[Rictor]

not really news as such, but we're haven't had any political threads for days now,a nd I'm starting to get all irritable.

so with that in mind

He's Acting Like Nixon in the Final Days
Has Bush Gone Over the Edge?

By ALEXANDER COCKBURN

A sensational account of an imploding George Bush is making the rounds.

It's by Doug Thompson, the publisher of Capitol Hill Blue, put out in the dawn hours of June 4.

"President George W. Bush's increasingly erratic behavior and wide mood swings has the halls of the West Wing buzzing lately as aides privately express growing concern over their leader's state of mind."

So begins Thompson's insider report. He goes on,

"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 'enemies of the state.'

"It reminds me of the Nixon days," says a longtime GOP political consultant with contacts in the White House. "Everybody is an enemy; everybody is out to get him. That's the mood over there." He was obviously talking of late, Watergate-enmired Nixon, when a drunken president would rail on far into the night, and when Kissinger put it around that he had taken over command of the nuclear button.

And talking of the nuclear button, Thompson says he's interviewed, off-the-record, a number of White House staffers who talk of Bujsh declaring that his decisions are "God's will" and then tells aides to "**** over" anyone they consider to be an opponent of the administration.

He quotes one aide as telling him, "We're at war, there's no doubt about it. What I don't know anymore is just who the enemy might be. We seem to spend more time trying to destroy John Kerry than al Qaeda and our enemies list just keeps growing and growing."

Criticism is impossible. The president reacts fiercely. Here's how the Wednesday-night firing of CIA director George Tenet really went down, according to Thompson, citing an aide.

"Tenet wanted to quit last year but the President got his back up and wouldn't hear of it. 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."

Thompson writes that "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 administration'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 'the Blues Brothers' because "they're on a mission from God."

"The Attorney General is tight with the President because of religion," says one aide. "They both believe any action is justifiable in the name of God."

The always testy Bush, now on a hair-trigger, flames out aides, calling them "****ing assholes" in front of other staff, or, of anyone he sees as critical, "unpatriotic" or "anti-American."

"The mood here is that we're under siege, there's no doubt about it,", Thompson cites one aide as saying. "In this administration, you don'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."

[mrduckman]

Uh? An insane president? I would say, you (meaning those who voted) voted for him, now deal with it......

On the other hand, shouldn't this be the time that the vicepresident takes over the president seat? After all, the President has finally gone crazy.
Isn't this enough evidence that George Bush should have never been allowed to be President?

[Taristin]

Sad.

My Father's a Republican, but hates Bush. Unfortunately, he has an inherrant distrust of Kerry (I don't blame him, Kerry's a twat) and says that if he has to vote for one of the two, it'll be Bush.

Me, I'll vote for that cursed Reverand Al before I vote for Bushy boy again. (I don't know why I wrote again. I wasn't old enough to vote his first time around...)

[Rictor]

Originally posted by Raa Tor'h
Sad.

My Father's a Republican, but hates Bush. Unfortunately, he has an inherrant distrust of Kerry (I don't blame him, Kerry's a twat) and says that if he has to vote for one of the two, it'll be Bush.

Thats exactly how many Democrats feel. They don't like Kerry, but they hate Dubya more.

"Hold your nose and vote" is their motto.

If these disillusioned voters only put their support behind a few third parties, at least the Two Parties could see that they do not have the support of the people. Sure, a third party candidate is unlikely to win, but its a statement.

mrduckman: Cheyney has been running the presidency since day one. Bush is like a young and stupid prince. Sure, technically he's in charge, but its all his advisors who are making the decisions for him and protecting him from his own stupidity.

Not that Cheyney is any better than Bush.

[mrduckman]

Agreed, but it isn't good looking that the States should have another crazy President. After all, it's almost the only country with Nuclear Nukes ready to shoot.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Isn't choice a wonderful thing?

[Taristin]

He's still running too... Lord help us. He scares me.

[Rictor]

Dude, he's got a mullet! How can you not instantly take a liking to him?

See, Kucinich would have been my first choice, but Sharpton is good too.

[Taristin]

Originally posted by Rictor
How can you not instantly take a liking to him?

Originally posted by Raa Tor'h
He scares me.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

But mullets are so... rad!

[Rictor]

http://www.elftor.com/elftor.php?number=184

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Originally posted by Rictor
http://www.elftor.com/elftor.php?number=184

[Taristin]

[Lonestar]

Originally posted by Rictor
not really news as such, but we're haven't had any political threads for days now,a nd I'm starting to get all irritable.

so with that in mind

 

Where is the source for where this came from?

[Rictor]

this article is from www.counterpunch.com,, and was written based on this article: http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_4636.shtml

[Knight Templar]

I can't tell if this is highly biased, true, or both. Either way, it scares the **** out of me. Man, I wish I could vote...

And George Tenet was fired?!

[Rictor]

yeah, he "resigned for personal reasons", which is the equivalent of a Samurai being allowed to commit suicide to save face.

He's the designated fall guy, this has been a long time in the coming,

[Knight Templar]

Who took his place?

*googles*

[IceFire]

I'm not surprised in the least...but it worries me .  We need these guys out of politics...and fast.

[Zuljin]

And it proves yet again that politics and religion is not a good mix.