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Cyrano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:10 AM
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What do you think is George W. Bush's greatest fear?
Ever notice how bullies strut around, chests puffed out, and arms held far out to the sides. Their body english is saying, "You screw around with me, I'll squash you like a bug." It usually works until someone steps up and punches his lights out.

Did you ever notice that King George struts around like the school yard bully? What if you had the power to make him do an appearance on "Fear Factor?" What would his greatest fear be?

My guess is that it would be having to talk for 10 minutes without an ear piece, and a receiver under his jacket. Yeah, I know, it would be virtually impossible for him to maul the english language any worse than he's already done.

But this isn't about the language. It's about his greatest fear. Whatever random, incoherent sounds came out of his mouth, the real joy would be watching this insecure, terrified creature standing there trembling and sweating before they had to call for the stretcher to carry him off stage.

So what do you think his greatest fear is?
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Chomp Donating Member (602 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:11 AM
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1. Reality
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smirkymonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 09:59 PM
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93. I would go one further and say Reality...
stone cold sober.
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warrior1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:14 AM
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His friends will betray him
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unblock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:19 AM
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10. bingo, being thrown to the wolves.
his whole world is built around lies and relies on his buddies to cover for him and bail him out.
his worst fear is that they just walk up to him and say, "you're on your own."

then when he lies, they all call him a liar instead of pretending he's telling the truth.
then when he stumbles or says something stupid, they laugh at him instead of calling him someone you'd like to have a beer with.
then when he does something criminal, they actually send him to prison instead of giving him applause.
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KAT119 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 09:41 AM
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46. Author:"Bush On The Couch" says * loves most to kill-least=to discuss
his feelings. Discussing feelings causes him to deconstruct & totally fall apart. He is fearful of everything & cannot regulate his feelings.


A Great article by the above author, Dr. Justin Frank, a Washington,D.C. psychoanalyst & Professor of Psychiatry at George Washington University Medical School re his best seller & * is:http://www.larouchepub.com/other/interviews/2006/3314justin_frank.html

Personally, because of the above, and deeper causes of *'s anxieties that he refers to, I think *'s biggest immediate fear would to be without drugs esp.cocaine & booze
which he never truly gave up...nowhere to hide...no way to relax his fears...increased exercise does'nt do it.
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truth2power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 09:56 AM
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51. Thanks, Kat. I read "Bush on the Couch". ...
Highly recommend it. I wasn't aware of this article. Thanks for posting it.

Look at this, from the article:

"EIR: You commented to me, the other day (this is not a verbatim quote, but a kind of a general point): Selling Bush short by thinking that he's stupid, is like turning your back on him, only to be stabbed in the back. He is a competent killer.

Frank: Yes. Well, I'll stand by that. It's not exactly what I said, that he's a competent killer, but yes, he knows how to wield a knife; he is amazingly like a bird of prey, and I would never turn my back on him—ever. And if I confronted him, I would be very much afraid of retaliation, immediately, swiftly, and accurately.

But ironically, I've never been afraid, because of this book. That is partly because my book is entirely based on public information—there are no smoking guns other than psychological insights. In other words, I don't have records of his secret dealings, say, with financial people; or his secret relationships with Abramoff; or how much he planned in 9/11, or whether he had anything to do with it at all, in terms of foreknowledge. People like Clarke and other people who know him, and know about him, are really at great risk."<Emphasis added>

* * * * *

A couple of things, here: I'm thinking of Molly Ivins, who has said right along that Bush is not stupid. Also, there's yet another person who knows that 911 was, to one extent or another, an inside job.



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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:50 PM
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87. he's certainly inclined to spread ugly gossip about people ...
Edited on Sat Apr-15-06 08:51 PM by Lisa
... whom he feels have shown him up in some way, when they aren't around to defend themselves. So I totally agree about the "stabbed in the back" thing.

http://www.progresoweekly.com/friendly.php?pdr=Oct1420_04&progreso=Landau


The thing is -- I used to work in a wildlife rehab center, and can vouch that real birds of prey may be opportunistic about getting food (and can certainly lash out and defend themselves) -- but they don't indulge in passive-agressive sneaking around like Bush did (being chummy to people's faces but dissing them to the boss afterwards).

