“Lock the door,” Bush said. A few minutes later Colin Powell could be heard trying the doorknob.

[kpete]

But there is another, less attractive part of the Bush persona: the mean-minded frat boy. At the 1992 Republican National Convention, Senator John McCain was about to speak for the re-election of Bush 41 when young George came up to him and said, according to Draper, “You’ve gotta hammer Clinton on the draft dodging.” That from a man who had weaved his way out of serving in Vietnam. McCain replied, “Sorry, that’s not my thing.”

On Jan. 31, 2001, soon after taking office, Bush held a cabinet meeting. When he entered the room, one chair was empty: the secretary of state’s. “Lock the door,” Bush said. A few minutes later Colin Powell could be heard trying the doorknob. The room “erupted with laughter.” Then Bush ordered the door unlocked. He “had made his point,” Draper says; Powell was “not the big dog any longer.” That the president of the United States would want to show how important he was by humiliating Colin Powell speaks volumes.


http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/books/review/Lewis3-t.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1194134156-hWV6eJEBrGHaFJdjPnlX1w

[cali]

1. Typical. I can't possibly be shocked by such

childish and boorish bush behavior. What a sorry excuse for a human he is.

[The Wizard]

56. Shocked you say

Maybe if George Herbert and Barb brought him for some shock therapy we wouldn't be in this mess today.

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[williesgirl]

3. Fucking spoiled psycotic asshole.

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. He really is, isn't he? How incredibly embarrassing!

[AzDar]

4. How... HOW, has this most unworthy moron managed to TAKE OVER this country?

Threats? Blackmail?
I'm astonished and mystified more every single day; with every new outrage or crime against the country.
HOW???
He has brought this country to its knees, and he's a goddamned idiot.:nuke:

[SammyWinstonJack]

12. Well he did say that he would have to twist some arms and bang some heads regarding

"working with Congress". It was right before he made his NOT FUNNY dictator comment. I watched while he said it on MSM. So yeah, I think threats and blackmail aren't out of the realm of possibilities.

[TwilightGardener]

14. He didn't "take over"--he was installed.

[southerncrone]

30. It's truly astonishing that he is our "leader"!

I feel like I went to sleep one night & woke up in some sort of dream or on another planet.

The ignorance of this country is unfathomable.

HELP!!!:banghead:

[Catherine Vincent]

36. "HOW, has this most unworthy moron managed to TAKE OVER this country?"

Does that answer your question?

[Rageneau]

55. With LOTS of help from the Russerts of the world that's how.

[UTUSN]

5. So if the pRez has the sole power to order torture, that should streamline the prosecutions!1

War crimes prosecutions, of HIM instead of 20 or 30 others!!1

[DemGa]

6. Ha, ha, from Draft dodging frat boy to War criminal...

It's been quite a ride.

[DawgHouse]

7. He's such an ass n/t

[Hoof Hearted]

8. Didn't Trudeau (Doonesbury) say something about *'s fondness for humiliating others?

Apparently, it's just about the only thing he's ever really been any good at.

[Hekate]

26. Trudeau knew * when he was a frat boy. I think his 2004 Rolling Stone interview was...

...where he expressed his opinions ("I knew the type," among others) about the behavior and personality of the young Blivet prefiguring accurately the Bush Jr. presidency.

Trudeau observed that the young Bush was both socially gifted and extremely manipulative, doling out small humiliations to keep people in line and/or off-balance.

It's not a personality type that has ever attracted me, that's for sure.

Hekate

[The Backlash Cometh]

9. How incredibly childish.

[TwilightGardener]

11. Think about it. The chickenhawk deliberately humiliated a famous General, a war hero who at

that time was almost universally respected and honored, and could have easily been President himself. Chimpy couldn't wait for this opportunity--it would have come sooner or later for Powell. Chimpy had to do this to help assuage his deep feelings of inferiority. He's really a sick, petty little fuck.

[Lisa]

21. plus the fact that he just assumed everyone else would find this hilarious ...

As bad as my job can be sometimes, I am everlastingly grateful that I don't have a boss as mean-spirited, petty, jealous, and vindictive as *.

[tblue37]

31. Well, the whole room was obviously full of suck-ups, since they

all laughed their asses off.

And don't tell me this wasn't also at least partly about putting the "uppity" Black man in his place.

