All Joking Aside, Bush's Behavior Has Crossed into FRIGHTENINGLY BIZZARRE!

[Beetwasher]

The Lunatic Is Out Of Fucking Control W/ His Touchy Feely Bullshit! Yes, yes, I know, we all know he's mentally ill, but recently it seems like all the boundaries have essentially fallen away and he's just out of control, between his massage of the German chancellor and now his "playful" slapping of Congressman Al Green: see thread here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1684685&mesg_id=1684685

I mean, holy fuck. Seriously, he is mentally ill and totally unhinged. You know we can joke and make fun but really, this isn't funny. The guy is nuts and either has absolutely no notion of boundaries or he does it on purpose because he doesn't care. Either way he's totally fucking nuts. Behavior like this from someone in his position is beyond innapropriate and has gone into the realm of surreal and bizarre and what's even more frightening is is that the media essentially ignores it OR covers for him and pretends like it's no big deal. Frightening.

[grytpype]

1. At least he didn't rub his head for good luck.

It could have been worse.

[SammyBlue]

78. The chimp looks like he's inspecting the black man to see

if blacks are really human. Jesus, what a fucking embarassment this prickish pig is.

[Cronus Protagonist]

89. A drugged president is capable of the unthinkable

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[Old and In the Way]

2. The Madness of King George.

The photo is so symbolic of how he's treated the people of this country for 6 years. He is out of control and aheading for a nervous breakdown I think.

[bdamomma]

11. I just want to see this ignorant and arrogant man go

and take his cabal with him.

[UpInArms]

70. may I finish your sentence?

I just want to see this ignorant and arrogant man go and take his cabal with him to cells in the Hague.

[smoogatz]

23. Heading for a nervous breakdown?

In the midst of one, by the look of things.

[Lautremont]

3. So, he's into beard-stroking. A lot of us are.

What feeling compares to giving the beard of a man you barely know a good stroke? Well, very few feelings, but among them are the rubbing of strangers' bald pates and the unsolicited kneading of G8 leaders' shoulders. Mmm, feels go-o-o-od!

[oasis]

12. Yep. That's what it look like to me. The corporate media thinks

"slapping" would be preferable to "stroking". That way, the Chimperor seems less weird.

[KoKo]

40. Is he "stroking" or "grabbing" in preparation for a big "SMOOCH?"

That's what it looked like to me. Can't tell if Green is shrinking in horror (he is a Dem) or just preparing for the assault.

[oasis]

42. Looks as if he's about to say"Oh no, I'm about to get Joe Lieberized!!!".

:scared:

[CrispyQ]

4. I think he does it on purpose.

He's one of those guys who goads you by invading your personal space & taking liberties with his touchy-feely crap. It's one of his ways to let you know he's in control. He's such a fucking buffoon.

[ixion]

14. yeah, it's defintely a control thing

it's the same reason he gives 'pet' names to world leaders, e.g. Pooty-poot for Putin.

[bdamomma]

27. it must be a frat boy thing

he gives everyone a name "turd blossom" no 60 year old man should be acting like frat boy, he makes me:puke:

[hippiechick]

16. Yes'm, you nailed it!

He's a creepy sumbitch, that's for certain! :scared:

[jean]

36. same reason he nicknames people - demeans them and makes him

feel in charge and superior

[CrispyQ]

90. Yeah, & you know that if you ever, ever, ever let on that

you didn't like the name, he would call you that constantly.

I simply shake my head that these are the people who claimed the adults are back in charge. Holy fucking shit.

:eyes: :crazy: :eyes: :crazy: :eyes: :crazy:

[PaDem]

73. it's a bullying technique...........

in the case of this slap.

[CatWoman]

5. you just don't put your hands in people's faces. you just DON'T.

But then again, maybe Chimpy wanted to caress his beard.

[ComerPerro]

6. I think he is drunk in public often now

[Jacobin]

7. He's batshit crazy and a drunk

And no one will/can do anything about it, and so it has and it will continue to get worse.

The media will not report it, or when it has to cover a picture, it will minimize his behavior, make excuses for it, or claim that it is somehow normal.

He is batshit crazy and a drunk.

We really do have a very very serious problem.

[MadHound]

8. Frankly if somebody slapped me like that

I would punch their lights out. Sorry, that's not a "playful slap" that's assault and probably left a mark. Self defense then becomes the order of the day.

[bdamomma]

29. he's too touchy feely for me

and you don't massage German Chancellors either, he is just a big BS'er, and I hope all this stuff flies right back into his face.