One gets the feeling that Bush sits around thinking up ways to get back at people, and derives a lot of enjoyment from it. Hence his penchant for mean-spirited practical jokes played on reporters, etc.


p.s. after having been around people like that, I suspect that Bush may get a bit anxious when he thinks about what everyone else is saying behind his own back! Hence his low tolerance for criticism, and his desire to blow things out of proportion by "doing unto others before they can do to you", thus making an example of them.
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Imagine My Surprise Donating Member (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:14 AM
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2. that he might one day actually believe something that he says is true
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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:14 AM
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3. Having to read one of Saddam's romance novels to a group of
Iraqis who have lost loved ones.... many many loved ones.
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:15 AM
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4. Incontinence
Crapping his pants as the World Court sentences him
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goforit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 11:02 AM
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61. lol....he he he
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rzemanfl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:15 AM
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5. It's horses, isn't it? n/t
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WernhamHogg Donating Member (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:16 AM
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6. It's already been established
Edited on Sat Apr-15-06 08:22 AM by WernhamHogg
It's already been established that his greatest fear is horses!

Of courses, of courses!

;-)

Edit: Damn, beaten to it! :-)
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 01:01 PM
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76. He ain't afraid 'o no horsies
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Ezlivin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:16 AM
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7. Being outed
Who'd you think Jeff Gannon was servicing?
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savemefromdumbya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:44 AM
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29. I often wondered why he was there?
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tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:18 AM
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8. That we will all find out what a candy ass mama's boy
he really is. That's what all the tough talk is all about, that's what the whole fuckin Iraq war is all about fer chrissakes. He's still trying to show his mama that he has a bigger wee wee than his daddy.
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:23 AM
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16. Mike Malloy said the other night...
that if you told Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld to meet you outside the bar for a fight, they would run like turkeys. I so believe it!
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Oversea Visitor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:19 AM
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9. Losing
He is a born loser.

So he scare stiff of losing

Thats why he is a nutcase

Wont even admit that it is a bottomless pit even if he know it is.
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nicknameless Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 11:27 PM
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96. True. Losing -- with no one to pick up the pieces for him ... for once.
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:20 AM
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11. ask him what the history books are going to write about him 10 years in
the future.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:27 AM
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21. Loud roar of agreement at my house for that, rodeodance.
You nailed it. :thumbsup:

:hi:
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peace frog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:48 AM
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30. This one gets my vote
His legacy as preznit is literally ALL.
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:21 AM
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12. Being exposed.
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OldLeftieLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:21 AM
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13. Nothing. He has no fear.
Psychopaths don't have normal emotions.

He fears nothing.

And that's why he's so fucking dangerous to the whole world.
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truth2power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 09:43 AM
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49. Right you are, Leftie!..
That's ONE of the things that indicates that he's a psychopath. Certain emotions just aren't available to him. Empathy, outrage, a true sense of horror at what he's done. Not there.

I wish there were more people who understood the true extent of his criminality. I mean really integrated it. They'd shit themselves, I guarantee.


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Faux pas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 11:47 AM
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70. Hey, you took my answer! n/t
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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:57 PM
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88. I think that he does have a bit of sensitivity to being mocked/criticized
Even if it's not exactly fear, he may be showing some self-interest since he's smart enough to know that people who don't fall for his act are difficult to manipulate, and are able to warn others about him. He does seem to go out of his way to try to intimidate or humiliate people who criticize him (journalists, rival politicians, etc.), as if to make an example of them.
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OldLeftieLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 09:40 PM
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89. That's anxiety, not fear or sensitivity -
It's him getting anxious about losing control over whatever situation he may find himself in. Don't confuse it with fear, because it's the exact opposite of fear.

It's incipient rage that would explode if he weren't kept on a tight leash. Why do you think his schedule is so carefully segmented and why so much of his daily time is used up in physical exercise? Because they have to keep his anxiety levels down by keeping him engaged in physical activity, tiring him out.

