News flash: Bush is a sociopath

[whometense]

Yeah, I know. Big news, huh? But seriously, this creep ought to be employed making license plates, not as the leader of the free world.

Via the Carpetbagger:

I meant to get to this yesterday (damn internet connection), but if you haven't seen the WaPo's review of Ron Suskind's "The One Percent Doctrine," there are some stunning observations that makes one wonder if Bush is merely incompetent or genuinely dangerous.

The book's opening anecdote tells of an unnamed CIA briefer who flew to Bush's Texas ranch during the scary summer of 2001, amid a flurry of reports of a pending al-Qaeda attack, to call the president's attention personally to the now-famous Aug. 6, 2001, memo titled "Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US." Bush reportedly heard the briefer out and replied: "All right. You've covered your ass, now."

Think about that for a second. Top intelligence officials — George Tenet, Richard Clarke, and others — were running around with their "hair on fire," warning that al Queda was about to unleash a monumental attack. Bush not only wouldn't cut his month-long vacation short, he also never picked up the phone to chat with his CIA director or National Security Advisor. Worse, he seems to have treated intelligence briefings about Osama bin Laden as perfunctory chores that he had to endure. Based on the "covered your ass" comment, it was almost as if the president was humoring the CIA briefer.

This from the man who believes his greatest strength is keeping the United States safe...(more...)

I want to read that book.

[wisteria]

1. I caught some of an interview on CNN with Suskind and Wolfie

yesterday. There is also a nice little tidbit about Bin Laden wanting Bush to remain President and making and releasing the tape as a strategic move. Now, I have even more reason to hate that evil man.