NY Daily News: Bushies feeling the boss' wrath (George is Pissed!) -->>>

[Stephanie]

Now tell me he's not drinking.

Bushies feeling the boss' wrath
Prez's anger growing in hard times - pals
BY THOMAS M. DeFRANK
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF

President Bush is facing specter of losing irreplaceable aide Karl Rove.

WASHINGTON - Facing the darkest days of his presidency, President Bush is frustrated, sometimes angry and even bitter, his associates say.

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Bush usually reserves his celebrated temper for senior aides because he knows they can take it. Lately, however, some junior staffers have also faced the boss' wrath.

"This is not some manager at McDonald's chewing out the help," said a source with close ties to the White House when told about these outbursts. "This is the President of the United States, and it's not a pleasant sight."

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Presidential advisers and friends say Bush is a mass of contradictions: cheerful and serene, peevish and melancholy, occasionally lapsing into what he once derided as the "blame game." They describe him as beset but unbowed, convinced that history will vindicate the major decisions of his presidency even if they damage him and his party in the 2006 and 2008 elections.

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Bush is so dismayed that "the only person escaping blame is the President himself," said a sympathetic official, who delicately termed such self-exoneration "illogical."

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[ewagner]

1. I'm beginning to think

that Capital Hill Blue and Doug Thompson have been right all along.

This guy is going through a major meltdown....:scared:

[donco6]

2. I was going to say the same thing.

Sounds very similar to CHB's account.

[seemslikeadream]

Capital Hill Blue and Doug Thompson

and that other site that is banned here

[Montauk6]

8. I was just about to say!

Has anyone, btw, refuted Blue's credibility?

[soleft]

19. Is the other site TBR

I didnt realize it had been banned

[soleft]

20. Link to the Daily News Story here

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/358714p-305660c.html

[Stephanie]

29. oh geez thanks!

how did I forget that?

[soleft]

35. I'm going to start buying the Daily News to read on the bus

in the am. They seem very on top of this story for some reason -

[Stephanie]

36. they have always had a good Washington bureau

which includes Helen Thomas. I don't ususally buy it unless I want something to read at the diner, but they are scooping EVERYBODY on this story.

[FreedomAngel82]

45. They've been on the top a lot lately

Good for them.

[seemslikeadream]

21. Yes and I believe it is banned

But I am a big girl and can decide for myself what to read and make my own decisions on what to believe and what not to believe, I don't rely on a couple of people to take on that responsibility for me.

[Name removed]

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[pberq]

11. Good question.

Maybe more of this will come out as the administration goes down - ala Nixon.

[sandnsea]

10. Me too,

And did you read the recent CHB post? That Andy Card had to tell him how bad this all is??? WTF? Is he that oblivious to what's going on?

[Stephanie]

30. no, where is that?

I'd like to read it!

[Beetwasher]

24. Exactly What I Just Said!

If stuff like this is leaking, it's a whole lot worse.

[kurth]

3. Most important symptom: "the only person escaping blame is himself"

Typical behavior of a freakin' criminal and sociopath.

[Botany]

4. That is a face of a man in deep trouble

I wonder what is on his mind?

Good i hope he is suffering like I did last november when he
stole another election.

Lying to get us into a war is not a good thing .... it is called TREASON.

[mirandapriestly]

49. exactly nt

[johnnie]

6. I guess the people who decided to make him President...

...Didn't tell him what would happen to him. He thought it was going to be an easy ride like all the things he did in the past.

[hang a left]

7. He looks like he's gonna faint.

:rofl:

[Beam Me Up]

40. Dirty his dides, more like.

:rofl:

[H2O Man]

9. Gosh.

Being president is hard work, George.

This is a guy who has never been held responsible for anything he has done. He has also been quick to try to take credit for the efforts of others. This is a whole new experience for the poor fellow. I don't believe he is man enough to deal with what is coming his way.

[ComerPerro]

12. No, this isn't just some McDonalds manager

A McDonalds manager actually has to work, sometimes for many years and often for long hours, to get and keep their job.

And a McDonalds manager is probably more buisness savvy and much more qualified (to manage a McDonalds or be President) than Bush is.

And believe me, this is not a dig on McDonalds managers.

[elehhhhna]

14. McD Magrs are not allowed to feed the public SHIT 24/7, either.

[ComerPerro]

22. The ones who are open 24x7 are!

LOL.

McDonalds food is shit, I know.

But I still eat it.

I can't help myself!

[Marr]

54. LMAO- good one. n/t

[EnfantTerrible]

31. Well that's open for debate

Some might say that is exactly what they're doing.

[rosesaylavee]

15. You beat me to it. McDonald's managers

have to make decisions on their own and face the consequences for good AND bad decisions.

[elehhhhna]

25. They don't get 280 Vacation days per year, either.

[ComerPerro]

28. That line in there really offended me

And, no, I am not a McDonalds (or any other fast food or retail) manager. Neither is any of my family.

But I just found that line to be so arrogant.

"This isn't some McDonalds manager. This is the president".

Yeah.

If a McDonalds manager had Bush's history of alcoholism, drug abuse, and a general record of failure, they wouldn't even have a change to become manager. They'd be lucky to be hired by McDonalds at all.

[BrklynLiberal]

13. Poppy ain't gonna save him this time....

boo-f*ckin'-hoo

[elehhhhna]

16. Caption: "Saddam stole my toilet paper!"

[BrklynLiberal]

38. ROTFLMAO!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[devinsgram]

17. This post says volumes about *

Self-exoneration says it all. He thinks he's right and everyone else is wrong and history will vindicate him. My gosh, he is one sick evil dude.