The guy's a time bomb.
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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 12:05 AM
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100. yes, that's the context I was aiming for ...
Edited on Sun Apr-16-06 12:40 AM by Lisa
Not that Bush is "sensitive" in a moral or emotional way, but in the irritated or upset sense. Thank you, OLL.

And of course the medical professions have anxiety more closely defined than in the looser way I used it -- I like your way of putting it, because I find it easier to imagine Bush being anxious or apprehensive, or downright paranoid, than afraid. (Possibly because "anxiety disorders" have an irrational side to them, while fear can be well-founded. And he didn't seem to be showing fear when a normal person probably would -- hearing about airplanes crashing into buildings, or a hurricane bearing down on a city, for example. So we agree that it wouldn't be the type of "fear" which most of us would recognize.)

p.s. I know that a lot of us at DU have assumed that Bush was frightened for his life (and his life alone) during the terrorist attacks, because of being a possible target. But setting aside all the discussion on this (assumed reasons why or why not), which would be a whole different thread -- I think you and the others who's suggested that he lacks fear, as well as other emotions, are onto something.
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marylanddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:22 AM
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14. Shame and humiliation - which he so richly deserves.
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:23 AM
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15. In the beginning it was the fear of a coherent message, now it is his
ass in front of the ICC at the Hague. me thinks
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LiberalArkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:27 AM
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20. It will never get to a trail. He will blow up the world to prevent it.
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Cyrano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:53 AM
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34. I have to agree with you. This sociopath would blow up the world without
giving it a second thought.

As much as I hate Cheney's guts, I really hope that he's taken steps to prevent this. He's as big a prick as has ever lived, but I don't think he's insane.
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:55 AM
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35. Hi LiberalArkie and welcome to DU, from your neighbor
I suspect and fear you are correct but I reserve the right to have hope for a miracle, maybe a second chance for america, just maybe.
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:24 AM
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17. Locked in a room, live on camera, with a dozen of his most
Edited on Sat Apr-15-06 08:24 AM by mcscajun
vocal critics, including Cindy Sheehan, MIchael Moore, and a DUer or two. :)

No script, no earpiece, no transmitter, no Shills to setup the softball questions.

Second greatest fear: Becoming poor.
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Olney Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:26 AM
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18. Karl Rove's indictment.
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porphyrian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:26 AM
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19. That people will know how scared he really is.
He's a fucking coward, and he's killing Americans (not to mention thousands of innocent non-American civilians) to try to prove that he isn't.
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Klukie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:28 AM
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22. Exposure...
to all of his perverted hang-ups.
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pretzel4gore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:31 AM
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23. pictures of him in homosexual trysts...
bush is a bad one, not because of any xxxual adventureousness but because he's hitched his fortune to the most narrow minded perverts in the world - he needs them like a junkie needs dope. And he's as compromised as anyone (in fact, I think it's impossible to understand bush w/out factoring the blackmail angle in - wasn't a gay type affair part of the 'elect' skullboner's insider ritual?)
Oddly enough, bush is so obviously depraved most people don't want to know the facts: it's enough he's just gone....never in history has a world figure been as boring and uninteresting as this guy....like a serial killer with a hundred victims buried somewhere
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DemGa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:33 AM
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24. I'd say it's his mother
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rasputin1952 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:36 AM
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25. Finally being exposed as the incredible failure he has always been.
His entire life is nothing but failure after failure. The only times he has come out on top, is when his fathers "friends" have bailed him out.
bush has not one "success" that he can call his own; nothing, zilch, zero.Everything this creature of darkness has touched, has ended up a miserable failure, and has harmed untold numbers of people.

At this point, he is worried about his "legacy"...he should be! Looks like this guy is going to make other failed presidencies look like glorious successes. Polk, Grant, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover will look like gods compared this administration. He has brought back Robber Barons, he has helped legislation that has impoverished the American worker while enriching the "haves" to new heights of wealth concentrated in 5% of the population. He has aided legislation that is destroying the environment at an incredible rate. EVERYTHING that has the fingerprints of bush on it, is nothing but failure after failure.

