No conscience. No Shame. Fear of Humiliation. An assessment of George Bush.

[Atman]

From "Dangers of a Cornered Bush" in the Consortium News. It's a very good read. The subject of impeachment is particularly compelling, offering a slightly different (but no less urgent) perspective on why it MUST be undertaken; not to redress the crimes of Bush's past, but to stop Bush from dragging the country into Iran. The case is made that only if the president is under the threat of removal from office will our military commanders consider disobeying his orders to attack. They'd likely say "no," the writer posits, in such a circumstance out of constitutional respect for the voice of the people. Read the whole thing. But if you don't here's another very telling excerpt into the mind of madman...

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The Assessment of Dr. Frank:

If a patient came into my consulting room missing an arm, the first question I would ask is, “What happened to your arm?” The same would be true for a patient who has no guilt, no conscience. I would want to know what happened to it.

No Conscience

George W. Bush is without conscience, and it would require a lengthy series of clinical sessions to find out what happened to it. By identifying himself as all good and on the side of right, he has been able to vanquish any guilt, any sense of doing wrong.

In Bush on the Couch I gave examples illustrating that remarkable lack of conscience. From his youthful days blowing up frogs with firecrackers to his unapologetic public endorsement of torture, there has been no change.

Observers are gradually becoming aware of this fundamental deficit. For example, after watching the president’s press conference on July 12, Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan wrote, “He doesn't seem to be suffering, which is jarring. Presidents in great enterprises that are going badly suffer: Lincoln, LBJ with his head in his hands. Why doesn't Mr. Bush?”

No Shame

George W. Bush seems also to be without shame. He expresses no regret or embarrassment about his failure to help Katrina victims, or to tell the truth. He says whatever he thinks people want to hear, whether it be “stay the course” or “I’ve never been about ‘stay the course.’” He does whatever he wants.

He lies—not just to us, but to himself as well. What makes lying so easy for Bush is his contempt—for language, for law, and for anybody who dares question him.

That he could say so baldly that he’d never been about “stay the course” is bone chilling. So his words mean nothing. That is very important for people to understand.

Fear of Humiliation

Despite having no shame, Bush has a profound fear of failure and humiliation. He defends himself from this by any means at his disposal—most frequently with indifference or contempt.

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http://www.consortiumnews.com/2007/072707a.html

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[Annces]

1. A conscience could really create drag

Not a good thing for someone who wants no obstacles.

[Iverson]

2. Agreed. The man is a criminal disaster.

But what's all this about impeachment? Don't you know that it's off the table? Get with the program.

[salinen]

3. The perfect attributes

of a manical killer.

[rustydad]

4. Spawn of the wealthy

Once long ago we lived on an old farm. One of my best friends was dating a lady who was a nanny to a kid from an extremely well off couple. The kind of rich people that have nannies because they don't want to be bothered with raising kids. The kid came with my friend to visit us several times. My kids wouldn't have anything to do with this kid of about 10. So he played outside in the yard by himself. We had a free range goose that was a pet and quite old, we named her *Bela le Goose*. We heard her making lots of noise and found this kid chasing her all around the yard. She damned near died of exhaustion. Later the kid was catching butterflys and pulling off their wings. He was one sick kid and when we scolded him he started screaming that his parents would fire the nanny. She eventually quit. I see bush as this kid grown up. How screwed we are. Bob

[Swamp Rat]

5. There is only one possibility...

[autorank]

6. K*R Vastly superior to the autorank post on the same subject...

...straight from the central office.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

7. According to Bush's former economics Prof. at Harvard, he's a pathological liar

without a conscience. His Professor is not politically active but felt compelled to tell America what he recalls about Bush as a student.

http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2004/09/16/tsurumi/index.html

"He showed pathological lying habits and was in denial when challenged on his prejudices and biases. He would even deny saying something he just said 30 seconds ago. He was famous for that. Students jumped on him; I challenged him." When asked to explain a particular comment, said Tsurumi, Bush would respond, "Oh, I never said that."

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"Bush," he recalled, "made this ridiculous statement and when I asked him to explain, he said, 'The government doesn't have to help poor people -- because they are lazy.' I said, 'Well, could you explain that assumption?' Not only could he not explain it, he started backtracking on it, saying, 'No, I didn't say that.'"

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Bush once sneered at Tsurumi for showing the film "The Grapes of Wrath," based on John Steinbeck's novel of the Depression. "We were in a discussion of the New Deal, and he called Franklin Roosevelt's policies 'socialism.' He denounced labor unions, the Securities and Exchange Commission, Medicare, Social Security, you name it. He denounced the civil rights movement as socialism. To him, socialism and communism were the same thing. And when challenged to explain his prejudice, he could not defend his argument, either ideologically, polemically or academically." Students who challenged and embarrassed Bush in class would then become the subject of a whispering campaign by him, Tsurumi said. "In class, he couldn't challenge them. But after class, he sometimes came up to me in the hallway and started bad-mouthing those students who had challenged him. He would complain that someone was drinking too much. It was innuendo and lies. So that's how I knew, behind his smile and his smirk, that he was a very insecure, cunning and vengeful guy."

[BeHereNow]

8. And remember, the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree...

In case anyone hasn't noticed, the whole family is pathological.
BHN