Dr. Justin Frank on B*sh- Petraeus relationship:

[npincus]

Dr. Frank, author of "B*sh on The Couch"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/justin-frank/bushs-petraeus_b_63292.html

People have been writing me recently to ask my thoughts about Petraeus and his relationship to Bush. It is pretty simple, really. In David Petraeus, George W. Bush has found his new Dick Cheney -- a man who can speak for him in an articulate way -- and stand up to questions. As we recall, Bush was too afraid to appear alone in front of the 9/11 commission; he had to take Cheney with him.

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In simple psychoanalytic terms, Cheney and Petraeus are functionally interchangeable phallic enhancements, compensating for Bush's sense of smallness. His fear of appearing weak could drive him to ever more reckless positions. New adventures -- like attacking Iran -- remain viable options for a President who equates leaving Iraq with personal humiliation.

As I wrote recently in "Dangers of a Cornered George Bush" (7/27), Bush "will flinch only if directly confronted and, so far, there has been no one to confront him in a way that gets through to him. The son has great fear of being seen as not as big as his father, and works hard to avoid public exposure of his inadequacies." Hence his need for a new mouthpiece, which for him doubles as his codpiece.

What remains difficult to understand is how Bush gets highly respected generals, like Colin Powell and David Petraeus, to do his dirty work. They are the ones, not Bush, who end up suffering public humiliation. Is it some perverse idea of loyalty to the Commander-in-Chief that no matter how destructively wrong-headed he is they will willingly squander life-long reputations as respected public servants to justify his war? Or are they gallantly responding to the fact that he is only a "bush"?

[Solly Mack]

1. So...Bush has his own Snap-on tools

[Virginia Dare]

2. Hence his need for a new mouthpiece, which for him doubles as his codpiece.

:rofl:

[hwmnbn]

3. "phallic enhancements??? ....

So THAT'S the correct technical term for dickhead!

Ya learn something new everyday here at DU.

[peacetalksforall]

4. I think all the R people who have supported all the death, torture,

poverty, maiming - were led to believe that their Republicans were going to rule from now on. Something must be there in the background to give them the nerve and arrogance to do and say what they have said. They were totally disrespectful of everyone. Something was said to them - especially the Senators and Representatives in the R Congress.

Evidently, whoever told them all this has not kept up with their schedule, especially the drums (and/or plans) to bomb Iran into little pieces.

It is obvious that not everyone was in on the plan, not everyone showed arrogance, not everyone agreed with their plan.

Powell dropped out - only to an extent.
Patraeus - stayed in.

Cheney is still panting after their goals and staying the course for his boss-barons.

Yes, I believe that there was a promise that Dems would never more be a problem. That it didn't matter what they did because no one was going to be able to hold them accountable.

It had to be something like that to make these people do what did and are still trying to do, but with fewer die-hard players now.

George is a separate entity onto himself. I believe they are afraid - but more about what he will let slip.

I piece it together that he is their back-slapping fund raiser and someone that some of the people in this country are devoted to. For all the work they make him do, they give him little perks - little things like nicknaming in spite of the embarrassment - and - REVENGE for whoever he thinks has betrayed him. Revenge is his major problem that isn't physical health related.

Yes, something has driven the R's to this state we're in. I can only think it is a believe that they would never be held accountable.
And many Brits bought into it, but they always allow their

[hisownpetard]

5. Petraeus is Bush's new codpiece. No wonder, when I heard Petraeus testify,

I thought, "Something's fishy."

[bdamomma]

6. well now we know what a coward he is.

"As we recall, Bush was too afraid to appear alone in front of the 9/11 commission; he had to take Cheney with him".

Bush was too afraid, I wonder if he would be afraid us.....brings me to that saying that the Government should be afraid of the people not the other way around!!

and this comment:

Bush "will flinch only if directly confronted and, so far, there has been no one to confront him in a way that gets through to him. The son has great fear of being seen as not as big as his father, and works hard to avoid public exposure of his inadequacies."


Bush has many psychological and psychiatric problems this is all about "his inadequacies" and he wants to prove to his father that he is just as capable as his father. This man should not be in office. That is my two cents.

[npincus]

7. I'll raise you two

why his mental fitness has not been called into question in the MSM is beyond me.