To be honest, I have failed at some things, but I am intelligent enough to realize my failures and build off them, turning most into successes of at least mild proportions. bush, on the other hand, grasps failure and rides it into the gates of hell. He will go down in history as the absolutely worst president this nation has ever had, bar none. He fears everything, except his own decisions...the one thing he should really be terrified of.

The man is an idiot. He will be remembered as an idiot.
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Oversea Visitor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:42 AM
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26. Yup
Most dangerous thing about born losers is that there is no retreat.

Ultimately they destroy success.
Sadly he is the president of US
The damage he can cause .......:crazy:
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:42 AM
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27. He should fear justice. But, he's too sociopathic and stupid.
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savemefromdumbya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:43 AM
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28. Apart from the PRETZEL?
fear of those who may turn him in over 9/11
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koopie57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:49 AM
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31. I think his greatest fear is
letting his mommy down. But so far as a stunt on fear factor, it would have to be being left alone in the inner city, five dollars in his pocket and a sandwich board saying I am the great George Bush. Bow before me you peasants. Or have him work as an orderly in the hospital, or work in a homeless shelter and have to tend to the physical needs of the "have nots".
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BeyondThePale Donating Member (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:51 AM
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32. Simple... Not measuring up to Daddy and displeasing Mommy
what a loser...
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murray hill farm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:53 AM
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33. Karma...
or the actually having to deal with the consequenses of his behavior...although, sociopaths believe that can never happen...sooooooooo, i guess i will go with the first response..."Reality"!!
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Bullshot Donating Member (807 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:58 AM
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36. Eating pretzels on a horse without an earpiece to hear what to say.
He'd be paralyzed with fear with that trifecta.
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 09:01 AM
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37. None of the above. He's most afraid of being ignored.
Again, he's a textbook example of a pathological narcissist. He feeds insatiably on reactions of others - without which he ceases to exist. This is why the "turn your back on Bush" tactic was/is brilliant. This is why I want to see him impeached, indicted, and imprisoned in a padded cell. Solitary confinement. No interactions with others whatsoever. None. For the rest of his miserable life.
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izzie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 09:12 AM
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38. That he really was not as good a man as his father.
and we all knew it was his father's name that got him their.
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izzie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 09:16 AM
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39. The great C,in Chief on a white horse is his dream, I think.
This is what these made up wars are all about. He had to do some thing with the way he got into office. He needed ben Larden as much a ben Larden needs him. And with a nice war he could push all this crazy stuff.
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Jamison Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 09:22 AM
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40. The date of January 20, 2009.
This is the date he has to give up his throne, he's not gonna like it one bit.
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sojourner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 09:33 AM
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41. i don't think his greatest fear can be so easily defined. of course in the
end all fear centers around non-existence. the loss of self. but for G. I think it hinges (as some here have already said) on his early relationships. he was made inconsequential by mummy and poppy. fearing that early rejection G retreats into himself, makes himself the primary object in his universe.

he was, i believe, always a "weakling" -- that's why he wasn't a football player or other athlete, but instead a cheerleader. and he has a deep need to show that he's NOT an inconsequential wimp. fearing being caught out for being the "nothing" that he knows (deep down he believes) he is, he puffs himself into something larger than life...and the swagger and boastfulness are just the window dressing that transform his weakness into a show of "strength".

on his own he wouldn't have been much. just a rich, pampered, contemptible failure.

but enter Karl Rove and now G is truly a danger to the world. I think Karl is truly evil. G is bad, mind you, but Karl is evil.
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 09:37 AM
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42. His biggest fear is two-fold. 1. Fear of having the public understand just
how irrelevant he is in this administration and that he's failed at even just being the front man for the criminal cabal. 2. Fear of having to face that fact HIMSELF.

Cheney was appointed by Poopy to find blivet a VP. Cheney picked himself (thereby screwing Poopy by putting himself in the driver's seat). Poopy probably thought he could still rule through his idiot son. Instead the neos got to AWOL and talked him into thinking that he could be the macho man his Poopy never was and go into places (like Baghdad) that his Poopy never went. Be the hotdog that liberated the Middle East and (as Wolfie told him and anybody else who was stupid enough to listen) would have songs sung about himself for a thousand years.