[Warpy]

9. He's a mannerless clod because manners are for "inferiors."

He sees the rest of us as inanimate objects that are here for his convenience and amusement.

It doesn't help that he was drunk on this last trip.

[whistle]

10. Well, remember that Rush Limbaugh was in Washington DC

...several weeks ago and was given I believe some four hours in the White House, much of that time with Bushie-Boy and KKKarl Rove. It is not a stretch to suggest that Limbaugh may have left Shrub a good supply of Oxycoton, Viagra and other nose candy tid-bits for his Shrub-ship, eh!

[ChairmanAgnostic]

20. for many years, presidents were medicated for many reasons

Bush-1 had a whole list of stuff, including guaranteed sleepy time pills, wakey-up pills and others. Many political pros on a campaign take helpers. the pResident can easily order a doc to fix whatever ails him. And you wonder why they carry his shit and piss away with him on trips.

[Kadie]

13. I agree Beetwasher.

How far does he have to go before more people start getting concerned about his bizarre behavior?

[tbyg52]

91. The people who haven't caught on yet

Simply don't see his bizarre behavior. They see and hear what they want to. And the MSM helps them with this.

[RaleighNCDUer]

15. Doesn't anybody, when treated this way, ever just step back and

say

"Whow! Who the FUCK do you think you are?"

Nobody has spoken down to this punk, adult to child, in 40 years (if even then). It's about time.

[coalition_unwilling]

35. Cindy Sheehan did and does. (eom)

[Totally Committed]

17. I think it's time for someone to sit Bush down and explain to him that

"whacko" and "charming" are not the same thing.

Holy sh*t... he seems so out-of-control! I'm not even laughing at this.

TC

[tblue37]

69. Heh heh heh

He is turning into Michael Jackson before our very eyes--so weird that people are just too embarrassed to say anything to him.

[indepat]

18. Relax by just thinking of these as mere frat boy pranks and antics

[City Lights]

19. He's a freak.

:puke: His messiah complex is surfacing again. :puke:

Hey, lil boots is wearing his wedding ring again, which has been missing from so many recent pictures.

[DesertRat]

21. Jon Stewart was right

Condi needs to crush the Ritalin into his food so he'll take it!

[mikeytherat]

26. It's true.

If you hide the Ritalin whole in his food, he either eats around it (leaving it in the bowl) or he hides it in his mouth, spitting it out behind the sofa later. Another method that's been successful is some poor staffer holding him by the scruff while Condi throws the pill in the back of his throat, then holds his mouth shut until he swallows it. Crushing up the Ritalin is a bit more dignified, and a lot easier.

mikey_the_rat

[Lisa]

75. the downside of restraining him while they force the pill into his mouth

... is that he wriggles around and could mark himself up (all those times he's had those unexplained bruises?), or injure the staffers who are holding him! He is ornery and has been known to bite when he's riled up.

[smoogatz]

22. Wow. How patronizing is that?

Bush thinks he's freakin' Don Corleone, apparently.

[woodsprite]

24. Don'cha just wish some foreign entities would start

speaking up about his actions and offensive touching.

[Lowell]

30. How can they?

Pooty Poo is kissing boys bellys and Chimpy McDumbfuck is massaging chancellors and slapping congress critters. Its time to boot the whole lot of them, Bush, Blair and Putin. The inmates are running the asylum.

[patdem]

25. THAT is the EXACT same grimace Merkle gave...AMAZING

bush is INSANE!

[neweurope]

34. I've been out of it - got any pictures of him and Merkel?

I just got internet back after some months. Would be greatly appreciated!

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[patdem]

38. I did not link any pics but I have a link to a German paper

which is the link that I saw: http://www.bild.t-online.de/BTO/news/aktuell/2006/07/18/merkel-bush-liebes-attacke/merkel-bush-liebes-attacke.html

[neweurope]

83. Thanks.

Revolting.

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[Kadie]

41. here ...

[KittyWampus]

68. Thanks for the array

[neweurope]

84. Thank you...

As a German I feel insulted. But I also feel insulted by her sucking up to him.

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[NYC]

79. DU link re Merkel incident:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=1659972

Several links to videos can be found in there. It's truly amazing. This incident with Al Green is similar.

[neweurope]

86. Thank you for the link :)

Incredible.

