How can Bush continue to laugh & crack jokes as often as he does?

[mtnsnake]

Considering what dire circumstances we're in today...masses of people dying and suffering all because of him...no REAL president would EVER make light so often as Bush does. This guy thinks everything can be written off with a cleverly timed Rovian joke...or perhaps a well-placed smirk or two.

He's a real fucking comedian, isn't he.

[tatertop]

1. He is having a great time at our expense

He loves making others suffer

[Missy M]

2. I have yet to find any of his so called jokes funny, they are...

corny and silly at best. The press is always laughing at them so I guess they have juvenile minds.

[ktlyon]

28. yes, remember the trifecta he hit

or looking for terrorist under his desk

[Nikki Stone 1]

3. You answered your own question: * is not a real president

He never won a presidential election and his concerns were never about the nation anyway. He serves masters other than the American people.

[mtnsnake]

14. and to think a comedian got elected instead of someone serious for such

serious times.

[Nikki Stone 1]

17. He didn't get elected, and he's not a comedian.

I tend to believe that things are going as planned and that the American people are screwed.

[NYC]

26. I also think things are going according to plan.

The plan was never intended to benefit the United States or its residents.

[sasha031]

4. he sleeps like a baby at night

as any psychopath would, it gives him pleasure to cause death and destruction to others.

[Chimichurri]

5. He's sadistic.

[begin_within]

6. It's called "gallows humor"

[DemInDistress]

7. Is he still looking for those WMD's in the Oval Office? lol

incompetent fool that POS POTUS is...

[ChairmanAgnostic]

8. We haven't hit 2500 dead yet.

once we do, we may seem him searching the oval office for body bags.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

11. Not officially.... n/t

[madokie]

42. according to 'their count' that is.

[leftofthedial]

9. he's a trifecta-hittin' sociopath

[BlueEyedSon]

10. Psychopathic personality disorder

[Individualist]

13. Also sociopathic

Antisocial personality disorder: A pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others and inability or unwillingness to conform to what are considered to be the norms of society.

The disorder involves a history of chronic antisocial behavior that begins before the age of 15 and continues into adulthood. The disorder is manifested by a pattern of irresponsible and antisocial behavior as indicated by academic failure, poor job performance, illegal activities, recklessness, and impulsive behavior. Symptoms may include dysphoria, an inability to tolerate boredom, feeling victimized, and a diminished capacity for intimacy.

Antisocial personality disorder, also known as psychopathic personality or sociopathic personality often brings a person into conflict with society as a consequence of a pattern of behavior that is amoral and unethical. Complications that might arise from having this disorder include: frequent imprisonment for unlawful behavior, alcoholism and drug abuse.

www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=39219

[Arkansas Granny]

18. In three short paragraphs you have managed to describe Bush.

It fits him perfectly.

[yorkiemommie1]

21. fits him to a ' T'

n/t

[TahitiNut]

22. Narcissistic Personality Disorder

<snip>
Narcissistic personality disorder describes a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, lack of empathy, and hypersensitivity to evaluation by others. Self-centeredness and being self-absorbed and being unable to empathize with others affecting the person’s interactions with others, characterizes this personality disorder. It is a form of depression, resulting in an increased likelihood of hospitalization.

Patients with narcissistic personality disorder often have a need to be the center of attention and to control events. They crave affection and admiration from others. They are perfectionists (about themselves). They may try to create dramatic crises to obtain attention to return the focus to themselves. As with patients with antisocial personality disorder, entitlement issues are very important. Patients with narcissistic personality disorder feel as if everyone and everything owes them — without any contribution on their part.
<snip>

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=38103

[ninkasi]

31. That fits him, doesn't it?

The symptoms of Narcissistic personality disorder could have been written with him in mind. As far as the joking is concerned, I've noticed that most of his "jokes" were thinly disguised barbs of hostility. Some people seem to enjoy using hostile humor, because when called on their cruelty, they can pretend they were just kidding. He's done this many times, from what I remember.

Bush, because of his disorders, is absolutely the worst choice for president of the United States. People like him should never have the ability to make life or death decisions, because they lack a conscience. He has surrounded himself with people like himself, who have no qualms about destroying other people's lives. Bush and his whole administration are heartless, amoral, greedy bastards, who will do anything to get what they want.

[TahitiNut]

35. Yep. He belongs in a padded cell.

His disorders are, at this point, untreatable. They do not exonerate him despite their being used to manipulate him - the pathological manipulator. In the greater sense, however, he and his coterie represent what we have become as a nation: self-centered, self-indulgent adolescents who hate school and bully the littler kids. We've entrapped ourselves in the deteriorating generational child abuse syndrome of authoritarianism/paternalism.