Now he's losing two wars and these criminal bastards are telling the idiot son that he can have overs if he attacks Iran with nuclear weapons (something that the jackass can't even pronounce). He is desperate. And he sees it all slipping away. And the panic is starting to set in. And when blivet panics everyone else suffers.
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against all enemies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 09:39 AM
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43. He has no fears. He doesn't give a shit about anything.
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 09:41 AM
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44. Democratic majorities in congress...
Duh.
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 09:41 AM
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45. Appearing as an accused in court
No cue cards, no teleprompter, no jacket bulges, no "freedom and democracy" backdrop.

Just Barbara Bush's least promising son, caught in a lie.

And Daddy's friends are nowhere in sight.
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 09:42 AM
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47. Not being able to edit the history text books that kids will be reading
for generations.

A close second fear would be appearing on a special "I didn't really win the election" presidential episode of Jeopardy. :rofl:
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 09:43 AM
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48. That he will be remembered as a
lying, cheating, decieving, Leaker and Thief......
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 09:50 AM
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50. I'll pose a riddle to you in Talmudic fashion...
what rhymes with a well-known breakfast place with maple, strawberry, and boysenberry?
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marions ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 11:20 AM
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67. yes
there are fearful labyrinthine dungeons in Dubaiya where ghosts of dead Iraquis and Katrina victims lurk, where skeletons of the 'disappeared' lie buried in quicksand, where the Big Dark Secrets are kept. These sites are Verboten, guarded better than a nuclear arsenal, not on any map.

Going down there is our Fearful Leader's greatest fear.
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Donkeykick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 09:58 AM
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52. Probably...
that Cheney or Rove would disappear tomorrow.:eyes:
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bmxeroftruth Donating Member (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 10:19 AM
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53. probably something from his early years
something like he had a one night thing at a gay bar in Texas or something like that

heehee:wtf:
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 10:20 AM
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54. The Hague n/t
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Greyhound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 01:00 PM
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75. The Hague get my vote.
Imagine, he'd actually have to live in TX for the rest of his life to avoid arrest and imprisonment.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 05:28 PM
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84. Yep
Couldn't happen to a nicer person.
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notadmblnd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 10:37 AM
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55. being left alone in a crowd of people.....
without his security detail.
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 10:45 AM
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56. That he'll run out of Xanax
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 01:18 PM
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79. ...and no one will bring him Xanax while at the Hague.
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coda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 10:45 AM
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57. That the tax cuts won't be made permanent.
Ooops, not "fear", but "biggest regret". :)


"Yeah," he shot back, "that the tax cuts aren't permanent."
- President Bush, January 13, 2005, when asked about the biggest regret of his first term

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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 10:50 AM
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58. that something would change and daddy's money would no longer insulate
him from the consequences of his own corrupt, incompetent, pathetic, miserable life.
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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 10:52 AM
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59. Confronting a real threat to US security
He hasn't done that yet.
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leesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 10:56 AM
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60. Having to admit his failures in front of anyone, but particlularily Babs
and Poppy. Having to say "I am a criminal".
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dooner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 11:04 AM
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62. horsies... n.t.
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young_at_heart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 11:05 AM
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63. Fear?..........He must hide it very well
When has he ever shown any sign of fear? That word is simply not in his vocabulary. When a reporter asked him about his legacy, he answered that it didn't matter because he'd be dead....I wonder what psychologists have to say about a statement like that.
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rasputin1952 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 01:30 PM
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81. He is a sociopath, and as such, he has no conscience...
He shows fear, but he hides it well. Rather than tremble, he lashes out at perceived enemies; that is a classic defense mechanism of sociopaths, it is always the fault of someone/something else.

His below average IQ and his lack of curiosity don't help, but it has been shown that the lack of intelligence and curiosity are hallmarks of sociopathic behavior. He falls into a category that few of us would want to inhabit, as most sociopaths are criminals, psychopathic liars and just downright cruel.

