bush on verge of religious mental meltdown.....read this!

[mopaul]

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_4636.shtml

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.”

But the President who says he rules at the behest of God can also tongue-lash those he perceives as disloyal, calling them “fucking assholes” in front of other staff, berating one cabinet official in front of others and labeling anyone who disagrees with him “unpatriotic” or “anti-American.”

“The mood here is that we’re under siege, there’s no doubt about it,” says one troubled aide who admits he is looking for work elsewhere. “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.”

[SheepyMcSheepster]

1. LOL, the "blues brothers" nt.

[AntiCoup2K4]

2. Sickening.....

And I'd bet that God felt the same way when He read it. :puke:

[Vickers]

3. Man, I can't wait until after this administration & the books get written

If he mistreats his staff, you can bet your bananas that folks are keeping some pretty decent diaries.

[in_cog_ni_to]

4. Please, please, please, please, please, please, please

STAFFERS!!!!!! SPEAK OUT.....LOUD AND CLEAR!!!! LET THE WORLD KNOW WHAT KIND OF CRAZIES WE'RE DEALING WITH. HELP US HELP YOUR COUNTRY!!!!

Do you think they will listen to me?

[ramblin_dave]

5. Capitol Hill Blue can't be trusted

they just make stuff up. At least that's what some folks say.

Atrios says it's "Porn for Democrats"

http://atrios.blogspot.com/2004_05_30_atrios_archive.html#108635588608990100

But what do I know.

[mopaul]

7. it could be a comedy piece i suppose, yet......

it could be real. if it ain't a comedy piece, it's not funny as hell.

[seemslikeadream]

25. Psych profile+fascism receptivity+Lakoff's family framing concept

FROM JohnOneillsMemory in LBN

Psych profile+fascism receptivity+Lakoff's family framing concept links.


This is entirely predictable. Bush* suffers from severe mental illness as has been well documented. We're experiencing Columbine High School on a global level.

Georgie was abused by his mother, shadowed by his father, shamed for mourning his sister's death and belittled in general. He became a self-destructive alcoholic with a cruel streak.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1033904,00.html
(So George, How Do You Feel About Your Mom and Dad?)

His 'authoritarian personality' matches what researchers discovered to be a marker for 'fascism receptivity' when the phenomenon was researched after WWII.
http://www.anesi.com/fscale.htm
(The F-factor questionnaire)

More recently, researchers have analyzed the components of the conservative personality. Their findings point to the fear-based tendencies that are similar in fundamentalist religious views and fascism receptivity, again the 'authoritarian personality.'
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2003/07/22_politics.shtml
(What Makes Up a Conservative Personality)

This family experience modeling sets us up for how we view all our relationships at work and in government, too. Linguist George Lakoff explains how this 'framing' is used in political language and propaganda.
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2003/10/27_lakoff.shtml
(Lakoff Explains Framing as Key to Thinking)

http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=12&ItemID=4294
(Lakoff Explains Gender Language in Promoting War)

[drfemoe]

14. *lol*

"porn for Democrats" .
hehee .. sides are splitting ..
they get my heart beat racing .. what can I say??
HAAAAhuh.

[seemslikeadream]

26. CommonDreams CounterPunch and 3 others posting the story now

He's Acting Like Nixon in the Final DaysHas 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 "fuck 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."

more
http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn06042004.html




King George Has Gone Insane
by Kurt Nimmo
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/June04/Nimmo0605.htm

Bush's Erratic Behavior Worries White House Aides
http://www.sophists.org/article312.html

Bush's Erratic Behavior Worries White House Aides
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0604-13.htm

Bush's Erratic Behavior Worries White House Aides
http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=04/06/04/0953763

Over the Edge
The Madness of King George
By KURT NIMMO
http://www.counterpunch.org/nimmo06052004.html

[hlthe2b]

6. Jesus Christ! (The "real" one, not the one Bush* worships!)

This is frightening-- not that many of us did not predict this, but just that our suspicions have been so overtly confirmed. Surely the more rational among his staff (who are now leaking anonymously) will up the pressure to prevent his taking all of us down with him?

WOW


BTW, who does Capital Hill Blue? Are they really as "connected," as this makes them seem?