[ninkasi]

36. You are so right

He does represent what we've become as a nation, and what we've become horrifies me. I often wonder why the rest of the world doesn't join forces and slap us down. Bush has a deep sadistic streak, and I'm convinced that's why he used the Presidential signing statement to say that he can torture if he wants to.

He loves causing pain and death, and he loves humiliating others in public. He certainly does belong in a padded cell. That such a demented individual should wield so much power is sickening to me. Even great men must constantly self-check, just to be sure they aren't abusing their positions; such a mental self searching would be impossible for him.

His humor is not humor at all, it's hostility, and always has to be at somebody else's expense.

[seabeyond]

12. every time a dem gets on tv, we need to be mad at this

and talk in ridicule. and we the dems need to talk this with everyone we talk bush about. in disdain. our country is fucked up, we are fucking up the world, our childrens future. who the fuck is this person to think he is funny. none of this is funny. we need work, not jokes

[mtnsnake]

15. But half the country likes someone who can tell a dumb joke

Tell 'em a stupid joke, make the imbeciles laugh, and they'll vote for ya. Worked like a charm.

Well said, btw, sea.

[seabeyond]

23. gotta say it enough to actually make thiem think. first 5 x may be the

joke to them. eventually nmore and more will stop laughing and say, well.... ya. but i agree. jsut lazy people. not bad people, stupid people or agenda driven people. people. that are lazy thinkers when it comes to politics. rather laugh than cry

[jeff30997]

16. Well,what do you expect ?

He have the mental age of a 6 ears old.

[seabeyond]

24. christmas had a rw say to me, no one said he was smart

k,.... and you voted for him. someone who istn smart, thru your own words. well, he doesnt do anything, make the decisions

so his stupidness isnt effecting the nation. i beg to differ, you moron.

[Montauk6]

19. Dire circumstances... what are you talking about?

He and his constituency are doing great. Who was it? Exxon? Posted like a zillion in profits last quarter. Halliburton's makin' out like a mofo.

It's the giddiness of victory and achievement. Sure, the country is going to a craphole but that's someone else's problem to deal with.

Heck, if I were Bush and I went from family f**k-up to the most successful President in modern history (in terms of delivering for the clients), I'd be wearing that silly crap-eating grin too.

[Jeanette in FL]

20. "What didn't go right"

Every thing is just hunky-dorey with Bush and company. Things just could be better. Remember this little gem between Bush and Nancy Pelosi during the Hurricane Katrina debacle:

PELOSI: When I said to the president that he should fire Michael Brown, he said, "Why would I do that?" I said, "Because of all that went wrong, with all that didn't go right last week." And he said, "What didn't go right?" Oblivious, in denial, dangerous.

[spanone]

25. Funny as a kidney stone.

[leftchick]

27. that is why he is laughing and cracking jokes

he gets off on people dying, isn't that obvious?

[Greyhound]

29. Because it is utterly meaningless to him and his contemporaries

they live in another world completely. They are barely aware of our existence and couldn't care less. It is not real to them because their friends and families are not going through the things that we are.

[otohara]

30. In Bush World - All is Fine

his base is happy -

[Nay]

32. Because he's a fucking sociopath. He loves this shit.

[undeterred]

33. At the end of 2001, 3 months after the worst attack on American soil ever,

he said "Overall its been a great year for Laura and I." I guess he doesn't let the little stuff get to him. :sarcasm:

[abex]

34. i laugh at, not with, bush all the time. a very contemptuous laugh nt

[Disturbed]

37. GW Bush Sociopath

The following statement was made to Cindy Sheehan at a meeting with the Silverspoon Sociopath.

"I will never feel the same level of pain and loss you do. I didn't lose anyone close to me, a member of my family or someone that I love. But I want you to know that I didn't go into this lightly. This was a decision that I struggle with every day." GW Bush

GW Bush had a sister who died. The family went golfing the next day. Did he forget that he had a sister who died? “I didn't lose anyone close to me, a member of my family or someone that I love.” Maybe his sister wasn’t close to him or he didn’t love her but she (was a member of his family.)

[WinkyDink]

38. Psy. Cho. Path.

[jazzjunkysue]

39. That's what the drugs are for.

[Justice Is Comin]

40. And the Jack Daniels

and the coke and his old lady's marijuana.

[burythehatchet]

41. Its because he sold his soul to the devil long ago

He is a soulless spiritless shell of a human being whose only pleasure is the misery of other people. He has no morals, he has no sense, and he is lower than the scum I scrape off my toilet every week.

[electron_blue]

43. psychopath