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Laura PourMeADrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 01:32 PM
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Bush's growing madness shocks even his friends
His craziness - not news - but I do wonder - how can the Idiot "fix" things so his successor can never get out of Iraq???




http://www.capitolhillblue.com/cont/node/2618
Bush's growing madness shocks even his friends

By DOUG THOMPSON

President George W. Bush's paranoid megalomania is so rampant that close friends and supporters worry about the man's sanity and fear he has lost his tenuous grip on reality.

Bush, whose arrogant stubbornness knows no bounds, is so wrapped up in his obsession with being President and "commander-in-chief" that his behavior shocks his most ardent supporters.

Writes syndicated columnist Georgie Anne Geyer:


Friends of his from Texas were shocked recently to find him nearly wild-eyed, thumping himself on the chest three times while he repeated "I am the president!" He also made it clear he was setting Iraq up so his successor could not get out of "our country's destiny."

Arnaud de Borchgrave, the rabid Bush supporter who edits the right-wing Washington Times and runs what is left of United Press International, also reports on the meeting:


The self-described "Decider" is the antithesis of self-doubt. Like an old seadog, he relishes the idea of plowing into rough seas.

When a recent visitor asked him what assurance he could give about his successor in 2009, President Bush replied, "we'll fix it so he'll be locked in." The visitor left perplexed and wondered whether that might mean the U.S. would be in a wider war in the region by then. In any event, it didn't sound like twilight time for Mr. Bush.

A Texan friend of longstanding called on him recently and confided to his Washington hosts that Mr. Bush had said three times, bringing a clenched fist to his chest, "I'm the president." Reminding visiting political opponents of this would be normal, but the close friend said he was a taken aback a bit as he had never before seen Mr. Bush in this mode.

What these close friends see is a madman on the edge, a delusional paranoid whose brain is fried by too many years of hard drinking and probably too much cocaine up his nose.

Compared to Bush, Richard M. Nixon appears sane and stone cold sober. Hell, history will probably cast legendary drunk Ulysses S. Grant as a President more in control of himself.

Not only is he wrapped up in the aura of "I'm the President," but he is now determined that anyone who follows him will have to live with his legacy of lies, deceit and despair - his failed war in Iraq, his cancer on "our country's destiny."

The fate of this nation - and indeed the fate of the world - may well depend on the deranged mind of a truly insane President of the United States.

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katty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 01:35 PM
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1. Lock him up, already and his little dog darth!
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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 01:35 PM
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2. He is deranged as are his supporters. Don't believe in collective insanity?
Edited on Tue Nov-06-07 01:36 PM by NNN0LHI
Look up Jim Jones.

Don
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 01:36 PM
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3. Not really a credible source, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was true
IBTL
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Poiuyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 01:39 PM
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8. No, but Georgie Anne Geyer is a respected journalist
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Laura PourMeADrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 07:50 AM
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25. Interesting, isn't it, that Hans Blix is wondering the same thing??
Edited on Wed Nov-07-07 07:55 AM by Laura PackYourBags
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mwb970 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 11:44 AM
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29. And Dennis Kucinich. /nt
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 01:36 PM
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4. This is a few months old. n/t
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 01:38 PM
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5. Not like we plan to do anything about it.
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 01:38 PM
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6. my question is did bush* ever have any gripe on reality,
I say he hasn't
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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 01:40 PM
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10. Reality was created for him by his parents..
it's the only reality he's ever operated under.
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BrklynLib at work Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 02:08 PM
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16. Yep. I agree. I do not think prez shit-for-brains ever had even a "tenuous" grip on reality.
His is the world of a spoiled three-year-old brat...who has tantrums and holds his breath if he does not get his way. He is a bully and torturer who simply by the luck of birth is not an imprisioned serial killer.
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 01:38 PM
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7. Capitol Hill Blue is FICTION, not "news". nm
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riverdale Donating Member (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 02:03 PM
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14. Articles like this always come from Capitol Hill Blue
If someone else picks it up, perhaps I'll pay attention.
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librechik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 02:04 PM
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15. CHB is porno for libs
and just as fact based.
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earth mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 02:08 PM
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17. That's your opinion. But you know this is the truth. People have been saying this for months-NO
Edited on Tue Nov-06-07 02:18 PM by TheGoldenRule
make that years.
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 03:00 PM
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20. Of course- that's what Thompson -DOES-. He repeats common opinion and calls it "news". nm
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Laura PourMeADrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 07:49 AM
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24. You know, just once, it would be nice if someone actually
responded to the point. You know, theorized. Say, he really has the intention of forcing
us to stay in Iraq somehow -- How would he do it? My biggest pet peeve - trashing the source and ignoring the possiblility the something could be true - and if it is, discuss it.
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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 01:39 PM
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9. He is a man far, far out of his depth...
so he compensates with booze and bravado, just like he always has. I think even the most cynical among us will be shocked when the true scope of the disaster he's brought to this country is revealed.
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movonne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 01:54 PM
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11. I really think we give to much credit to bush...I think it is Chaney running
this whole thing...bush is just a puppet and does what he is told to do...
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 01:54 PM
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12. FWIW, this is from June. I knew I'd read it before. nt
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Laura PourMeADrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 07:52 AM
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26. Yep - that he allegedly said that he would "fix" it so that his
Edited on Wed Nov-07-07 07:56 AM by Laura PackYourBags
successor would have to stay. But Blix is now wondering the same thing. Any ideas on how he could do it?
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 12:30 PM
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35. Attack Iran with air stikes.
It's pretty simple really.

