Is Bush barmy?

eman · 2004-10-17, 05:01 AM

No doubt there's nothing new here for ardent Bush-watchers, but it's all a bit worrying ....

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comme...329254,00.html

Useless · 2004-10-17, 09:13 AM

That is possibly the best article about Bush I've read thus far. It really hits some very important points. I hadn't thought of him as mentally deranged, but always assumed he was drunk or high. A mental illness or deterioration makes more sense. He lives like Saddam lived. No one disagrees with him. No one gives him negative news. He just sits around all day watching Teletubbies with that silly drooling grin.

Bill · 2004-10-17, 06:53 PM

That's a good article, but there was an even more intense article published yesterday in New York Times Magazine, that said that if Bush is re-elected on Nov 3 a civil war is going to start INSIDE the republican party... because so many republicans are becoming afraid of Bush's faith-based presidency and secretive and obsessive ways.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/17/ma...d=all&position

(reg required I think)

----------------------------------------------------------
Without a Doubt
By RON SUSKIND

Published: October 17, 2004

Bruce Bartlett, a domestic policy adviser to Ronald Reagan and a treasury official for the first President Bush, told me recently that ''if Bush wins, there will be a civil war in the Republican Party starting on Nov. 3.'' The nature of that conflict, as Bartlett sees it? Essentially, the same as the one raging across much of the world: a battle between modernists and fundamentalists, pragmatists and true believers, reason and religion.

''Just in the past few months,'' Bartlett said, ''I think a light has gone off for people who've spent time up close to Bush: that this instinct he's always talking about is this sort of weird, Messianic idea of what he thinks God has told him to do.'' Bartlett, a 53-year-old columnist and self-described libertarian Republican who has lately been a champion for traditional Republicans concerned about Bush's governance, went on to say: ''This is why George W. Bush is so clear-eyed about Al Qaeda and the Islamic fundamentalist enemy. He believes you have to kill them all. They can't be persuaded, that they're extremists, driven by a dark vision. He understands them, because he's just like them. . . .

''This is why he dispenses with people who confront him with inconvenient facts,'' Bartlett went on to say. ''He truly believes he's on a mission from God. Absolute faith like that overwhelms a need for analysis. The whole thing about faith is to believe things for which there is no empirical evidence.'' Bartlett paused, then said, ''But you can't run the world on faith.''
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and tons more, a long article....

Which basically implies that Bush went crazy after the stress of 9/11. Before that he was a phony president who vacationed while his neocon and corporate masters pulled all the strings, but when he had to deal with 9/11 he became obsessed with the idea that he was god's chosen, and that any opposition to him was opposition to god's will.

A hell of an article. It freaked me out, it was so intense.

Another good article was the knight-ridder piece on how it's becoming clear that the administration had NO PLANS AT ALL for the rebuilding of Iraq after the war.

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/9927782.htm

eman · 2004-10-18, 06:04 AM

That NY Tmes article is very illuminating (and scary).

Have you ever noticed, by the way, how much Tony Blair (also a man of deep religious convictions) looks like Bush?

http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Image:Tonyblair1.jpg

Hmmmmmmmm - our very own version of Alfred E. Newman .......

The world's gone MAD!

Verbal · 2004-10-18, 11:29 AM

That Guardian article was pretty interesting, and I definately see the Nixon comparison. If Bush does get re-elected I predict a similar fate for him. A weak mind can only handle so much pressure before breaking down completely.

Linkster · 2004-10-18, 07:25 PM

Seems there are more similarities to Nixon

This is just making it into the mainstream press:

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs...=2004410130378

Verbal · 2004-10-18, 08:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Linkster
Seems there are more similarities to Nixon
This is just making it into the mainstream press:

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs...=2004410130378

That's insane... I'm surprised this isn't getting more coverage... smells like another Watergate! |raygun|

2004-10-17, 05:01 AM	#1
eman Solipsists of the world unite Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: xxx axis Posts: 639	Is Bush barmy? No doubt there's nothing new here for ardent Bush-watchers, but it's all a bit worrying .... http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comme...329254,00.html

2004-10-17, 09:13 AM	#2
Useless Certified Nice Person Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Dirty Undies, NY Posts: 11,268	That is possibly the best article about Bush I've read thus far. It really hits some very important points. I hadn't thought of him as mentally deranged, but always assumed he was drunk or high. A mental illness or deterioration makes more sense. He lives like Saddam lived. No one disagrees with him. No one gives him negative news. He just sits around all day watching Teletubbies with that silly drooling grin. __________________ Click here to purchase a bridge I'm selling.

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Verbal Verbal prefers 56K Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 563	That Guardian article was pretty interesting, and I definately see the Nixon comparison. If Bush does get re-elected I predict a similar fate for him. A weak mind can only handle so much pressure before breaking down completely. __________________ Verbal

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2004-10-17, 06:53 PM	#3
Bill Selling porn allows me to stay in a constant state of Bliss - ain't that a trip! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,914	That's a good article, but there was an even more intense article published yesterday in New York Times Magazine, that said that if Bush is re-elected on Nov 3 a civil war is going to start INSIDE the republican party... because so many republicans are becoming afraid of Bush's faith-based presidency and secretive and obsessive ways. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/17/ma...d=all&position (reg required I think) ---------------------------------------------------------- Without a Doubt By RON SUSKIND Published: October 17, 2004 Bruce Bartlett, a domestic policy adviser to Ronald Reagan and a treasury official for the first President Bush, told me recently that ''if Bush wins, there will be a civil war in the Republican Party starting on Nov. 3.'' The nature of that conflict, as Bartlett sees it? Essentially, the same as the one raging across much of the world: a battle between modernists and fundamentalists, pragmatists and true believers, reason and religion. ''Just in the past few months,'' Bartlett said, ''I think a light has gone off for people who've spent time up close to Bush: that this instinct he's always talking about is this sort of weird, Messianic idea of what he thinks God has told him to do.'' Bartlett, a 53-year-old columnist and self-described libertarian Republican who has lately been a champion for traditional Republicans concerned about Bush's governance, went on to say: ''This is why George W. Bush is so clear-eyed about Al Qaeda and the Islamic fundamentalist enemy. He believes you have to kill them all. They can't be persuaded, that they're extremists, driven by a dark vision. He understands them, because he's just like them. . . . ''This is why he dispenses with people who confront him with inconvenient facts,'' Bartlett went on to say. ''He truly believes he's on a mission from God. Absolute faith like that overwhelms a need for analysis. The whole thing about faith is to believe things for which there is no empirical evidence.'' Bartlett paused, then said, ''But you can't run the world on faith.'' ------------------------------------------- and tons more, a long article.... Which basically implies that Bush went crazy after the stress of 9/11. Before that he was a phony president who vacationed while his neocon and corporate masters pulled all the strings, but when he had to deal with 9/11 he became obsessed with the idea that he was god's chosen, and that any opposition to him was opposition to god's will. A hell of an article. It freaked me out, it was so intense. Another good article was the knight-ridder piece on how it's becoming clear that the administration had NO PLANS AT ALL for the rebuilding of Iraq after the war. http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/9927782.htm

2004-10-18, 06:04 AM	#4
eman Solipsists of the world unite Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: xxx axis Posts: 639	That NY Tmes article is very illuminating (and scary). Have you ever noticed, by the way, how much Tony Blair (also a man of deep religious convictions) looks like Bush? http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Image:Tonyblair1.jpg Hmmmmmmmm - our very own version of Alfred E. Newman ....... The world's gone MAD!