Is Bush losing it ??????? .... Very disturbing if true

[RedEarth]

This is from Americanblog....Kos also has some comments

Very disturbing story about Bush's state of mind in the Wash Times magazine
by John in DC - 11/15/2005 05:26:00 PM


The Washington Times, you may know, is an "independent" newspaper that is basically the mouthpiece of the Republican party. For that reason, it sometimes gets inside scoops as to what the GOP is thinking, and even what's going on inside the White House. For that reason, their latest story on Bush is extremely disturbing:
President Bush feels betrayed by several of his most senior aides and advisors and has severely restricted access to the Oval Office, administration sources say. The president's reclusiveness in the face of relentless public scrutiny of the U.S.-led war in Iraq and White House leaks regarding CIA operative Valerie Plame has become so extreme that Mr. Bush has also reduced contact with his father, former President George H.W. Bush, administration sources said on the condition of anonymity.
Matt Drudge adds on his site:
The sources said Mr. Bush maintains daily contact with only four people: first lady Laura Bush, his mother, Barbara Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Undersecretary of State Karen Hughes. The sources also say that Mr. Bush has stopped talking with his father, except on family occasions.
So basically Bush is melting down. (Or, at the very least, the number one propaganda organ of the GOP wants us to think Bush is losing it - that's just bizarre on its face, and shows had bad things are for Bush, and the party.) This is rather disturbing in view of the increased chatter about Bush, an alcoholic who never sought treatment, now reportedly drinking again.

This man is running our country. And he won't speak to anyone - ANYONE - other than Condi Rice, his mom, and Karen Hughes? That leaves out the entire Dept of Defense - kind of important during war time - the CIA, every other agency and the entire White House staff.

It honestly sounds like he's losing control.

And he's in charge of our country.



http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/11/very-disturbing-story-about-bushs.html


Daily Kos link....

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/11/15/195622/83



here is Drudge article...

Bush rarely speaks to father, ‘family is split’
Tue Nov 15 2005 11:23:51 ET

President Bush feels betrayed by several of his most senior aides and advisors and has severely restricted access to the Oval Office, INSIGHT magazine claims in a new report.

The president’s reclusiveness in the face of relentless public scrutiny of the U.S.-led war in Iraq and White House leaks regarding CIA operative Valerie Plame has become so extreme that Mr. Bush has also reduced contact with his father, former President George H.W. Bush, administration sources said on the condition of anonymity.

“The atmosphere in the Oval Office has become unbearable,” a source said. “Even the family is split.”

INSIGHT: Sources close to the White House say that Mr. Bush has become isolated and feels betrayed by key officials in the wake of plunging domestic support, the continued insurgency in Iraq and the CIA-leak investigation that has resulted in the indictment and resignation of Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff.

The sources said Mr. Bush maintains daily contact with only four people: first lady Laura Bush, his mother, Barbara Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Undersecretary of State Karen Hughes. The sources also say that Mr. Bush has stopped talking with his father, except on family occasions.

http://www.drudgereport.com/flash4.htm

[sniffa]

1. sounds Like hitLer in his finaL months

[eleny]

2. Maybe it won't be Cheney who resigns for reasons of health

[aquart]

3. Sounds like an innocent dupe defense.

George was just too loopy to be in the loop. Therefore, not guilty of treason.

Bull cookies. Meadow muffins. Pasture pastry.

[xultar]

4. I still can't get over he thought he was actually running things!

:rofl:

[SharonAnn]

5. So, he needs four women to prop him up. Hmmm. Interesting!!

[DancingBear]

18. Actually, three women and the Quaker Oats guy

:)

[Aviation Pro]

24. Yeah, I see the resemblence. Separated at birth?

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[niallmac]

30. "Nothing is scarier to me than she." n/t

[area51]

40. LOL.

Thanks for the laugh. :evilgrin:

[ptolle]

62. Indeed

I second the previous poster's expression of thanks for the grin, and a light chuckle, but with this caveat- Quaker oats are good, and good for you this might be demeaning if not downright libelous of an american institution-Quaker Oats I mean.

[bahrbearian]

6. Big Surprise . He already lost it in the Debates...

[Maccagirl]

7. Maybe Poppy likes hanging with Big Dog too much

and Boy King has hurt feelin's. Notice that Jr. is only surrounding himself with his groupies.