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[AndyA]

28. Bush is just plain weird.

I look forward to the day, before the nation, on camera, the SOB has a total and complete meltdown. He will do something wacky, say something totally off the wall that can't be spun a different way, and then fall to the floor, crying like a baby, in the fetal position, with his thumb in his mouth.

THEN - maybe then - SOMEONE will be forced to do something to address his instability.

[bdamomma]

32. I hope the media is right there to see it all

[Lowell]

33. Someday maybe we'll see him standing by the road

with a sign saying "Homeless, will decide for money." Worthless piece of shit.

[NYC]

80. That's the only reason I watch the SOTU address.

I keep waiting.

[malaise]

31. Bush is a raving lunatic n/t

[reichstag911]

37. Green should have...

...coldcocked that cheerleading frat-boy pussy, SS be damned.

[Neecy]

39. He's losing it...

Even his most ardent supporters MUST be noticing how freakish his behavior has become....my god, look at the last week:

1. The bizarre pig references;
2. Sitting in front of a fireplace with NO FIRE GOING IN IT and remarking that "it's kind of warm for a fire";
3. The ignorant drivel, combined with foul language, combined with appalling table manners on cable news 24/7 for all the world to see;
4. Today's nutty antics

This is in ONE WEEK. How much will it take for his mental state to finally become an issue?

[Kadie]

44. The bizarre pig references?

OK, I missed that. What bizarre pig references?

I also missed, "Sitting in front of a fireplace with NO FIRE GOING IN IT and remarking that "it's kind of warm for a fire""

OMG!

[Neecy]

61. I was hoping you'd ask about the pig!

...that was what Bush kept saying at his weird G8 presser. He was planning on eating a barbequed pig that evening and made reference to the pig at least four or five times. He sounded deranged.

Later, at the Chancellor of Germany's home, they were sitting in front of the unlit fire when he made that remark.

[MisterP]

82. I wanna link! (I was away Tu-Th). Here's all the pig talk:

Asked about the Israeli devastation of the Beirut International Airport, Bush announced, “I thought you were going to ask about the
pig. I’ll tell you about the pig tomorrow” He had already mentioned the wild boar being eaten at the pricey barbecue party “feast” that
evening, saying, “I’m looking forward to that pig tonight,” “I understand I may have the honor of slicing the pig,” and “I haven’t seen
the pig yet,” in response to a question about former East German life “apart from the pig.”

[carolinayellowdog]

62. "How much will it take?"

Is the question all of us have been asking for six years now (in dozens of variations). We still have no answer. Nothing about him will ever become an issue. Everything about his critics is always mercilessly dissected by the Bush-enabling media.

[Autumn Colors]

43. Cheney??

Anyone think someone's purposely taken him off his meds so he can be "removed" and Cheney takes his place before 2008?

That's a friggin' scary thought.

[MamaBear]

49. Maybe

Ever since he was running for Prezdent in 2000, he's had this weird speech pattern: he speaks three or four words, pauses, speaks three or four more. Used to drive me nuts. Having worked as a transcriptionist, the pattern seems familiar. Listen until you get an earful, spit it out, repeat.

When he's "off the cuff" that rhythm falls away, and he blunders headfirst into sentences he can't finish, and ends up with silliness like his "fool me once" fiasco.

Either he's repeating what he hears (as in on the wire) or he's on his own, and totally inept.

I'm wondering if he's off his meds and off the wire at the same time. Haven't seen the big bump on his back lately, and he can't get a sentence together to save his life.

Or maybe he's enhancing his prescribed meds with a few little extras of his own, a la Limbaugh.

They've made some changes in the White House staff; maybe the staffer who was feeding him his lines was canned, or promoted. :shrug:

Whatever the case, he certainly grows stranger and stranger by the hour.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

45. You know;...I think we're grasping

at straws here. I don't like his policies either. But we dissect every little move the man makes.

Actually, the fact that he touches people is probably the only thing I like about him.

[RandomKoolzip]

47. "Touching" is one thing.

"Inappropriately giving an unwanted shoulder massage to the female leader of another sovreign country during a policy meeting" is another. So is "slapping a black person at an NAACP meeting."

This has gone beyond "touching people" into some very weird area. If Clinton had gotten this strange, you can bet that....well, you know.

[Beetwasher]

48. Heh, So, You Let People You Hardly Know Touch You Like That?

And you're ok w/ it? Or do YOU do that to people you hardly know? I sure hope not. Puhleeze. Maybe it's ok for a grandmother to do to a child, but not a head of state doing that to ANOTHER GROWN MAN. Green's face says it all. You really think that's appropriate behavior? Give me a break.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

53. I think the behavior

is probably ill-advised for someone in his position, but I don't see it as a sign he is mentally ill.

