Holy Dogsh#t, where does Thompson come up with this bullcrap? Be Seeing You,
Chris
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.
"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." Pure clinton sleaze. The lying dnc operative is serving his masters (perhaps Master, since Satan is the father of lies, a murderer from the start).
Where are the pics of Dasshole and Pelosh*t?
I was just discussing the President with my just graduated from college, #2 son. He said he had some friends who were rabidly anti-Bush, but they weren't even CONSIDERING voting for Kerry!
Is this an "Onion" piece?
This article is baloney.
These folks are eating it up
http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=52408&Disp=All
Where's the "Barf Alert"? Why publish this junk from a well known anti-Bush author?
Such language -- tender ears!
c#236
"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.”
If this is true then it sounds like Pres. Bush has got it all together.
By the way, what the h*ll is this rag called Capital Hill Blue? Sounds like some crap from a crazed Bush hater's basement. Probably printed off on some old stenograph machine.
Yes I remember this well. I believe CHB had an article out yesterday asserting that someone testified in the Plame Grand Jury that Bush knew about the leak.
The man makes up garbage and passes his delusions off as real,has to apologize,and when apologizing,lies some more.This HIT PIECE is nothing more and nothing less than the ravings of liar and a lunatic.
Oh NOW I remember this! Thanks for posting the story again.
The more I think about this the madder I am getting. I noticed that some of the things he says in this piece of crap are right from the DNC talking points.
Holy Dogsh#t, where does Thompson come up with this bullcrap? Be Seeing You,
Chris
Now I understand. Thanks.
One of the first names I saw over there was a guy whose freeper name was "itsalmosttolate".
I got into an argument with him once, and pointed out that he was such a freaking idiot, he misspelled his own screenname.
He's now "itsalmosttoolate" over there, after I corrected his sorry dumbass. Funny moron.
Tooooooooooooo,scare you.
Didn't "scare" me at all...just remeinded me what an utter moronic liar Doug is.
Prayers for President Bush during these difficult times.
And I think we all need to increase our prayers!
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