Well, they always had that weird hair, but I never thought they were loony...
Posted on 06/04/2004 10:45:29 AM PDT by dead
President George W. Bush’s increasingly erratic behavior and wide mood swings has the halls of the West Wing buzzing lately as aides privately express growing concern over their leader’s state of mind.
In meetings with top aides and administration officials, the President goes from quoting the Bible in one breath to obscene tantrums against the media, Democrats and others that he classifies as “enemies of the state.”
Worried White House aides paint a portrait of a man on the edge, increasingly wary of those who disagree with him and paranoid of a public that no longer trusts his policies in Iraq or at home.
“It reminds me of the Nixon days,” says a longtime GOP political consultant with contacts in the White House. “Everybody is an enemy; everybody is out to get him. That’s the mood over there.”
In interviews with a number of White House staffers who were willing to talk off the record, a picture of an administration under siege has emerged, led by a man who declares his decisions to be “God’s will” and then tells aides to “fuck over” anyone they consider to be an opponent of the administration.
“We’re at war, there’s no doubt about it. What I don’t know anymore is just who the enemy might be,” says one troubled White House aide. “We seem to spend more time trying to destroy John Kerry than al Qaeda and our enemies list just keeps growing and growing.”
Aides say the President gets “hung up on minor details,” micromanaging to the extreme while ignoring the bigger picture. He will spend hours personally reviewing and approving every attack ad against his Democratic opponent and then kiss off a meeting on economic issues.
“This is what is killing us on Iraq,” one aide says. “We lost focus. The President got hung up on the weapons of mass destruction and an unproven link to al Qaeda. We could have found other justifiable reasons for the war but the President insisted the focus stay on those two, tenuous items.”
Aides who raise questions quickly find themselves shut out of access to the President or other top advisors. Among top officials, Bush’s inner circle is shrinking. Secretary of State Colin Powell has fallen out of favor because of his growing doubts about the administration’s war against Iraq.
The President's abrupt dismissal of CIA Directory George Tenet Wednesday night is, aides say, an example of how he works.
"Tenet wanted to quit last year but the President got his back up and wouldn't hear of it," says an aide. "That would have been the opportune time to make a change, not in the middle of an election campaign but when the director challenged the President during the meeting Wednesday, the President cut him off by saying 'that's it George. I cannot abide disloyalty. I want your resignation and I want it now."
Tenet was allowed to resign "voluntarily" and Bush informed his shocked staff of the decision Thursday morning. One aide says the President actually described the decision as "God's will."
God may also be the reason Attorney General John Ashcroft, the administration’s lightning rod because of his questionable actions that critics argue threatens freedoms granted by the Constitution, remains part of the power elite. West Wing staffers call Bush and Ashcroft “the Blues Brothers” because “they’re on a mission from God.”
“The Attorney General is tight with the President because of religion,” says one aide. “They both believe any action is justifiable in the name of God.”
But the President who says he rules at the behest of God can also tongue-lash those he perceives as disloyal, calling them “fucking assholes” in front of other staff, berating one cabinet official in front of others and labeling anyone who disagrees with him “unpatriotic” or “anti-American.”
“The mood here is that we’re under siege, there’s no doubt about it,” says one troubled aide who admits he is looking for work elsewhere. “In this administration, you don’t have to wear a turban or speak Farsi to be an enemy of the United States. All you have to do is disagree with the President.”
The White House did not respond to requests for comment on the record.
Yep, BushHaters believe anything if it suits their hatred.
Jeez, the characters in The Day After Tomorrow probably had better dialogue written for them.
The profession of journalist doesn't have the same high standards as a movie script writer.
Well, they always had that weird hair, but I never thought they were loony...
(1) The source, Capitol Hill Blue, practices gutter libel of the worst sort.
(2) Given the very weak state of our nation's libel/slander laws, the targets of people like Thompson (and similar vermin on both the Left and Right) have virtually no way to fight back.
(3) Posting gives it a wider audience and more credibility than it otherwise would obtain. Simply because something can be done (posting it), doesn't mean it should be done.
(4) It has the potential to plant the seed of doubt in even the most stalwart heart. In this case, doubt that most definitely is NOT deserved.
(5) The presidency is the most watched, filmed and photographed job in the world. Do you seriously think that if any of this were true, it would need the likes of Doug Thompson to reveal it?! Case in point: These and the hundreds of other photos publicized of our President each week speak volumes — and forever expose Doug Thompson as a raging liar who should never be given the satisfaction of seeing his "work" accorded a wider audience than the sewer in which he resides:
Is there anywhere on the net that chronicles the DNC talking points? It would be interesting to pursue them throughout Bush's term so far.
Writer apologizes for "Madman of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" column
Capitol Hill Blue ^ | February 26, 2003 | DOUG THOMPSON
Posted on 02/25/2003 9:06:24 PM PST by Doug Thompson
(WRITER'S NOTE: Last week, I published a column entitled "The Madman of Pennsylvania Avenue." It was written during a time when I was letting a memory of a family tragedy depress me and affect my judgment. The column was pulled within two hours of its posting after family and friends convinced me that it went too far. Unfortunately, given the speed of the Internet, it has already been picked up and reprinted in full on other sites. This column was over the top, even for me, and I apologize for it. It has been erased from the files of this web site and will not be republished. If it appears on any other web site, it does so without my permission and is a violation of copyright law).
We were wrong; he actually posted this drivel.
Yep, I checked.
Not surprising.
Doug's always having a bad day, to hear him tell it.
The problem is, he knows that when he writes that stuff, the second he pushes the POST button, it's all the way around the world.
He likes it that way.
Without it being posted here, you'll never find this article side-by-side with information about the author's long history of falsified sources and mental instability.
I think his history is a necessary counterpoint to his ranting.
Labelling and begging the question is a favorite tactic of the psycholiberals. We could learn this disgusting, manipulative political behavior technique and use it ourselves, but we're better than that.
You mean he writes this stuff while three sheets in the wind, and then has enough class to be ashamed of what he has done when he sobers up enough to read it with comprehension ?
One redeaming virture is better than none, I suppose.
Sanity prevails.
Gee, would this unsourced hit piece have anything to do with Al Gore being taken to task for acting insane?
This is a large smelly crock!
As if anybody in the WH who knows anything would talk to CHB.
Unnamed voices?
I found him here
http://www.federalobserver.com/archive.php?aid=5426
and he really does look like Kenny Rogers - an evil, wimpy Kenny Rogers.
Oh he's a mess.
He does resemble Kenny Rogers,
but Doug looks like a drunk.
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