[Beetwasher]

58. If Only That Were The Only Sign

Someone who has no control over their behavior or their impulses is mentally ill.

[WinkyDink]

72. I don't think I've EVER seen men who weren't related or close buddies

behave this way.

[EFerrari]

87. I don't either. It looks more like something on the autism spectrum

than mental illness.

[WiseButAngrySara]

46. How grotesque! Any other leader in this current world situation would

show more respect and solemnity. He is a buffoon!

[LouisianaLiberal]

50. One more classic example of inappropriate affect.

From a website called toddlertime. Yes, toddlertime. By Dr. Sam Vaknin at
http://www.toddlertime.com/sam/41.htm

(This material is copyrighted. Free, unrestricted use is allowed on a non commercial basis. The author's name and a link to this Website must be incorporated in any reproduction of the material for any use and by any means.)

There is a weak correlation between the narcissist's behaviour and his professed or proclaimed emotions. The reason is that the latter are merely professed or proclaimed – but not felt. The narcissist fakes feelings and their outer expression in order to impress others, to gain their sympathy or to motivate them to act in a manner benefiting the narcissist and promoting his interests. In this – as in many other simulated behaviour patterns – the narcissist seeks to manipulate his human environment. Inside, he is barren, devoid of any inkling of true feeling, even mocking. He looks down upon those who succumb to the weakness of experiencing emotions and holds them in contempt. He berates and debases them.

This is the heartless mechanism of "simulated affect". This mechanism lies at the core of the narcissist's inability to empathise with his fellow human beings.

The narcissist constantly lies to himself and to others. He defensively self-deludes, distorts facts and circumstances, provides comfortable (consonant) interpretations – all so as to preserve his delusions of grandeur and feelings of (unmerited) self-importance. This is the mechanism of the "sliding of meanings". This mechanism is part of the much larger set of Emotional Involvement Prevention Measures (EIPMs). The EIPMs are intended to prevent the narcissist from getting emotionally involved or committed. This way the narcissist insures himself against getting hurt and abandoned, or so he erroneously believes. In actuality, these mechanisms are self-defeating and lead directly to the results they were intended to forestall. They mostly operate through versions of emotional denial. The narcissist is estranged from his own emotions as a means of self-defence.
Another characteristic of the narcissistic personality is the use that it makes of "emotional delegation". The narcissist – despite appearances – is human and is possessed of emotions and of emotional content. But, in an effort to defend himself against a repetition of past hurts, he "delegates" his emotions to a fictitious self, the False Self. It is the False Self that interacts with the world. It is the False Self that suffers and enjoys, gets attached and detached, joins and separates, develops likes and dislikes, preferences and prejudices, loves and hates.

Whatever happens to the narcissist, his experiences, the setbacks that he (inevitably) suffers, the humiliations, the adoration, the fears and the hopes – all these happen to one self removed, to the False Self. The narcissist is shielded by this construction. He lives in a padded cell of his own creation, an eternal observer, unharmed, embryo-like in the womb of his True Self. No wonder that this duality, so entrenched, so fundamental to the narcissistic personality – is also so evident, so discernible. This delegation of emotions is what disturbs those who interact with a narcissist. The feeling that his True Self is absent, that it is a false emanation, which does all the emoting.
The narcissist himself experiences this dichotomy, this break between a False Self which is his interface with the true world – and a True Self which is forever dormant in a no-man's land. The narcissist lives in a warped reality, divorced from his own emotions, constantly feeling that he is an actor in a film featuring his life.

A more detailed description of this emotional break can be found in "Warped Reality and Retroactive Emotional Content – FAQ # 39".

[The Stranger]

51. He KISSED LEIBERCON on national television.

Maybe next time he will slip him some tongue.

52. he is one big fool

I can't imagine what goes on in his mind, but certainly he does not compute the fact that people are not his play-things. Does anyone ever tell him the truth. He must be surrounded by real sycophants.

[Shipwack]

64. He -is- surrounded by syncophants...

When Jon Stewart was interviewing Ari Fleischer, Stewart jokingly asked why no one had ever told Bush jr the correct way to pronounce the word "nuclear". In two seconds, Fleischer's face went from relaxed to grim as he seriously replied, "What?! Correct the president of the United States?!"