Remember when he chuckled at putting Karla Faye Tucker to death? If there was ever anyone who should have had their sentence commuted, it was probably Tucker. Yet bush chuckled at the thought of death, someone else's death. I am willing to bet that bush would be kicking and screaming, begging for mercy, if he were going to put to death. He's a coward, always has been, always will be.

bush is evil, if for no other reason, than the complete lack of what most would say, is a soul.



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quaoar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 11:09 AM
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64. His greatest fear is his father
He's consumed by the desire to outdo his father. He thought he had beaten the old man by winning re-election, but history will treat Bush 41 much better than Bush 43, who will be lumped with the likes of James Buchanan and Warren Harding.
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sellitman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 11:16 AM
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65. Having to debate Mike Malloy live with no mics, no help.
I'd pay big sums to watch or listen to it!

Imagine!
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barbtries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 11:18 AM
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66. i'm with you
the thought of ever having to actually work and be accountable, himself. he ain't up to it
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rateyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 11:34 AM
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68. Success....
is his biggest fear. He's afraid of doing the "hard work" he so often talks about to really succeed. He'd have to make very hard choices, like pulling out of the Iraq war, etc. to succeed and admit his mistakes. He's really doing the easy thing to do right now. He's afraid of success and the price that has to be paid for it.
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mnhtnbb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 11:40 AM
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69. Bushie boy is most afraid of the truth that he's an incompetent,
lying, piece of scum not deserving of ANYONE's love.
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malmapus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 11:47 AM
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71. Facts
He can't get around them
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 11:51 AM
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72. that his mommy likes Jeb better?
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atomic-fly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 11:52 AM
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73. Take away his medication and he'll freak out!
I'm convinced he's drugged to the hilt.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 12:57 PM
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74. Being outdone by Poppy.
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checks-n-balances Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 01:09 PM
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77. #1-LOSS of CONTROL, leading to...(drum roll)...POWERLESSNESS!!
Edited on Sat Apr-15-06 01:16 PM by checks-n-balances
What else is he engaged in - other than, ultimately, TOTALITARIAN POWER:

1. Over his own freedom (i.e., to bend the law for his own gain)
2. Over the freedom of others (taking it away when it gets in his way)
3. Over public opinion of himself & his legacy (i.e., the media & academia)
4. Over anyone who is a critical thinker and questions him (including other countries & their leaders)
5. Over his own position in his own family dynasty
6. Over any living human being who is not at least a millionaire
7. Over his cronies (why else do you think LOYALTY to him is #1?)

That's only a short list, but that last one illustrates the parallels between him and U.S. history's kingpins involved in organized crime. He hasn't acted totally alone. No way could he have done this by himself, and I think we miss the mark when he, alone, is the focus of our opposition.

He & his maladministration (and the extreme RW of the GOP who follow him) are the ULTIMATE CONTROL FREAKS - and they're engaged in their own international version of ORGANIZED CRIME!!!

Edited for grammar




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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 01:17 PM
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78. GOP losing house & senate -- impeachment proceedings, the fact his
butt would be kicked out of the White House, now there's a claim to fame?!!
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Boxerfan Donating Member (710 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 01:23 PM
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80. Stripped of wealth & power,identity obscured & dumped on the streets
Tof fend for himself...The whole bunch of asshats deserve this & nothing less!.

Oh, that & PIMP THE BUSH TWINS!!:evilgrin:
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Cyrano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 03:45 PM
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82. As the OP on this thread, I found your replies insightful, informative,
Edited on Sat Apr-15-06 03:55 PM by Cyrano
and absolutely incredible.

Some of you may be psychiatrists, psychoanalysts, or tremendously brilliant people. But I think we can all agree we have one sick man in a position of absolute power. And that's terrifying.

I guess it's really going to be up to those who come after us to figure out what drove this life form named George W. Bush. All we can do is hope that he doesn't go totally bugshit and launch nuclear weapons. Were he to do so, there would be no one who comes after us to render judgment.