[gratuitous]

18. A mass of contradictions

That says it pretty succinctly. Everyone else is to blame for Little George getting his own way. Remember, this is a president who has never vetoed a bill from Congress.

But all of the problems cropping up for him are . . . someone else's fault! Ta-dah!

[Liberal In Texas]

23. The cocaine users I had the unfortunate opportunity to know acted just

like this.

He's on something.

[rocktivity]

26. While the Capitol Hill Blue stories had no foundation,

they always seemed perfectly logical to me.

Presidential advisers and friends say Bush is a mass of contradictions: cheerful and serene, peevish and melancholy, occasionally lapsing into what he once derided as the "blame game." They describe him as beset but unbowed, convinced that history will vindicate the major decisions of his presidency even if they damage him and his party in the 2006 and 2008 elections. At the same time, these sources say Bush...has lashed out at aides as his political woes have mounted.

I, in turn, describe these friends and advisors of making things that much worse by enabling his behavior. It's time he learned that the world is not his personal checkerboard, and he can't get what he wants simply because he wants it. Since he can no longer rely on reality, he's investing his "political capital" in "history?"

:shrug:
rocknation

[Beam Me Up]

41. "Who cares about history? We'll all be dead." He used to say that.

Wonder what's changing his tune. Could it be that even Bush knows it is the VICTORS who WRITE the history?

Hmmmm?

[MarsThe Cat]

27. Bush is so dismayed...

..."the only person escaping blame is the President himself," said a sympathetic official...

one easy solution to that georgie boy-

take your share of the blame, and join the others on the bus.

[Supersedeas]

32. Illogical? George?

[mark11727]

33. At this rate he'll be signing his Executive Orders in friggin' CRAYON...!

Just thought of the closing line from a very old Marty Feldman sketch...

"I only wish I had lived to see them all surrender to me..."

[corky44]

34. Somebody PLEEEZ!

TAKE THE FOOTBALL AWAY FROM THIS FUCKING NUT!

[rocktivity]

51. During Nixon's "last days"

the staff is said to have quietly relieved him of his football playing "privileges."

:headbang:
rocknation

[DemocracyInaction]

37. I don't get the one sentence????

What's the thing about dismayed that everyone is getting blamed except him? Does that mean he WANTS to be blamed? Does it mean he knows he's as guilty as sin and is surprised that no one seems to know?? I mean, like, I just do NOT get that sentence. There's no way this douche bag wants to be implicated so he can so nobly fight---jesushchrist, he had to have Cheney hold his hand in front of the 9/11 Panel, remember!!

[ihaveaquestion]

48. I read it slightly differently...

Read it with a slight pause after "dismayed"...

"Bush is so dismayed ... that "the only person escaping blame is the President himself," said a sympathetic official, who delicately termed such self-exoneration "illogical."

Read this way, the "sympathetic official" is explaining away why * is blaming everyone around him - it's because he's so "dismayed." Sounds like no one has the guts to tell * that he really needs to just grow up and deal with it!

[jillan]

39. And this insane man is picking Supreme Ct judges, and Economists.

This scares the crap out of me!

I just hope he's not taking it out on Laura. She is a nice lady who married the wrong man.

[longship]

42. Keep pullin' at the threads, boys 'n girls.

The sweater is unravellin'

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

43. Can't some junior staffer sneak in a hidden video camera?

Watching Bush have a tantrum, throwing Barney across the room, chewing the furniture and climbing the draperies would be worth millions to the anxious viewers out here. Please, someone!

[cosmicdot]

44. looks out of stolen political capital

gotta be humble ... uh, gotta have resolve ... hehehehe

"I'm a leader...that's what a leader does...a leader leads!"

Gotta restore honor and dignity to the White House ... gotta clean up the toxic environment in Washington ... gotta ask not only what is legal but what is right, not what the lawyers allow but what the public deserves ...

what he's really thinking: at least I made a lot of money

... 'cause that's how the good ol'corporate boys think


His self-description as a media creation is likely one of his few truthful moments.



2000




'I am not a crook'

[LunaC]

46. The indictments will be his tipping point

Then we need just one zinger question from a pissed off reporter to send him over the edge on national TV. It'll get waaaay more coverage than the "Dean Scream" and we can deliciously relish each and every replay while the freepers implode in agony.

Without his usual sycophant Playmates around to bolster his ego or cover for him, it won't take much to push him off the cliff. I'm counting on Helen Thomas or David Gregory to give him the gentle nudge into oblivion.

[ihaveaquestion]

47. Laura looks much more "presidential," don't you think?

Whatever her faults and naiveties, she appears to have an inner strength that keeps her going in a crisis.

[Marie26]

50. Poor guy

He's like the Lion in Winter...:eyes:

[Richard Steele]

55. Yes, if a Kindergarten ever mounted a production. nm

[undergroundpanther]

52. let him meltdown

Let bush reveal how downright psychopathic he is to the public.Let him be shamed,blamed and hated. Let the public see the abusive self absorbed little bully boy criminal he really IS let the falling go up all the way to the top and lop the head off the authoritarian cabal. And may bush be ruined and his family bankrupted and the cabal of assholes at the top and big money and big religion all be thrown out of power and forced to pay for all the damages done to our country environment and public well being until they don't have two nickles to rub together and no"capital"to spend on anything even saving their own hides,Let their masks fall off so no one will EVER trust them or their families or associates ,or trust the sociopathic kind of over confident ambitious fake human being with power ever again.May this fucking"dynasty"and all others die nasty.

[Marr]

53. His denial of blame is not "illogical"- it's sociopathic.

[spacelady]

56. I have never seen anyone walk in such a simian manner with

the palms of his hands turned back.