Quote of the day: Chimpy just keeps running his mouth--and Mags suggests that our emperor's problem goes beyond not having any clothes on
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In Amman with Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki--can't anyone just shut the guy up?"I think anytime you murder somebody, you're a criminal."
--President Bush yesterday, apparently imagining he was saying something about the violence in Iraq
Oh sure, Jon Stewart made jokes about it on last night's Daily Show, like how maybe we should have a law against that, but in Chimpy the Prez's defense, you have to say that . . . that he . . . that, uh . . . well, if the stuff he says really reflects what's going on in his head, why doesn't he just shut the hell up? Of course that wouldn't solve the problem, but at least we wouldn't have to listen to him blithering, and be reminded that this creature is really and truly the president of the United States--with the whole world listening.
MAGS SUGGESTS THAT THE GUY IS JUST PLAIN NUTS
The Iraq Study Group has been in the headlines of American news outlets for weeks now. Supposedly it was designed to hold out hope to the nation that some semblence of sanity still reigned in the Bush administration. Many have argued, myself included, that the Study Group is designed to save Bush from himself by pressuring him to pull the Iraq plug. But if Bush cannot save himself, it is reasoned that perhaps the group can save the GOP, even if only in the long run. Or maybe just, if nothing else works, simply cover Jr's ass.
Americans headed to the polls in record numbers and changed the House and Senate from red to blue in one fell swoop. The key issue in the voters' minds? Iraq. (And corruption. But that is another post.)
Seems the tired and troubled phrases in the Bush speeches were wearing thin. The logic missing in all statements coming from the White House finally pressed even the marginal voters into the booth.
Bush, however, remains stubbornly wed to his original stance, which has been discarded by all but a few administration loyalists. Bush is "staying the course," even though he uses new words.
The truth is seeping into the mainstream media. MSNBC and NBC have finally cut the cord and will now call the Iraq war a "civil war." Bush still calls it sectarian violence. Rep. John Murtha has argued for months now that American soldiers are caught in the crossfire of a fight that is no longer about freedom or liberation of Iraq but is increasingly about control within the region by warring factions.
The can of worms that Georgie was warned about has manifested, and no one, not even the members of his own administration, his own party, or the members of his family can figure out how to get us out of Iraq or how to win anything that could seem like a victory if we stay.
But, just like the American soldiers are in the line of fire of warring factions in Iraq, Bush has put Americans at home in the line of fire between competing perceptions of reality.
In this war, MSNBC and NBC finally throw us a lifeline. The denial of the Bush administration is growing by leaps and bounds. The illogical statements and patently false ones streaming from the White House are staggering. The psyche of Americans is reeling from the out-and-out lies and incompetence it is subjected to on a daily basis.
George Bush cares nothing for America or Americans. His war with his father, his war with the Democrats, his war with his party, his war with the truth, and likely his war with himself have put this nation in peril. I fear the patience of the world wears thin.
Americans are caught in the crossfire of George Bush's mental illness, his inability to grapple with the truth or with morality. He presses forward for his own selfish goals whether they be monetary or a lust for power or for a positive image. It matters not to him. The staging of who-knows-what Bush family theatrics is excruciating. How long shall we stand on the sidelines pretending you can run a nation this way? How many more lives must be lost to save George W. Bush face?
The civil war in Iraq has finally been labeled—finally, though many will say it is far worse than even that now. I suggest to you, dear reader, that we too are embroiled in a war of our own. We are caught in the crossfire of GWB and GWHB's oedipal struggle. The confusion is crazy-making. Not even the pundits can make it look okay anymore.
I know we are a country who see ourselves as superior to others. I know we have a fairly long history of peaceful transfers of power. But America, we need to finally wake up to the fact that a madman is at the helm. The circus is no longer only a political trend. The future of the nation is at stake. The time is now. If we can bring ourselves to call the war in Iraq a civil war, then we can find our way to reality here at home.
Bush is very much insane. It is time for us to look that truth in the eye. It is not going away on its own.--Mags
posted by KenInNY @ 4:52 AM
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If you've noticed . . .Chimpy has gotten very, very shrill and strident whenever he defends staying the course. That tells me more about his lack of character than anything.
Mags, once again I'm in complete agreement. I've thought about this off and on for the last couple of years. The psycology of Bush as studied (from afar) by different psycologist point to some real emotional problems for our President. Of course, they have all said that without closer examination it's impossible to make a diagnosis. Anyone with an ability to understand human nature can watch Bush and tell that under the surface there is a battle going on between the control and the loss of it.
As you, I worry that at some point something will push him over the edge and he'd do somehting really stupid. Hopefully the people around him would prevent any unfortunate "mishaps". I don't even want to think that he might be doing COKE again. Although, once again, the signs have been there.