One final thought. Any fundie who loves their children should hang their heads in shame for voting for and backing this mistake who doesn't seem to have a conscience. (And even though I'm an agnostic, he doesn't seem to have a soul.)
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brazil Donating Member (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 05:09 PM
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83. Greatest Fear? Karma.
Edited on Sat Apr-15-06 05:09 PM by brazil
He must know how many lives he's destroyed through his hubris/stupidity/arrogance/evil, and what sort of payback he'd get from the citizens of Earth if he didn't have armed guards surrounding him every second.

He's going to have to spend the rest of his life that way.
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electron_blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 05:33 PM
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85. Having everyone think he's a little boy, powerless & being made fun of
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debbierlus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 05:48 PM
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86. Bush's greatest fear? That he will lose control & be exposed
Edited on Sat Apr-15-06 05:51 PM by debbierlus
He is a classic narcissist.

EVERYTHING, and I mean EVERYTHING, is about maintaining his ultra-fragile sense of self.

Why do you think he retains Rumsfeld and all the other failures while he dismisses EVERY SINGLE ONE who speaks out against his bad policy ideas and suggests changing course?

People say he is loyal, but he is NOT loyal at all. He stands by these people because to admit that they are failures is to admit that he is a failure. And, he can't do that. His sense of self is so vulnerable, so fragile, that ANY challenge to his beliefs will completely shatter him. It would destroy him.

He has an incredibly low self esteem. He is completely incapable of empathy. Everything he does is to protect his own distorted identity.

He develops policy based on what he wants to believe, and then surrounds himself with yes men/women who will not question him.

It has been leaked that people in the White House are fearful of approaching him when they have to tell him bad news. I bet. I am sure he is mean, defensive, and brutally insults and attacks the messenger who dares bring reality in his insular little bubble.

He is beyond paranoid. The spying program has not a wit to do with national security. It is to keep Bush informed of his 'enemies', and protect himself from them. Enemies qualify as anyone and everyone who disagrees with anything he believes, does, or says.

We have a stunted, injured, afraid little boy as President. I ALMOST feel sorry for him. He is a damaged person. He needs serious help.
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madeline_con Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 09:42 PM
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90. Being treated like an Abu Ghraib inmate. n/t
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carolinalady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 09:43 PM
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91. November 7, 2006 n/t
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tinfoilinfor2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 09:57 PM
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92. Books without pictures. n/t
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cliss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 11:07 PM
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94. There was a photo of Bush, from about
3 years ago. Bush made a trip to Ireland, and he was going to stay in a castle overnight. (anybody remember that?)

Security was supposed to be air-tight, but for some reason a British tabloid photographer sneaked onto the grounds. He stood outside Bush's bedroom window. Bush stood by the window in his underwear. The photos were publicized, and everybody thought it was hilarious.

But what was telling, was the look on Bush's face. His face was frozen with fear. You could tell what he was thinking. Here he was, thousands of miles from home. Out of his cocoon, hit little bubble that protects him from the world.

This man lives and breathes fear. It pulsates in his stomach as adrenaline, and shoots through his veins as pure terror. The thought of how the vast majority of the world feels about him.

- - - - - -

I've often wondered what Bush thinks about, as he drifts off to sleep at night. Every night, a few dozen astral bodies of dead Iraqis drift very close to him. Just a light mist, and ethereal eyes that survey him. Only for a moment, before they make their last departure from earth........

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Berserker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 11:08 PM
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95. HISTORY
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nicknameless Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 11:37 PM
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97. Stripped of all his wealth and connections, and sentenced in Iraq.
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Zorra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 11:38 PM
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98. Probably his mother. She scares the bejeezus outta me, too. n/t
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Dem2theMax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 11:42 PM
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99. The truth. nt.
nt.
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Buddyblazon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 12:17 AM
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101. What's the Shrub's greatest fear?
A book report?

History class?

Unscreened audiences?

Credit counseling classes?

Educated masses?

etc, etc....
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2Design Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 12:50 AM
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102. everyone knowing what a loser he really is
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cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 12:52 AM
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103. that maybe it wasn't really gawd he was talking to n/t
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marions ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 04:28 AM
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104. right
there's a voice that keeps coming into Dubya's head. It whispers "I am Sa-Tan" at inopportune times. Even when his radio transmitter is turned off. :evilgrin:
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