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2004-06-18 03:21 | User Profile
"Danged if it ain't tuff to be the most powerfull Izzy worshiper in the world when you never read a newspaper, are barely conversant in basic english, well you get the picture,....... dang, where in the heck did I leave my bottle of Jim Beam?"
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Bush's Erratic Behavior Worries White House Aides By DOUG THOMPSON Publisher, Capitol Hill Blue Jun 4, 2004, 06:15
In meetings with top aides and administration officials, the President goes from quoting the Bible in one breath to obscene tantrums against the media, Democrats and others that he classifies as ââ¬Åenemies of the state.ââ¬Â
Worried White House aides paint a portrait of a man on the edge, increasingly wary of those who disagree with him and paranoid of a public that no longer trusts his policies in Iraq or at home.
ââ¬ÅIt reminds me of the Nixon days,ââ¬Â says a longtime GOP political consultant with contacts in the White House. ââ¬ÅEverybody is an enemy; everybody is out to get him. Thatââ¬â¢s the mood over there.ââ¬Â
In interviews with a number of White House staffers who were willing to talk off the record, a picture of an administration under siege has emerged, led by a man who declares his decisions to be ââ¬ÅGodââ¬â¢s willââ¬Â and then tells aides to ââ¬Åeditorââ¬â¢s bleep-bleepââ¬Â anyone they consider to be an opponent of the administration.
ââ¬ÅWeââ¬â¢re at war, thereââ¬â¢s no doubt about it. What I donââ¬â¢t know anymore is just who the enemy might be,ââ¬Â says one troubled White House aide. ââ¬ÅWe seem to spend more time trying to destroy John Kerry than al Qaeda and our enemies list just keeps growing and growing.ââ¬Â
Aides say the President gets ââ¬Åhung up on minor details,ââ¬Â micromanaging to the extreme while ignoring the bigger picture. He will spend hours personally reviewing and approving every attack ad against his Democratic opponent and then kiss off a meeting on economic issues.
ââ¬ÅThis is what is killing us on Iraq,ââ¬Â one aide says. ââ¬ÅWe lost focus. The President got hung up on the weapons of mass destruction and an unproven link to al Qaeda. We could have found other justifiable reasons for the war but the President insisted the focus stay on those two, tenuous items.ââ¬Â
Aides who raise questions quickly find themselves shut out of access to the President or other top advisors. Among top officials, Bushââ¬â¢s inner circle is shrinking. Secretary of State Colin Powell has fallen out of favor because of his growing doubts about the administrationââ¬â¢s war against Iraq.
The President's abrupt dismissal of CIA Directory George Tenet Wednesday night is, aides say, an example of how he works.
"Tenet wanted to quit last year but the President got his back up and wouldn't hear of it," says an aide. "That would have been the opportune time to make a change, not in the middle of an election campaign but when the director challenged the President during the meeting Wednesday, the President cut him off by saying 'that's it George. I cannot abide disloyalty. I want your resignation and I want it now."
Tenet was allowed to resign "voluntarily" and Bush informed his shocked staff of the decision Thursday morning. One aide says the President actually described the decision as "God's will."
God may also be the reason Attorney General John Ashcroft, the administrationââ¬â¢s lightning rod because of his questionable actions that critics argue threatens freedoms granted by the Constitution, remains part of the power elite. West Wing staffers call Bush and Ashcroft ââ¬Åthe Blues Brothersââ¬Â because ââ¬Åtheyââ¬â¢re on a mission from God.ââ¬Â
ââ¬ÅThe Attorney General is tight with the President because of religion,ââ¬Â says one aide. ââ¬ÅThey both believe any action is justifiable in the name of God.ââ¬Â
But the President who says he rules at the behest of God can also tongue-lash those he perceives as disloyal, calling them ââ¬ÅEditors bleep-bleepââ¬Â in front of other staff, berating one cabinet official in front of others and labeling anyone who disagrees with him ââ¬Åunpatrioticââ¬Â or ââ¬Åanti-American.ââ¬Â
ââ¬ÅThe mood here is that weââ¬â¢re under siege, thereââ¬â¢s no doubt about it,ââ¬Â says one troubled aide who admits he is looking for work elsewhere. ââ¬ÅIn this administration, you donââ¬â¢t have to wear a turban or speak Farsi to be an enemy of the United States. All you have to do is disagree with the President.ââ¬Â
The White House did not respond to requests for comment on the record.
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2004-06-18 03:32 | User Profile
BUSH JUST KEEPS GETTING MORE LOONY. :wallbash:
2004-06-23 22:55 | User Profile
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Quote, "New Information Shows Bush Indecisive, Paranoid, Delusional By TERESA HAMPTON Editor, Capitol Hill Blue Jun 17, 2004, 08:47
The carefully-crafted image of George W. Bush as a bold, decisive leader is cracking under the weight of new revelations that the erratic President is indecisive, moody, paranoid and delusional. "More and more this brings back memories of the Nixon White House," says retired political science professor George Harleigh, who worked for President Nixon during the second presidential term that ended in resignation under fire. "I haven't heard any reports of President Bush wondering the halls talking to portraits of dead Presidents but what I have been told is disturbing."
Two weeks ago, Capitol Hill Blue revealed that a growing number of White House aides are concerned about the President's mental stability. They told harrowing tales of violent mood swings, bouts with paranoia and obscene outbursts from a President who wears his religion on his sleeve.
Although supporters of President Bush dismissed the reports as "fantasies from anonymous sources," a new book by Dr. Justin Frank, director of psychiatry at George Washington University, raises many similar questions about the President's mental stability.
"George W. Bush is a case study in contradiction," Dr. Frank writes in Bush On The Couch: Inside the Mind of the President. "Bush is an untreated ex-alcoholic with paranoid and megalomaniac tendencies." In addition, a new film by documentary filmmaker, and frequent Bush critic, Michael Moore shows the President indecisive and clearly befuddled when he learned about the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
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