I truly believe that bush is insane

[az chela]

I dont know if he was dropped on his head when he was a baby or took too many drugs and drank too much but the man actually thinks he is cute and funny and intelligent.
Everytime I see a picture of him or see him on tv I am convinced that he is very mentally unstable and a real threat to this planet

[SensibleAmerican]

1. I don't think he is mentally unstable

I think he knows exactly what he's doing. He has his own agenda for his constituency.

[az chela]

3. He seems very out of touch with the real world and could care less

how many peoples lives he has destroyed.He can barely get thru a sentence without screwing up and always has that superior smirk that makes him look like a complete idiot.

[Nite Owl]

6. I do too, I don't think

he is really that stupid either. He's also a person that has done many things wrong (the drinking, bad business deals etc.) and has never had to suffer the consequences of his actions.

[earth mom]

23. And who's constituency is that? Yours?

:eyes:

Wake up. The man is a sociopath.

[sendero]

27. It is quite possible to be intelligent..

... and insane at the same time.

[leesa]

33. I think he is a psychopath, thus very clearly has an agenda but

completely lacks conscience or empathy. In that sense he is broken.

[DELUSIONAL]

2. I truly believe you are absolutely correct in your belief

Probably due to a combination of things -- genetics -- he lacks the empathy gene.

Poor parenting -- his mother is one of the world's all time bitches -- she also probably drank when she was pregnant with him and all his siblings.

Bush drank and took drugs -- he is either a dry drunk or a wet drunk. Whatever -- years of drinking screwed up his brain big time.

He is probably on drugs of some sort -- right now.

And shrinks who have studied him -- or just watched his behavior think he is bat shit crazy (my lose translation of shrink-English).

[az chela]

4. When I think that he is in control of all our lives I get very

depressed as he thinks he can play cowboy and intimdate every country.He has to be stopped before he goes completely berserk as he has a violent temper and is capable of anything

[ladjf]

10. You are describing a socio-path.

[fearthem]

21. A psych. friend recently told me he had serious problems, and she didn't..

mean problems of state, rather, mental.

[Marr]

5. I think he's got an extremely narcissistic nature.

He seems to take great pleasure in demeaning people- most obviously the reporters at his rare press conferences. I still remember him snapping at that reporter who referred to him as "sir" rather than "Mr. President".

Did you happen to catch that exchange he had with some reporter today? The reporter mentioned Korea's nuclear capabilities increasing or something to that effect- and asked Bush if that bothered him. Bush said something like, "does it bother me that you asked that question?", as though it's offensive to mention reality around him when reality is less than flattering.

That's just *got* to be one of the big reasons he's such a fuck up.

[TahitiNut]

12. Narcissistic Personality Disorder - See the DSM-IV

He's the poster boy for it. :shrug:

This has been discussed at length over the years on DU.

[Liberal In Texas]

7. One word:

(OK 3) Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

The big mama drank when he was in the womb. Look at those eyes! Close set and beady.

A guy I ran into on a job who went to Yale with W (and knew him) said that if it weren't for his family connections he would be lucky to be selling insurance today.

[az chela]

8. he would starve to death selling insurance,he cant sell anything

his daddy and cheney have to do his thinking for him.

[Liberal In Texas]

16. The guy did say "lucky" to be selling insurance. n/t

[Maccagirl]

9. The man is dangerous

and his enablers in his party and the media are to blame. I've never found his act to be cute or funny, and I pray the people who actually have the power and influence to do something will see the present and future and look beyond their short-term self-interest and stop this man by legal means. George W. Bush has "issues" and we as a society should not have to pay for them.

[Swamp Rat]

11. No, he is responsible for his actions.

[az chela]

13. If people couldnt figure it out before Katrina then they sure as hell

ought to know by now that this man is a pscho that could care less about anything
but his haves and have mores and acting like a 12 year old at his photo ops.When he gets off air force one and does his stupid little wave you have to know that he isnt playing with a full deck.He has never done a days work in his life and when he was governor of Texas he was ruthless and had people put to death without having a dna test to prove their innocence.He cant answer an intelligent question and slaughters the english language that proves he has the brain of a 5 year old.
his arrogance makes me puke!!!!He acts like a playground bully.

[Swamp Rat]

14. Don't I know it!

[Erika]

15. W's big goal was to set up a T Ball Court when he took office

Emotionally, he was severely stunted and locked in mentally as a small child. He's conducting this war as if the players were three inch high cowboys and indians.

He's had the good life, the rich life, and he simply can't comprehend he got it only by luck.

Meanwhile W will continue to play with his cowboy and indian figurines and long for a T ball court.

[Hugin]

32. That and going fishing...

Whoo boy... Will ya looky that I dun caught a big un.

[leftofthedial]

17. he is a sociopath

no doubt about it

he also has some pretty severe mental deficits (this is not an "idiot" joke--he actually has some sort of mental defect)

[Erika]

18. History will not be kind to him or his supporters, let it be

All the ridiculous far right winger zealots who Rove got to vote for the idiot in hopes for Armageddon, the rich and the greedy elitists who wanted to be richer, those who chose to down the needy. W's base.

Doesn't sound Christian to me.