[ElsewheresDaughter]

8. a postcard for bush.........

[Mandate My Ass]

9. Wow they must be dominionists after all

or crazy, freaking, Crisco-smearing, tongues-speaking, snake-handling, fire-and-brimstone-breathing, end-timing, booger-eating loons.

[Andy_Stephenson]

17. booger-eating loons.

Thats funny!

[The Magistrate]

10. While This Source, Sir, Is Not Particularly Reliable

There is a great deal of plausibility to the substance of this account. That this reptile imagines himself the chosen of his diety is abundantly clear from his own public comments. Such a megalomanic self-image is pleasureable and secure while matters seem to be going well, but is revealed as inherently unstable when matters take a turn for the worse, as they clearly have done for this wretch. When things seem set against a person with this belief, the mental construct of being the chosen one is hard to support. There are really only three options open. First, to cling to the idea this is only a test, that the diety will make it all come right in the end if only one soldiers on in unshakeable faith: in other words, to deny reality. Second, to imagine that one has become an object of punishment by the diety for some fault or lack of commitment or faith, that can only be remedied by redoubled commitment to the diety, or in other words, an even greater detatchment from reality. Third, to accept that one is not, after all, the chosen one, recipient of especial favor from the diety, and this, while an acceptance of reality, must result in the complete disintigration of the carefully nurtured megalomanic personality.

"LET'S GO GET THOSE BUSH BASTARDS!"

[frylock]

11. excellent analysis..

:kick:

[The Magistrate]

12. Thank You, Sir

"LET'S GO GET THOSE BUSH BASTARDS!"

[drfemoe]

15. that is a quite frigtening analysis...

This is "reality" in this, our current twighlight zone >>

First, to cling to the idea this is only a test, that the diety will make it all come right in the end if only one soldiers on in unshakeable faith: in other words, to deny reality. Second, to imagine that one has become an object of punishment by the diety for some fault or lack of commitment or faith, that can only be remedied by redoubled commitment to the diety, or in other words, an even greater detatchment from reality.
cpy The Magistrate

The deity is going to get who?? whoo-boi ..

[The Magistrate]

16. A Shabbily Dressed And Shaggy Fellow, Sir

Who addressed a psychiatric social worker as this reptile addresses audiences of his devout supporters, would quickly find himself on a locked ward....

"LET'S GO GET THOSE BUSH BASTARDS!"

[JohnLocke]

20. Indeed...

[buycitgo]

22. what, did you just come back from the 19th Century?

love your writing style!

William James, reincarnated?

[caffefwee]

13. omg

:kick:

[BeFree]

18. Not surprising, why would any be surprised?

It has been the Method of Operation -MO- of the squatters since day one. It was bound for a crack-up and it's finally happening. Why now? Because the polls show that the public no longer trusts this bunch of squatters.

As to the use of God by the smirk: The real failure began when he believed he was the only one God was speaking to. God speaks to all beings and is not limited to just you. When one realizes that God can't be telling others the same thing it is supposedly telling you, one must then conclude that what you hear is not coming from God.

Of course the smirk is just a liar who will use anything he can to further his lies. It has caught up to him, eh?

[caffefwee]

19. kick

:kick:

[Bread and Circus]

21. Best one liner about Bushco. Ever..........(from the article):

“We seem to spend more time trying to destroy John Kerry than al Qaeda and our enemies list just keeps growing and growing.”

[notbush]

23. This thread has been around a couple of days now

Any links I've seen goes back to the capitolhillblue story. Any other links?

[seemslikeadream]

24. CommonDreams and 4 others posting the story now

He's Acting Like Nixon in the Final DaysHas 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 "fuck 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."

more
http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn06042004.html




King George Has Gone Insane
by Kurt Nimmo
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/June04/Nimmo0605.htm

Bush's Erratic Behavior Worries White House Aides
http://www.sophists.org/article312.html

Bush's Erratic Behavior Worries White House Aides
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0604-13.htm

Bush's Erratic Behavior Worries White House Aides
http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=04/06/04/0953763

Over the Edge
The Madness of King George
By KURT NIMMO
http://www.counterpunch.org/nimmo06052004.html