White House insiders: Bush is "out of control"

[SoCalDem]

This is not new, but I think it's relevant again... Hersh was prescient...and I think Bushie is about to "melt" ..

http://www.onlinejournal.com/Special_Reports/Hersh091202/hersh091202.html



White House insiders say Bush is "out of control"
By Mike Hersh
Online Journal Contributing Writer


"For 11 long years, Saddam Hussein has sidestepped, crawfished, wheedled out of any agreement he had made not to harbor, not to develop weapons of mass destruction, agreements he's made to treat the people within his country with respect. And so I'm going to call upon the world to recognize that he is stiffing the world."—George W. Bush, 9/5/02

September 12, 2002—Sources within the White House inner circle say George W. Bush is "out of control." An unprovoked attack against Iraq is imminent, because Bush believes he's on a mission from God to rid the world of Saddam Hussein, whether the world likes it or not.

High ranking Republicans express strong dissent against Bush's plans. The Washington Post reports: "Brent Scowcroft and James Baker, respectively the national security adviser and secretary of state in the first Bush administration, have advised against invasion." International and congressional leaders support renewed weapons inspections, but White House sources say Bush himself demands removal of Saddam as his objective. Bush "talks a lot about the oppression of the Iraqi people, and liberating from this madman." (New Plan On Iraq Emerges, Former Officials Urge U.S. Caution)

We aren't privy to the secret intelligence, but our allies and these top Republicans are. They all say Bush hasn't made the case that Iraq poses a clear and present danger. That's why our allies are not lining up to join the Bush "Crusade" against Saddam. That's why top elected Republicans and two generations of GOP wise men reject Bush's "cowboy diplomacy."

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[Doctor_J]

1. Enormous quantities of drugs

and the GOP media machine will keep him propped up, just as they have since this was written.

FWIW, if he can survive that "press conference" from couple weeks ago, in which he looked like a complete moron, he can survive anything.

[SodoffBush]

2. It was rather easy for him to drag us all into a never ending war

There were no checks/balances preventing it, and certainly no media to question it. Once we dig ourselves out of this mess, like we thought we had w/Watergate, how do we tweak, or perhaps overhaul, our system to secure our democracy once more and prevent this from happening again?

[SoCalDem]

4. We DEMAND that going to war gets debated IN PUBLIC...IN both houses

and THEN the WHOLE senate & congress votes..yea or nay..

The fact that our government was set up as THREE co-equal divisions, should tell us that ONE man (or woman someday) should not be able to gather the power all to themself..

Congress/Senate wussed out, because they probably secretly knew that this was a bad idea, and THEY wanted to distance themselves.. If the president is a decent, intelligent and moral man (or woman), they would weigh all the options, but we have "Yosemite Sam on steroids" bunking at 1600 PA Ave...and he screwed us all..

[Supormom]

3. Out of control?

Don't forget tomorrow marks the 1st Anniversary of the end to major hostilities in Iraq. "Mission Accomplished" Obviously, dubya was right and his critics were just anti-American, terrist lovin' liberals who just can't accept the god-king.
:crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

[progressivebydesign]

5. Bush is completely insane, isn't he?

He reminds me of so many former addicts... they replace one drug (alcohol, cocaine, etc), for a new one (Jesus). That's why you see so many former addicts become born-agains.. it is an addiction for many. Bush fits the mold. He is seriously scary and deranged. God did not call him to lead us... or call him to go into Iraq and kill thousands of civilians and children. God wouldn't do that (if God actually existed). I wonder how many other violent angry men felt they were called by God to kill other people? Don't they usually end up in prison?

Perhaps Bush has scared enough of his own people in D.C. that they would actually sabatoge his chances of winning in November, for the sake of our Country. Do you think it's any coincidence that so many of his inner circle have quit? Or that many are penning books? They know he's a dangerous man.

[catmandu57]

6. I think they're very close to unraveling

Right now they're like a dog chasing it's tail, while being bitten by fleas. They don't know whether to keep chasing or stop to bite the flea.
Domestically we're barely afloat, kept going by enron accounting, if we ever got a look at the real books this bunch would be gone in a heartbeat.
The chimp* thinks he just got away with one with the 11 september commission, I don't believe it and there's probally a lot more like me.

The press is finally starting to come out of their stupor, and ask some semi hard questions. Nothing is going right in Iraq, the people on the ground there are fighting with the pentagon.

The reselect the chimp* campaign has spent millions and can't find any traction, they're so damn secretive they can't let the cabinet know the entire agenda.

If these idiots aren't spanked soundly come November, we deserve every thing we get.

[robbedvoter]

7. Remember F* Saddam, I'm taking him down"?

It happened in March 2002 - which makes the entire Woodward storry BS


Time Magazine: "Fuck Saddam. We're taking him out." Those were the
words of
President George W. Bush, who had poked his head into the office of
National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice. It was March 2002, and
Rice was meeting with three U.S. Senators, discussing how to deal with
Iraq through the United Nations, or perhaps in a coalition with
America's Middle East allies. Bush wasn't interested. He waved his
hand dismissively, recalls a participant, and neatly summed up his
Iraq policy in that short phrase. The Senators laughed uncomfortably;
Rice flashed a knowing smile. The President left the room.