...(Andrew) Sullivan -- Once a Bush Backer -- Now Suggests He May Have 'Lost His Mind'

Editor & Publisher ^ | November 1, 2006 | E&P staff

[Dane]

NEW YORK In a move that no doubt sent a shiver through several candidates in his own party, President Bush, in a special interview with wire service reporters in the White House, today guaranteed a job for his Pentagon chief for two more years, adding that both Donald Rumsfeld and Vice President Cheney "are doing fantastic jobs and I strongly support them."

But it wasn't only endangered Republicans who have been calling for Rumsfeld's ouster who may have blanched. Andrew Sullivan, the conservative writer who was once a key media supporter for the Iraq war, denounced the latest Bush statement on CNN on Wednesday night, stating that the president is so delusional, "This is not an election anymore, it's an intervention."

Sullivan said the president was "so in denial," comparing the Rumsfeld endorsement to applauding the job FEMA's Michael Brown did on Katrina: "It's unhinged. It suggests this man has lost his mind. No one objectively could look at the way this war has been conducted, whether you were for it, as I was, or against it, and say that it has been done well. It's a disaster.

"For him to say it's a fantastic job suggests the president has lost it, I'm sorry, there's no other way to say it.....These people must be held accountable." He added that today, Richard Perle, a leading neocon and Iraq war backer, had today called the administration "dysfunctional."

Rep. John Boehner, the second-ranking Republican in the House, said, also on CNN: "Let’s not blame what’s happening in Iraq on Rumsfeld. But the fact is, the generals on the ground are in charge, and he works closely with them and the president."

[Dane]

Chrissy Matthews's, "Monica"(Andrew Sullivan), speaks out(probably after spitting out Chrissy's spittle).

[Perdogg]

It's all about gay marriage to him now. I wonder what gay marriage would be like under the salafists.

[Suzy Quzy]

WHAT!!!!!! Sullivan spoke WITHOUT talking about his GAYNESS???? How can that BE??? Talk about losing one's mind!!

[facedown]

Media whore alert.

[roses of sharon]

Gee Andrew, my brother returned to Iraq a few days ago, and he feels the complete opposite of you, could it be that all of you TV pundits LIVING IN MANHATTAN, are in denial?

[MaryFromMichigan]

Andrew Sullivan -- Once a Bush Backer -- Now Suggests He May Have 'Lost His Mind'

Must be hard for Sullivan to admit he's lost his mind, but it's about time.

[Miss Marple]

My personal opinion of Andrew Sullivan's change of position:

1. He couldn't take the fact that his backing of Bush seriously reduced the numbers in his dating pool.

2. Undetected viral attack on his brain.

Given what I have learned through the Foley scandal and the defection of David Brock, I am beginning to think that gay conservatives should be treated like Reagan treated the Soviets..."trust but verify."

[originalbuckeye]

Andrew Sullivan has lost it. If anyone heard Hugh Hewitt's long discussion with Sullivan last week, you know Sullivan needs to get on anti-anxiety meds quick. To pretend that he is still conservative is so intellectually dishonest, but what else can we expect from the MSM?If you were ever conservative and switched, you are a hero to these yahoos.If you were liberal and switched, you are the scum of the earth. No double standard here!!

[rintense]

His obvious anger regarding gay marriage makes his sudden opposition to Bush transparent. Anyone who was delusional to believe that Bush would support gay marriage fooled themselves. Rosie, Andrew, Elton... are you listening?

[Schnucki]

Sullivan spends way too much time pointing his telescope at Uranus. ;)

[Suzy Quzy]

LOL!! Gayness trumps EVERYTHING....even eternity!!

[sure_fine]

sullivan is gay, he has no mind to lose

[Rummyfan]

Andrew Sullivan's brain descended to his bum a long time ago. His administration-bashing has made him the go-to conservative of all the libs now.

[catpuppy]

Yesterday, Paula Zahn introduced Sullivan and Christopher Hitchens as "two conservatives". How can anyone so under-brained be considered--much less chosen--for a job in TV.

Nevermind. It's CNN ...

[AmericaUnite]

Much of the animus and BDS is from gays (think Rosey O). And President Bush isn't unkind to gays. He's just not going to give in to their irrational tantrums.

[OldFriend]

Andrew Sullivan has been talking with his private parts for years now. All sanity left and was replaced by his gayness.

Pathetic loser and the perfect tool for Matthews.

[OldFriend]

He's just making up for blasting Kerry the day before.

[Niteranger68]

He's just a David Brock wannabe.

[Fairview]

It must be tough to be employed by Editor and Publisher and thus have a front-row seat to witness the eradication of your industry. Every last one of you liberals had better be figuring out what else you're going to do for a living when you can no longer comment on an industry that doesn't exist anymore.

[M. Dodge Thomas]

Sullivan is correct, actually – in any rational Government – in fact, in any other country on the Planet with an elected government – the ministers in charge of the conduct of this war would long since have been forced to resign.

And politically it’s just nuts for the President to announce – a week before an election that’s turning on the fate of on an increasingly unpopular war - that no matter what happens, no matter how much worse this gets - no matter WHAT - that he will not consider replacing them; what he’s telling the voters is “A Vote for the Republican candidate ia a vote for two more years of exactly the same.”

IMO, what’s happing here is that the political interests of the administration are increasingly diverging form the interests of the Republican party and the conservative movement in general – the Administration’s Iraq policy is going down in flames, and the President and his advisors are willing to take the party and the movement down with then rather than admit error or punish incompetence.