Once the shooting between Iran and the U.S. begins there is no longer any reason to pull out of Iraq.

If the goal is to defeat Iran, (and once the war starts, that will really be all that matters to the public) you'd want 160,000 or so troops nearby.
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 01:57 PM
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13. I have said before: he is gonna "poison the well".
"......When a recent visitor asked him what assurance he could give about his successor in 2009, President Bush replied, "we'll fix it so he'll be locked in." The visitor left perplexed and wondered whether that might mean the U.S. would be in a wider war in the region by then....."

When are the people of the US gonna wake the hell up and say NO to this lunatic??????
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Atman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 02:08 PM
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18. k&r
nothing more to add!

.
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 02:23 PM
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19. the first and last king of America
more like a half king

or rather half wit
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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 03:09 PM
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21. George came in to destroy this country and
he will leave to live in Paraguay

Haunted and scared for the rest of his life
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 10:17 PM
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22. CHB...No thanks.
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Disturbed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 10:32 PM
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23. I believe that Busholini is convinced that he is the Savior of
Amerika. Busholini believes that he was appointed to be Pres. to conquer the ME,
bring democracy & destroy the evil-doers. Cheney just wants the Oil for Amerika.
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knitter4democracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 10:52 AM
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27. Would that old seadog be Captain Ahab, perchance?
He sounds more like Ahab all the time.
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yoyossarian Donating Member (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 11:40 AM
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28. Neocons are ALL a bunch of raving nutters!


T-shirts, mugs, buttons n' cards at http://cafepress.com/laughcity">Laugh City

http://steponnopets.com/peo">President Evil Online has risen from the grave!
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 11:45 AM
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30. Huh?
Did Bush ever have a grip on reality?
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 11:48 AM
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31. So if this is true..why haven't the
congress assholes Impeached the sonavabitch?

I know..that's a rhetorical question.
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tom_paine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 11:53 AM
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32. Certainly plausible, but is the likes of Capitol Hill Blue enough to buy this?
I think not.

Unfortunately, even IF Nutsy Caligula was cracking up, and his DubyaDubyaThree suggests that's more than possible, we couldn't get confirmation because the pants-wetters in Cable TV Infoganda would rather die a thousand deaths than report such a story, even if they had the videotape, because their careers would come to an end and their lives and their family's lives at the very least economic wellbeing, would be imperiled.

So even if it were 100% true, we could never find out.
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flashl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 12:16 PM
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33. If true, nothing will be done ...
If history is a teacher.

Well circulated RUMORS about Raygun "not being in touch with reality" surfaced EARLY in his FIRST administration.
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mdmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 12:18 PM
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34. time to say a prayer for him
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 01:11 PM
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37. prayers are not going to help this lunatic.
Edited on Wed Nov-07-07 01:11 PM by alyce douglas
he only needs professional medical/mental help.
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mdmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 01:13 PM
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38. prayers never hurt
:kick:
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 12:34 PM
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36. Here are the cited stories by Geyer and de Borchgrave.
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