Reply #20: I have known a couple of them from when I was in the Army... [View All]

[rasputin1952]

The military is a great place to meet people of all cultures and socio-economic backgrounds. In the very few instances where I have come across this type of personality, there are certain threads that run through the type:

Severe ignorance
A severe lack of accomplishment
A feeling that one has to "prove" oneself
A penchant for self aggrandizement
A desire to be viewed as much more than they truly are
A lack of accepting responsibility
A desire to succeed w/o effort
A defense mechanism that allows for internalizing conflict
A refusal to see or accept reality

In bush's case, all of the above, and other symptoms of neurosis appear regularly. He knows he is in far over his head, but he will never accept that he is inept and he will blame everyone around him for his his own failures. His lack of intellectual curiosity is based on the fact that he just might realize that he has failed on virtually every aspect of his life, and this would break him in two...he has set up a defense mechanism that cannot allow failure in one instance, otherwise he would have to accept complete failure throughout his life. His holding the position of president is the basis for his thinking that he is a success. It never occurred to him that holding the office and how one uses that power are two different aspects of the presidency. Just because one holds the office of president, does not mean they are a "leader", often it is quite the contrary.

I would like to see a psychological profile on him, but since he would never commit to a psychological evaluation, (that would bring up the failure scenarios), all we can do is speculate.

I speculate that he is neurotic on several counts, and possibly psychotic for his refusal to see/accept reality in many cases.