[Golden Raisin]

19. Ya' know what? He's crazy like a fox.

Even if he is only the front man, he has stolen 2 elections and remained in power. He's inarticulate, an embarrassing public speaker, has horrible syntax and it hasn't stopped him one iota. He's still got us mired in Iraq and nobody in Congress can or will get us out or impeach him. He's given all the richest people tax breaks and screwed the middle & poor classes. His administration is a sinkhole of corruption and cronyism (Halliburton, Abramoff, etc.) but he's still in power and Rove just got off the hook --- another victory. He's stacked the Supreme Court so that it is tilting dangerously to the right and when Justice Stevens (who is in his 80's) dies/retires we're really screwed. He's got a compliant, gutless and complacent media propping him up. Ditto Congress (and I include the Democrats). By his "signing statements" he chooses which laws, or portions of laws, he will or will not obey, effectively gutting the Constitution and checks & balances. He has basically bankrupted this country and no one is really raising a stink. Torture & domestic spying are incredibly useful tools for any regime and he's effectively succeeded in implementing both, again, without much genuine opposition (nobody high-up really punished for Abu Ghraib, Gitmo still open & running, God alone knows how bad the spying on Americans really is and just hasn't been fully revealed yet.) Yes, I think he is a nightmare: the worst President I have ever seen and probably the worst ever historically, but he's also been remarkably successful at achieving all the neocon's goals and he's still there smirking at us. Frankly, his polls can go down to zero and it still doesn't do us one damn bit of good until he's thrown the hell out and the healing of this country can begin.

[Sadie5]

20. Golden Raisin got it right

But with the way they steal elections the US is beginning to look like some third world country where stuffing the ballot box is the norm. We will never rid ourselves of this corruption until Congress gets their act together.

[EFerrari]

24. Congress has no reason to get their act together.

They have a 98% return rate. Why rock the boat?

Maybe I need a vacation but everything they do in public begins to look like theater.

[Disturbed]

25. Busholini, the Silverspoon Sociopath

I cringe that this Sock Puppet of Darth Cheney is the selected Pres. He brings shame to America.

[sendero]

28. I sorta agree..

... but you have to understand that he's merely the front man for this set of actions. He neither originated the policy ideas nor has he been at the vanguard of implementing them. He has a cast of characters doing the work, and Cheney (and probably others) setting the agenda.

He's a useful idiot to them, in that his bumbling, inarticulate personna is a perfect foil for the actions of his administration.

[earth mom]

22. He is a sociopath. Everything he does is absolutely intentional.

:scared:

[symbolman]

26. What bothers me the most is the little grin he gets or the shiny eyes

when someone mentions death or killing. During his first run when they asked him about those texans who has drug a black man behind their truck (and I would have killed them myself for that, tho he said it wasn't a "hate crime") - he talked about killing them, and how he'd kill them TWICE if he could.. and the leer on his face, and the look in his eyes made my blood run cold.

I got shivers, and I'm a goddam veteran who's been trained to kill during Nam.

He literally believes he has a god given right over Life and Death itself. What kind of leader shows up in New Orleans after STARVING the ones that Lived at the same time that troops are cruising in with food? Anyone thing that was a coincidence? It was like fucking CAEASER. If they'd had cameras during the reign of the Romans THIS GUY would have been the one to install a HORSE as a Senator.. he really IS "Little Boots" incarnate, reincarnated (Caligula)..

In reality he's the biggest, most famous DORK that ever lived. The bosses idiot son, the arrogant UGLY AMERICAN who complains they can't get French Fries in France. Art means nothing to him, he wants pictures of horses. If the Movie "The Jerk" wasn't a Comedy it would have BUSH as the lead.

All his facial antics are fantastically improper and inappropriate. He reminds me of a cross between a Bad Used car salesman and a Child Molester who is a Serial Killer on the side. I'll bet he hasn't had sex in 20 years and has no real interest in it. Instead he wants to KILL people with his LIVE lil army men. Emotionally I believe him to be a 9 years old, the age right before you realize that Blowing toads up with M-80's actually causes the animal a great deal of pain.

Cheney is worse. If someone told me that Cheney ate a baby, I'd believe them, all that would be missing would be whether he had it deep fried or boiled and what sauce he ate it with.

They're not only crazy, they are DEMENTED which to me is worse, damn near possessed by the Devil is closer to it. If we ever get a fair judgement in the history books I think Bush will be right up there with Attila the Hun, Vlad the Impaler and people will tell their children Bush/Cheney stories to scare them into behaving.

[left is right]

30. If we ever get a fair judgment in the history books ...

How long do you think it will be before history's judgment kicks in? 25 years? 50? More than a hundred? I've told my 25 year old daughter that she has a sacred duty to inform her niece and nephew the truth of these times

[Virginia Dare]

29. Yes, he is clinically mentally ill.....

I've thought so for a long time, and I have an educational background in psychology, sociology and counseling.

This to me is the biggest piece of evidence out there that the press has been hamstrung.

[WinkyDink]

31. ITA. His mangled syntax and contradictory/illogical remarks are

more evidence to me of his being a psychopath ("Without Conscience"). The boy's brain ain't right.

[area51]

34. Agreed.

He's either a psychopath or a sociopath.