[Lisa]

34. Indeed. I'll bet Bush was more than a bit envious ... and resentful

He's probably convinced himself that Colin Powell "got all the lucky breaks" (he's already shown that he projects quite a bit!), and that Powell was insufficiently grateful ("why, I gave him that job as Secretary of State, and how does he repay me?").

Anybody in that room who laughed ought to be ashamed -- and that goes double for women and visible minorities, if they did it just to be "one of the gang".

[defendandprotect]

35. Sad to say how many around him are encouraging this kind of childish stupidity ----

and this is "winning" by playing stupid games in the White House?

This is a mind in need of emotional healing and maturing --- !!!!

At least what's left of it --

You can't be an idiot on this high a level unless you're completely surrounded by idiots.

[riverdale]

37. What about Powell makes him a war hero?

That certainly is not what I think of upon mention of the man's name.

[Spinzonner]

52. I would hardly call Colin a war hero

Remember, he was involved in the My Lai coverup

a 'Bureaucratic Hero'.

[katandmoon]

13. It's so obvious he's overcompensating for his miniature dick.

[TahitiNut]

17. Interesting that you'd think so.

:eyes:

[renate]

59. welcome to DU!

:hi:

[Stinky The Clown]

15. A tiny little man who has now become the shit stain on the shortz of history.

[FourScore]

16. So why are they reporting this now instead of in 2000 or 2004???

I hold the media completely responsible for the mess we're in (well, maybe not completely -- the Supremes helped). It would have been nice if the media had done their job more thoroughly and in a more timely fashion back then. That goes for the war and most everything else too. Now they're screwing around with Iran. They knew we were getting an immature frat-boy alcoholic, yet they gave him a pass on everything. Assholes.

[EFerrari]

25. This way they get to stay on the good side of that felon AND claim

they covered the story. Collaborators.

[Cass]

18. Remember all those stupid nicknames he gives to people...

Turdblossom and Pootie-Poot for example. This jerk gets off on humiliating people and he's got a real mean streak in him. Nasty piece of work.

[NYC Liberal]

22. How 'bout the time he mocked a blind man for wearing sunglasses at a press conference?

Or the time a reporter addressed him as "Sir" and not "Mr President"...but that wasn't good enough, so Chimpy shot back at him, "Who are you talking to?"

Or the time he went to see injured veterans with missing limbs, arms, etc. at Walter Reed and "joked" about how he'd been injured clearing brush and got a scratch.

[tblue37]

32. Or the time he sneered at a reporter (David Gregory, I think it was)

for having the nerve to address the French president in French--in France.

[Lisa]

42. and not to be outdone, Bush suddenly threw in a Spanish (!) quote ...

GREGORY: I wonder why it is you think there are such strong sentiments in Europe against you and against this administration? Why, particularly, there's a view that you and your administration are trying to impose America's will on the rest of the world, particularly when it comes to the Middle East and where the war on terrorism goes next? And, Mr. President, would you maybe comment on that?
DUBYA: Very good. The guy memorizes four words, and he plays like he's intercontinental.
GREGORY: I can go on.
DUBYA: I'm impressed -- que bueno. Now I'm literate in two languages.
-- Dubya taking time out of his busy schedule to belittle NBC News White House correspondent David Gregory, and employing his Spanish "prowess" to do so, press conference with French President Jacques Chirac, Paris, France, May 26, 2002

http://www.dubyaspeak.com/puredubya.phtml

[vssmith]

45. Vincente Fox didn't think Bush was too literate in Spanish..

He also mentioned that Bush was afraid of his horse. But you know it wasn't Bush's 'first rodeo.'

[Lisa]

27. when I heard about his "sense of humor", I realized he was bad news ...

His practical jokes during the campaign seemed to involve not just embarrassing, but physically harming people (tricking them into drinking water he later tells them is contaminated, or throwing a football really hard at someone's face).

http://www.time.com/time/poy2000/mag/ranch.html
http://www.bushwatch.org/bushclean.htm

As you say, Cass -- a mean streak. Insecure and vindictive, to boot -- not a good combination at the best of times, and in a political leader, outright dangerous.

Plus the fact that he's either too stupid or too arrogant to even try to conceal it.

[NYC Liberal]

19. Someone could write a book with all of the childish, petulant

crap he's pulled over the years. Probably would need to split it into a few volumes, actually.

