going to add undemocratic, plutocratic, and oligarchic, but they don't quite get at it. What I think I'm looking for is an antonym for "civil" or "comity" which describes the Bushies' profound disrespect for the egalitarianism which underlies the fabric of our society -- or at least its intended fabric. (I'm also adding disrespectful, now that I think of it.)

"Treasonous" I shall hold off on.

Moreover: Breeze adds: conniving, con artists, deceitful, and secretive, which suggested to me propagandists.

And then came: Roger adds dogmatic, absolutist, rigid and inflexible, and argues for "sociopath":

As you perhaps know, "sociopath" and "sociopathic" are among my favorite terms. Of course, I long ago liberated it from its rather rigorous scientific definition (in part because the psychological profession has officially abandoned it anyhow. They like the term "anti-social."). I use it in a broader sense. I have argued, only very slightly tongue-in-cheek, that there are only three kinds of Republicans: dogmatists, sociopaths, and useful idiots.

If you want to get clinicial about it, well, Newt Gingrich is possibly a clinicial sociopath (I mean, how else can you think of a guy who tries to trick his wife into signing a divorce agreement just as she's coming out of anesthesia from cancer surgery?). And I am absolutely, utterly convinced that Shrub himself is a Narcissistic sociopath ... and I DO mean in the full clinical sense.

But more broadly, I am convinced -- although I cannot prove it -- that if you were to come up with some test which could assign people somewhere on a numerical "empath-sociopath" scale, in general Republicans would score quite a bit further toward the sociopathic end.

There's more in the comments.

Even more: I've added uncompromising, compassionless, relentless, selfish and insensitive. I thought about "lamentable" but it really describes more our response to them rather than their behavior and actions -- we lament over what they do, they certain don't lament it.

Is there a good word to express "uncivic-minded" or lacking in public spirit -- and is there a word that describes class warriors? (Maybe German has one.)

Upstate: Shirley comes up with oblivious.

The list to this moment (5pm on Tuesday the 13th):

Bush & Company are...

absolutist
aggresive
arrogant
blame-placers
blameworthy
buckpassers
calculating
class warriors
clueless
compassionless
con artists
conniving
conscienceless
conspiratorial
corrupt
craven
crooked
culpable
dangerous
debased
deceitful
destructive
devious
dishonorable
dishonest
disingenuous
disrespectful
dogmatic
heinous
hostile to science
hypocritical
ideologues
immoral
incompetent
indifferent
inflexible
insensitive
insincere
lacking in empathy
lacking in public spirit
liars
mendacious
not candid
not trustworthy
oblivious
oligarchic
opportunistic
out of control
pernicious
perverse
plutocratic
prevaricating
propagandists
rapacious
relentless
reprehensible
rigid
schemers
selfish
secretive
shameless
sleazy
tricky
uncaring
uncompromising
undemocratic
unethical
unprincipled
unreliable
unscrupulous
unsympathetic
venal
virtueless
warmongers
wicked
without integrity
wrong-headed

Winding down? I'm adding not "reality-based" and disconnected.