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Bush's Erratic Behavior Worries White House Aides (Doug Thompson and unsourced quotes)
Capitol Hill Blue ^ | Jun 4, 2004, 06:15 | DOUG THOMPSON

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.


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To: dead


221 posted on 06/04/2004 3:55:12 PM PDT by Helms (Al Gore Has No Core + A Lost Soul In a Political Fishbowl)
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To: dead
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.”

LOL! This is too funny.

222 posted on 06/04/2004 4:14:17 PM PDT by Jorge
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To: dead

Anyone, in public or private service, that disagrees with the policies of a superior, needs to resign their position. The exception is military service.

If such an employee exists in the White House, speaking off the record is dishonorable. The country would be better served by a White House staff marching to the same tune.


223 posted on 06/04/2004 4:28:18 PM PDT by backtothestreets
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To: dead
They’re lapping it up over at DUH.
224 posted on 06/04/2004 5:24:16 PM PDT by Flashman_at_the_charge (A proud member of the self-preservation society.)
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To: dead
I don't believe a single word of this nonsense. This belongs in here:


225 posted on 06/04/2004 5:24:30 PM PDT by ride the whirlwind
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To: dead

This is typical of the looney left.


226 posted on 06/04/2004 6:05:22 PM PDT by mrobison (We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams.)
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To: dead

Rudy Giuliani for President!


227 posted on 06/04/2004 6:13:45 PM PDT by mrobison (We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams.)
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To: cyncooper

"...how that was a rumor put to the winds that had little merit."

Where/what is the status of that story now? No where, no there, there - just like the 'fact'hat Bush is craking up. They both show you don't need fact/truth for a story to become widespread, just the reporting from unnamed sources that something is out there. The 24/7 nature of 'news' only needs a spark to start the conflagation.


228 posted on 06/04/2004 6:33:45 PM PDT by familyofman (I am the Walrus)
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To: dead

As this sort of hit and run style goes mainstream the tendency toward vulgarity likewise will probably increase, it seems as though they've found license.


230 posted on 06/04/2004 6:47:28 PM PDT by Old Professer
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To: dead; Doug Thompson

Are you talking about Doug? Has he been banned? If not, I thought it might be entertaining to ping him here to defend his story.


231 posted on 06/04/2004 6:52:42 PM PDT by savedbygrace
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To: QuokkaPerth
I thought Capital Hill Blue was Paleo-Con

Who can tell the difference anymore?

232 posted on 06/04/2004 7:11:19 PM PDT by Petronski (Some leftists find Bush's very existence to be a "constant oppressive force in their daily psyche.")
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To: savedbygrace
Are you talking about Doug?

Yes sir.

Has he been banned?

Definitely not.

If not, I thought it might be entertaining to ping him here to defend his story.

He won't show up. Free Republic exposed him as a "reporter" who invents sources out of thin air. It's been proven and he's admitted it.

He doesn't come here anymore. He's found a much more gullible audience over at DU. They're very dumb. Like Doug.

233 posted on 06/04/2004 7:46:39 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Shermy; William McKinley; Cindy

fyi... more games people play


234 posted on 06/04/2004 7:51:32 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: piasa

"Doug Thompson" and "unsourced quotes?"

Well then, let's just MoveOn....


235 posted on 06/04/2004 7:53:20 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy
Sounds like he writes for misleader.com or is trying to get on part time at the Soros foundation.

JULY 10, 2003 : 11:51 AM : (CHB'S DOUG THOMPSON ANNOUNCES HE WILL USE NO MORE UNNAMED SOURCES; CLAIMS HE TURNED THE MATTER OVER TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT DELETES 6 OF THOSE ARTICLES FROM CHB SITE) - "A message from Capitol Hill Blue. . .No more "unnamed sources," DOUG THOMPSON, Jul 10, 2003, 11:51


Recently, this web site discovered it has been played as a sucker by a source that was used in seven stories that ran in Capitol Hill Blue from September 2002 until July of 2003. The person in question was quoted as an unnamed source in six of the seven articles and by name (Terrance J. Wilkinson) in the seventh. We later learned the name was bogus even though I had known (or thought I knew) the person by that name for more than 20 years. We have turned all our information on this source over to the appropriate law enforcement agencies and, at their instruction, will not discuss the matter publicly until they have concluded their investigations. When those investigations are complete, we will publish a full accounting with every piece of detail that we can produce or uncover about the individual involved. We owe that to our readers.

(* My note : I hear Doug has oceanfront property to sell in North Dakota.)
236 posted on 06/04/2004 7:57:41 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: dead

This is pure bull sh*t.


237 posted on 06/04/2004 8:00:48 PM PDT by gedeon3
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To: dead

If this isn't a pile of dog doo doo I don't know what is. I heard just the opposite from an insider on the radio just yesterday. This SUCKS, and I don't believe one word of it. Yet another vicious bunch of lies.


238 posted on 06/04/2004 8:01:51 PM PDT by ladyinred (The leftist media is the enemy within. John Kerry even flips&flops with his finger!)
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To: gedeon3

Leftists are the masters at propaganda.

This doesn't even measure up to their usual "ve vill hav power vat any cost or lie".


239 posted on 06/04/2004 8:03:11 PM PDT by rbmillerjr
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To: dead
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240 posted on 06/04/2004 8:03:45 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
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