In early April 1986, for instance, George W. was miffed at a prediction by the Wall Street Journal's Al Hunt that Jack Kemp -- not Vice President Bush -- would win the GOP nomination in 1988. At a Dallas restaurant, Bush spotted Hunt having dinner with his wife, Judy Woodruff, and their four-year-old son.

Bush stormed up to the table and started cursing out Hunt. "You son of a bitch," Bush yelled. "I saw what you wrote. We're not going to forget this."

Barging up and screaming obscenities in a restaurant in front of a 4 year old. I would say the 4 year old was probably the mature one. :eyes:

[Lisa]

23. they've made a start!

http://www.dubyaspeak.com

The "Dubya Incidents" page(s) are under revision, but there are some doozies there.

[Hoof Hearted]

66. And WHAT is up with shit-wit and potholes?

It just goes ON and ON.

http://www.dubyaspeak.com/repeatoffender.phtml?offense=potholes#h

I appreciate those in local government who are here. I understand the Mayor is here, Mayor Purcell. I appreciate you taking time out of your busy day. I know you didn't ask for any advice. My only advice is, fill the potholes. (Feb. 1, 2006)

Mr. Mayor, thank you for joining us today. The Mayor said he just got elected. He's all excited and fired up. Just fill the potholes, Mayor, and everything will be fine. (Feb. 8, 2006)

We got all kinds of people -- we got the Mayor -- appreciate you coming, Mayor Baroch. Thanks for coming, Mayor. Just fill the potholes. (Feb. 21, 2006)
I want to say something about my friend, Johnny Ford. I'm proud that the Mayor -- there he is. City of Tuskegee Mayor. Thank you, Johnny. Thanks for being here. I know you didn't ask me -- my advice is, fill the potholes. (Apr. 19, 2006)

In my travels across the great land, a comment that I hear often from our fellow citizens is, "Mr. President, I pray for you and your family." It's amazing how many times a total stranger walks up and says that to me. You'd think they'd say, "How about the bridge?" Or, "How about filling the potholes?" No, they say, "I've come to tell you I pray for you, Mr. President." (May 4, 2006)

Mayor Virgil Van Beek is with us. Mr. Mayor, thanks for coming. My only advice -- you didn't ask for any -- and I recognize I'm at the federal level, but my only advice is, fill the potholes. (Nov. 3, 2006)

I had an opportunity to say hello to his honor, your mayor. Mr. Mayor, thank you for being here. I appreciate you coming. I'm honored you're here. My only advice is, pave the potholes. (Nov. 5, 2006)

I appreciate the Mayor of Columbus, Georgia, Mayor Wetherington. Mr. Mayor, thank you for being here. Thanks for coming. Mayor Hardin, of Phenix City, Alabama has joined us. Mr. Mayor, appreciate you coming. I know you didn't ask, neither of the Mayors asked, but sometimes I like to remind them, just go ahead and fill the potholes. I'm not suggesting there are any, it's just my advice. (Jan. 11, 2007)

I appreciate the Mayor. Mayor, are you here somewhere? Oh, Mayor, good to see you. Thank you for serving. Appreciate it -- just fill the potholes, that's all I can tell you. And I'm sure you are. (Feb. 6, 2007)

The other United States Senator is a fellow you know pretty well, a man who made his mark in paving the roads and filling the potholes -- former mayor, Bob Corker. Thanks for coming. (Feb. 21, 2007)

How about your President of UAW 249? He's not only the President, he happens to be the Mayor. I told him -- I said, you've got to be a busy guy, filling the potholes, at the same time that he's worrying about the employees. (Mar. 20, 2007)

[Glimmer of Hope]

24. Not only is that disgusting but it is scary to think what kind of crap he has pulled now that he is

potus.

[yurbud]

20. that wouldn't humiliate Powell. It just makes Bush look childish

[Laurier]

28. How juvenile.

But it fits Bush's character to a T.

[lovuian]

29. Colin Powell sold his soul

and its a shame but I have to say he did try to redeem himself time to time

[Aristus]

33. He should have tried harder.

He might have gone down in history for being the youngest, and first black Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.

Now he'll be remembered for his stupid fucking speech at the U.N. and that idiotic vial.