That reminds me of a funny little story concerning his dad and some COKE. Seems poppy wanted to scare the American people about the drug epidemic by telling them that it was so bad you could even buy the stuff right out in front of the White House. So he tell his staff that he wants to be able to say that in his speech and that he wants to hold it up for the camera. So off they go. First they contacted the DEA who contacted the local law enforcment who sent out of their Narcotics officer to arrange the deal with a D.C. drug dealer. So there they are out front of the White House waiting for the dealer. He never shows. So once agian they go down the daisey chain to see what happened to the dealer. Turns out he didn't know where the White House was. So the drove a GSA car over to his neighborhood, picked him up, drove over to the White House, made the deal, drove him home and went back to the White House and presented a baggie of cocaine to the President of the United States. Later in his speech he told us how awful this scourge is and how we must stomp it out. Apple doesn't fall too far after all, does it?
I don't know what became of the COKE but I do have my suspicions.
Thanks for that delightful memory of Poppy, Jerry.
The rich are different from us. Poppy may not have known about cash-register price scanners, but he knew that if your scourge doesn't show up for his media op, why, you send a driver for him.
Ken
I'm sorry this post is going to be so huge but I'm at work and I don't have time to paraphrase the thing. Anyhow, I read DWT today and remembered I'd read a psychiatric analysis years ago of W and I just found a brief synopsis of a book by Justin Frank. Here it is:
Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President is a penetrating and utterly disturbing account of the psychological profile of the most powerful man in the world. Through his highly detailed analysis of Bush’s public behavior and statements as well as historical records and biographical information, author Justin A. Frank, M.D., takes us into the mind of the man many Americans voted for and may, after reading this book, wish they hadn’t.
Frank, a clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry at George Washington University Medical Center and a teaching analyst at the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, uses the principles of applied psychoanalysis to dissect and deconstruct the mind and behavior behind the man. Frank traces Bush’s history from childhood and examines the roles his parents played on his early development, finding there the early roots of Bush’s inability to manage his emotions, his megalomania, narcissism and total lack of compassion for others. By focusing first on how the young boy Bush was molded by a depressed and disciplinarian mother and a totally absent father, we begin to understand how he came to be the man he is, which enables us to have some empathy and pity for him. We even grieve for Bush when we learn about the effect his sister’s death had on him, and how he was never permitted to mourn for her by parents who felt that grief had no place in their world.
But our empathy is tested when we see how Bush’s early adoration of his absent father and his own difficulties processing his emotions are having a deadly affect today. The author points out how, after the slaughter of American citizens on 9/11, Bush was joking and laughing about how life was pretty good for him, and often he was caught by reporters as having absolutely no emotion or sympathy for the grieving families – instead wanting to talk about his latest achievements as a runner.
As the author clearly details, Bush’s dominant worldview of competitiveness, coldness and restless anxiety bordering on paranoia have led him to where we stand now in history – in a quagmire of a war in Iraq, poverty on the rise at home, and on the brink of environmental collapse. All of these issues seem distant, even unimportant, to Bush, the man, who seems to have no capability of feeling the pain and suffering of others, or even recognizing and fixing his own mistakes. As the author deftly points out, Bush’s inability to take responsibility for his actions and his illusions of omnipotence and grandeur have led him and our nation on a disastrous path. This is a man who laughed when he executed dozens as Texas governor, including a born-again Christian woman who pleaded for forgiveness. So much for a culture of life.
But worse than all that is the fact that Bush, with all the anecdotal evidence of his problems with alcohol, possible ADHD and dyslexia, and his apparent comfort at living outside of the law, still somehow manages to fool so many into thinking he is qualified, both mentally and intellectually, to lead America. Frank proves that to be a false assumption, even a dangerous one, with a compelling portrait of a man who cannot control or handle his own emotions, and projects his anger, violence and cruelty onto others.
Now all of this is really just one man’s opinion, but reading the book, I couldn’t help but feel that everything Frank said resonates as true when you examine the President’s own words and actions and the huge chasm between the two. This is a highly intriguing and often distressing book that digs deeply into the mentality of a world leader whose many dysfunctions mean so much more to us all because they put us all in danger. The real problem, though, is the fact that Bush refuses time and again to confront his own demons even as he is ready and willing to point them out in others. And this deep, abiding insecurity and anxiety is evident in his policies that attack the poor, harm nature, degrade women, perpetuate violence, and basically send our sons and daughters off to die while Bush laughs and jokes about it back in the safety of the White House walls.
Truly chilling. And we, collectively, elected him for another four years. Perhaps we are the ones who need to be analyzed.
John,
I believe we allowed him to steal the office not once, but twice.
The evidence certainly stacks up that way.
I believe the outpouring in this election was the sheer frustration of normal people finally saying enough is enough. No more thefts, no more BS.
We are a patient people to a degree. The national beast moves a bit more slowly than individuals.
In the words of X-Patriate: "More and more like a civil war."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jordT1Kuc88
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