[Canuckistanian]

26. OOoo, that's gotta hurt

After all, he cultured his image on being the "anti-Clinton".

So much so, that he threw the baby out with the bathwater, including warnings about bin-Laden and economic policies, which, as it turned out were actually the correct choices.

[jedr]

8. If it came from Drudge; it's propaganda;

for what purpose , I don't know...too weird!:crazy:

[RedEarth]

13. Actually it's from the Washington Times

which also is a repubican rag, but you have to wonder why they would run an article like this. Below are some comments from the Daily Kos site...

Here's the next thing about this, which John definitely touched on but which I want to stick a big ol' flashing light on top of. These stories -- and there have been a series of them -- have been coming from very reliably Republican sources. The leakproof administration is, unless these newspaper reports are all simply lying, leaking at an alarming rate when it comes to giving stories about Bush's erratic/petulant/belligerent/drinky-drinky/reclusive behavior. The Washington Times would generally rather print their papers on the desiccated skins of puppies than say something bad about a Republican, but they'll print a scoop when they see one. In order to print something like this, it would have to come from an administration source "deep enough" for them to trust and run with.

So to have these stories out there points to at least some (fairly core, we can presume) members of Bush's administration being alarmed at his own behavior. Or it just proves that the Washington Times is full of it, or that there's multiple "administration sources" out there intent on making Bush look like an unhinged, adrift brat. (Let it go, Harriet...) Hey, I'm not sure which I'm rooting for at this point, but I can't say I'm taking much glee in the thought that our president may or may not be having his own personal toga party, with nobody else invited.

Is there anyone out there selling nuclear holocaust insurance? Because I've got this nagging itch like I should be stocking up on duct tape. Seriously, I hope one of the Joint Chiefs has hidden the key to the liquor cabinet at this point.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/11/15/195622/83

[Marie26]

25. I think it's Andrew Card

Just a hunch. Andrew Card is actually a Bush Sr. loyalist - and these "leaks" about Bush's erratic behavior came out at about the same time that Bush Sr.'s former officials came out publicly against this administration. I don't think that's a coincidence.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

34. It's no coincidence...

They're prepping him for the take down. They know he's got to go.

:)

[Jackpine Radical]

14. The only other reason something might appear on Drudge

is to soften the blow if they know it's gonna come out anyway.

[sellitman]

16. I don't trust ANYTHING from Sludge.

Not for one second. It's a Rove plant!

[Horse with no Name]

9. Classic Oedipus complex

Explains it all if you asked me.

>>>>>snip
Freudian term, drawn from the myth of Oedipus, designating attraction on the part of the child toward the parent of the opposite sex and rivalry and hostility toward the parent of its own. It occurs during the phallic stage of the psycho-sexual development of the personality, approximately years three to five. Resolution of the Oedipus complex is believed to occur by identification with the parent of the same sex and by the renunciation of sexual interest in the parent of the opposite sex. Freud considered this complex the cornerstone of the superego and the nucleus of all human relationships. Many psychiatrists, while acknowledging the significance of the Oedipal relationships to personality development in our culture, ascribe love and attraction toward one parent and hatred and antagonism toward the other not necessarily to sexual rivalry but to resentment of parental authoritarian power.
http://www.bartleby.com/65/oe/Oedipusc.html

[BrklynLiberal]

11. Dimson has had longstanding conflicts with Poppy.

[Horse with no Name]

15. Yes he has

But until this article, I never considered Oedipus as a diagnosis for him.
Sounds very reasonable now.

[Vanje]

64. Naw. i'm not so sure its Oedipus Complex

I think GW Bush is just a crazy-assed fuck-head

[BrklynLiberal]

10. I never thought he was sane, so this does not surprise me. I am glad that

the rest of the world is finally going to see the truth. I hope it finally brings him and his administration down with a huge thud.
I eagerly look forward to his total meltdown while in front of the cameras, so it cannot be denied or hidden.
I have no sympathy for this evil, cold, heartless person who has shown no sympathy or caring for anyone else. I hope he gets what he deserves and then some.

[Carolab]

12. Why is this cat being let out of the bag from the Times and Drudge?

This is, to me, a red flag.

I wonder what they are REALLY up to here.

Are they going to let another 9/11 happen and blame it on his being "out of it"? Are they going to try to put Cheney in his place under the 25th Amendment?

[Horse with no Name]

17. That would be my guess

From the sound of this article, it sounds like alliances are being formed.

[Rose Siding]

19. The mid-term election season is fast approaching

Wouldn't surprise me a bit to learn bush is mad as a hatter, but the con infrastructure has to run away from him for next year. jmo

[XemaSab]

37. mad as a hatter?

you diagnosing mercury poisoning for mr clear skies?

[Media_Lies_Daily]

21. Capital Hill Blues also reported it about a year ago, but ....

...some DUers don't like CHB because their top guy is a conservative. They would like to see CHB totally censored, despite the MANY contacts he has within the highest levels of the GOP.

[orleans]

48. i remember reading that article

and wanting to shout to republicans: "that's your president! that's your president!"

(kinda in the same way connie spoke to kay about michael, inserting the word "president" for "husband"--see the godfather 1)

[ultraist]

20. Maybe they are containing him.

Perhaps it's not jr who is isolating himself, but they are keeping him away from staff so not to expose his extreme behaviors. Just a thought.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

22. Does anyone really think Herr Busch is not talking to Rove?

[Erika]

23. W HAS lost it

The speech he gave in Alaska indicating that if you were against his war policies that you were aiding the enemy, was insane. Many in his own party are in disagreement with his war policies.

He has forgotten that he is a United States president, NOT a king or dictator. To call citizens basically traitors if we disagree with him is completely over the edge.

[Up2Late]

27. This is going exactly as I predicted 6 months ago...

...first, either Bush or Cheney resigns, due to scandal or "for heath reasons," Then they appoint Condi as V.P. AFTER the mid-term elections.

(Yes, then we have to hear all the RW BS about how the "First Female and Black Vice-President was a ReTuglican).

Then, one of two things happens:

Either the then "President" quits, making Condi "The first Black AND Female President (more RW bragging):puke: , so then Condi runs as the incumbent "president."

Or they keep who ever stayed, Condi stays V.P., and runs for President, because "...she's the first Black Female Vice President!"

Oh god, I do feel ill.

[gumby]

46. Is that why Dick Morris has been screaming

Condi, Condi, Condi all over the airwaves lately, presumably selling his book?

[Up2Late]

49. Yeah, and I think their are almost half a dozen websites too

One sells bobble heads! <http://www.rice2008.com/>

[Vanje]

63. but,in view of recent disclosure that Steven hadley outed Val Plame.....

....wouldnt that taint condi?
it certainly takes the plame scandal closer to Condi's door.

[adigal]

28. This has been tickling my brain for awhile

If sources are being honest, and Bush is truly becoming unhinged, then who the hell is running our country??? Who is on the trip with Bush besides Pickles?? Where is Karen Hughes?? So if this is true, we are in big trouble.

Now, if this is a planted and fake story, who benefits?? What will be the result of these stories being spread around? Bush's approval goes down even further. Who wants that besides the Dems?? Hmmmm...I told my husband last January, when Bush was firing a bunch of loyal employees from a certain spy agency, that one had better not mess with these people who do, by the way, run covert ops for a living. And one had better not out one of their own.

So - true and worrisome, or false and worrisome.

[Erika]

31. Who's running our country?

Right now, no one. Just a bunch of special interest groups and neocons and they are running it straight into the ground. Every bench mark out there shows there is no firm leadership in this country.

I think the Senate is finally figuring that out and knows that they better do something.

I firmly believe we have never been weaker as a nation than we are right now because we don't have a leader as president.

[amandabeech]

59. Poppy and Bar were with Junior in China .

Poppy undoubtedly is trying to smooth things over.

[Vanje]

66. "Now, if this is a planted and fake story, who benefits?"

Cheney.

I've read recent rumors of a rift between Cheney and GW Bush.

Clearly, someone of them will have to step down, be fired or impeached.
Bush and Cheney are feeding stories to the media, making it look like the other is a goner.

Wild theory, i know.

[davekriss]

29. Perhaps someone recalls...

...but their is a way the powers behind the pResidency can get Bush removed from office without due process. It something like the Vice President and one other official certifying that the pResident is unable to fulfil the office of the Presidency due to debilitating illness. Could this be the first steps of a more overt coup than witnessed in 2000 and 2004? Perhaps the oligarchy has decided in clubby back rooms that a scapegoat is needed, someone they can throw to the maddening rabble without losing their grip on power?

Scary if true. News at 11.

[upi402]

32. He's drunk again, HELL, he's lost it already

:spray: :party: :puke: :silly: :freak: :beer:

[geckosfeet]

33. Is he losing it ? You need to ask that ?? n/t

[illflem]

35. My feeling is that bush is still on the tit

and Barbara is finally drying up.
junior is just after fresh milk.

[garybeck]

36. this is SPIN. note this comment:

"President Bush feels betrayed by several of his most senior aides and advisors"

the only way Bush will remain in office is if he paints a picture of him being betrayed by Rove and Cheney. If either of them go down, Bush will probably go with him, unless he can say he didn't know, was never told, and he has demonstrated that he's pissed at these folks for what they did.

of course it is BS. he knew everything and he was a part of it.

I'd say this spin is just pre-damage control. Bush is sipping chapmagne with all the boys he's "betrayed by" right now.

[XemaSab]

38. Champaigne?

I'd bet on 151 straight from the bottle...

[upi402]

44. scewtop wine, crack it and pitch the cap

it wont be needed

[buddysmellgood]

39. Bush was never in control. The ass masters are setting the stage for his

exit. Blame everything on him and enter another coruptican. It's the smoking man.

[Hello_Kitty]

42. That's what I think too

They're going to make it all about him. The personal failure of one man. Then the rest of the neo-con organization can carry on their agenda.

[Justice Is Comin]

41. I believe we're just one more

major bombshell away from him resigning. I'm praying that's going to come in phase 2. If we put his fingerprint on the document that says this war was totally unnecessary, he's instantly the most hated man in America.

Translation. Through. :nuke: :nuke:

[Aimah]

43. Has Bush lost it?

"Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country." —Poplar Bluff, Mo., Sept. 6, 2004


"The ambassador and the general were briefing me on the -- the vast majority of Iraqis want to live in a peaceful, free world. And we will find these people and we will bring them to justice." —Washington, D.C., Oct. 27, 2003.


"There's an old...saying in Tennessee...I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee that says Fool me once...(3 second pause)... Shame on...(4 second pause)...Shame on you....(6 second pause)...Fool me...Can't get fooled again." —Nashville, Tennessee, Sept. 17, 2002.

I don't think he ever had it to lose it.

[Maddy McCall]

45. No MEN in the inner circle? A psychologist could have a field day with

this.

[gumby]

47. 'Blue Velvet'?

'Mommy, Mommy, Mommy.'

[Stand and Fight]

53. Great movie...

If he's as crazy as Dennis Hopper's character Frank we better be dammed concerned and worried.

[UrbScotty]

50. Is he losing it? No, you can't lose what you don't have (nt)

[nadinbrzezinski]

51. See Nixon last days

that about sumarizes it, or Hitler, or any other dictator or proto dictator

[RedEarth]

61. Nixon is what I was thinking of ....

[Stand and Fight]

52. If true...

Drudge... no.

Americablog... maybe.

Washington Times... Yes and scary.

[Raine]

54. Whether he loses it or not

it makes no difference in the running of the country. Chimp wasn't running it anyway and I don't see as his having lost 'it' will make things worse than they already are. :-(

[Swamp Rat]

55. Mommy! Mommy!

:D

[rumpel]

56. It appears he can only trust women...

[rumpel]

57. It appears he can only trust women...

[Nothing Without Hope]

58. Purest GOP bullshit - this is another step of the "Bush is a suffering

innocent grievously betrayed by his trusted aides, who will now be scapegoated" shtick.

We're supposed to feel sorry for him and believe that oh,no, none of this was his fault at all!!!!

[amandabeech]

60. Neither Bush nor Cheney will resign, IMHO.

I don't think that * would resign even if Laura, Condi, Karen and Bar all told him that he had to. He'd just dig in his heels. Cheney won't go unless he can remain in power behind the scenes. He has an agenda and he'll pursue it until he drops, in jail or on the outside.

Perhaps Fitz will be able to pin something so serious on Cheney that Congress will be forced to act. I think that it will be harder to make stuff stick to Bush because he just seems to be so out of it, and will continue to drift off.

That leaves Cheney's ticker.

[mmonk]

65. Off damn spot!

[Xenotime]

67. * loses it a little more everyday.