[The Count]

44. He sold it cheap and for the evil that he wrought there's no redemption

Those vials at the UN - his legacy (on top of the Mai Lai lies that brought him to prominence in the first place)

[kurth]

38. And Pelosi and Feinstein think he's so nice and warm and caring

[Hubert Flottz]

39. That Colin Powell took all that shit off of Bush and still protects him

speaks volumes too. Powell never was anything more than a GOP owned crony and a BushCo flunky and he remains the same to this day.

[opihimoimoi]

62. Yep, he sucked for the glory but got eggs on the face instead...pity

[DeSwiss]

40. If Powell had had any sense....

....he'd have turned around and kept going.



K&R

[ForeignSpectator]

47. exactly, instead he bent over... n/t

[Rex]

41. George Walker Bush hates people. Period.

Powell would have survived, even after My Lai, but George fucked his career and life up somewhat bad.

GWB is a truly evil man. No wonder Cheney and Rummy love him.

[The Count]

43. This at a time where they were waiving his name up high - even during the coup

* was saying he's meeting Colon Bowel to form his cabinet.
Of course, Colon showed that there's no mud low enough he wouldn't crawl through for a fragment of power. Him and that other former DU darling, McCain have been made total whores by the little frat boy.

[Mandate My Ass]

46. "the room erupted with laughter" The best example of the "adults" being in charge

I've seen to date. :eyes:

[proud2BlibKansan]

48. He's a twisted mother fucker

[FredScuttle]

49. Uncle Remus entertains the plantation owner

n/t

[book_worm]

50. typical of the chimp

[Tactical Progressive]

51. If it were a Dem, the 'conventional wisdom' would be

that they weren't mature enough personally, respectful enough of the office they held and not of presidential character generally. It would be talked about incessantly on cable until it were the standard storyline, a concrete example turned into metaphor to be employed as an aside in every conversation touching on presidential character from that point on.

I care more about the difference in how the parties are portrayed than I do about the specific instances. Clinton double-talked about an extramarital dalliance, while Bush lied America into a decade of war, and in the mainstream media which of the two is considered the "liar"?

Bush will be gone soon, but the mainstream media will be working against America and for right-wing control of this country for the rest or our lives.

[libodem]

53. History will judge him

and it won't be pretty. He will most certainly be mentioned in the same breath as Stalin, Hitler, and Pol Pot. A detriment to humanity and world order. So dangerous as to put us on the brink ow WWIII. F-ing cretin, frat-boy.

[Kip Humphrey]

54. Another sign of a borderline personality at work.

[WinkyDink]

57. And Powell STILL LIED FOR BUSH'S CRIME. I'd laugh, too.

[Eurobabe]

58. 442 days until pRez FRATBOY is evicted from office

not a nanosecond too soon. If we could just impeach these 2 assholes!!?!?

[sss1977]

60. don't forget...

For those of you with fond memories of Colin Powell prior to the "yellow cake" incident:

He helped hide My Lai...

"The incident occurred three months months before Powell arrived in Vietnam, but he was one of the first to learn of allegations of the willful murder of civilians there, and was assigned to investigate. He found nothing to the charges. 'Relations between Americal soldiers and the Vietnamese people are excellent.' he wrote." p.448 House of War

And also just so you know who was ultimately responsible for his appointment as JCS Chairman, he was appointed over 14 senior 4-star generals, by Bush senior in August of '89, on the recommendation of then Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney.

Usually you have to personally drown at least a dozen newborn puppies to get that kind of glowing recommendation from old Dick.

[opihimoimoi]

61. Bully Tactics...this is what they do...Humiliate to dominate....bad way to deal with success

[MagickMuffin]

63. This was only the first time Colin got locked out

on the run up to the "war of choice" Colin objected to some of the "cherry picked intel" and paid the price by being locked out of important meetings. Should Colin have spoke out about it. Oh hell yeah he should have, but he probably feared what would happen if he did. He obviously knew about the wrath of Mad king Boy George, and Oil Slick Dick and what the consequences of speaking out might occur.

Mad king Boy George, and Oil Slick Dick are very sick people. They don't have a problem with threatening people. Some people are born with a mean streak and never learn how to deal with it. Isn't it endearing?:puke:

[fooj]

64. When do WE get to "lock the door"???

[deutsey]

65. There's an attractive part of the Bush persona? That's news to me...n/t