I honestly think he is kept in a big bubble, either by his own choice or someone else's... "Remember, thou art mortal," is probably not a phrase uttered in this administration.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

54. Is there a recognized psychiatric condition

where those suffering from it are compelled to palpate, probe, paw, and pet everyone around them?

[DesertRat]

55. I believe it's an impulse control disorder

The behaviors seem to occur more often when the person is feeling tension or anxiety. :spank:

[gordianot]

56. Check out Post Number #50 from Lousianaliberal. It is right on.

I have also been saying for 3 years Bush has a Narcissistic Personality Disorder. There are many variations and different interpretations but it is obvious to many who work in this field he has and presents major issues.

George W. Bush makes the late Richard Nixon appear the picture of Mental Health in comparison. At least Nixon avoided public displays of this magnitude.

[grasswire]

67. a someone who survived a marriage to a narcissist...

I can tell you that the first week I paid attention to Bush (when he began campaigning) I knew he was NPD and said so. It is very clear. And also very frightening.

[marions ghost]

74. Yes

when you have been victimized by a malignant narcissist, it is easy to recognise the syndrome. I sympathize with you completely. But many people still don't understand that NPD is a seriously destructive malfunction. This is because narcissist types seek to ingratiate themselves to others and can pose as 'normal' for awhile. As long as they are receiving the attention they desire, they can seem OK. But if the desired devotion is not forthcoming, they become ruthlessly vengeful. They can also behave inappropriately, violating boundaries and social norms, like we see Shrubbie doing now...in their demands for admiration and attention.

Not only is Bush a classic example of NPD, many in his entourage are also. They support each other and (I have found) are often found in packs.

[glitch]

57. "playfully slaps" ?!?!? Who the hell "playfully slaps"? and the writer

tosses it out as if it's perfectly normal...

[stanwyck]

59. If Bush had to get a "regular" job, he'd be fired

for his behavior. Good thing his parents are filthy rich and connected. Otherwise, the guy would bounce from job to job after being fired for incompetence, failure to showup for work, and inappropriate behavior while at work.
He's just a few million Mommy and Daddy bucks away from unemployment and living in a trailer.
Hope he's grateful to Mom and Dad and their wealthy friends, always there to grease the skids for this lazy, didn't do my homework, didn't showup for Guard training, don't know how to act respectful slackass.
And we're stuck with him.
Sigh.

[MH1]

60. Yet, the media painted him as "everyman", someone we could all relate to..

and contrasted Kerry as the wealthy, privileged "elitist"....and judging by some posts I've seen on some so-called liberal blogs and forums, it wasn't only repugs who were repeating this nonsense.

Who was it that said, in a democracy people get the government they deserve?

[karynnj]

77. That is so true, even though

there were people who were fiercely loyal to Kerry from every stage in his life. Even his ex-wife's comment was that she was 100% behind him, though he was an excellent statesman and had no qualms at all with him being president.

I loved the comments of the young student who introduced him at Kenyon College - who was clearly blown away that he met with several alumni in his office to help prepare his speech - which was one of the nicest, most inspiring and personal graduation speeches I ever heard.

[npincus]

63. Wuv me, wuv me... pwease wuv me....

[laruemtt]

65. poppy and babs should have sent him to cotillion. n/t

[Warren DeMontague]

66. Two Words: Wet Brain. nt

[WinkyDink]

71. Maybe he's forgetting his lessons from "Proper Social Behaviors

for Sociopaths 101".

[Judi Lynn]

76. Maybe this would be a good time for someone in the White House

to discretely put out a call for a crowd of idiots who believe, like _Bush's promoters claimed, _Bush is the guy they'd all love to go have a beer with, and THEY can form a little guard to escort him around to keep the citizens safe from his groping, restless little hands.

How bad does it have to get before someone does something? Who hasn't been in that man's place at some point in his/her life, and had to endure some asshole clutching at him/her? Jeezus Christ.



Either of these fine men would be a better pResident.

[Poll_Blind]

81. I just don't know what the fuck is going on anymore. Really.

I've got my goddamned passport ready. My 72-hour plan has now dropped to a 24-hour plan should something exceedlingly insane happen. I just...I just have no idea what the fuck is wrong with Bush or why no-one will stop it. This is sick and crazy.

PB

[pitohui]

85. he's just high all the time, hope you all are too EOM

.

[nolabels]

88. Hell, I haven't been joking that much for last few years about it

but now that I am getting to see light it might be best to start joking and laughing about it :rofl: