Maybe the "first President of the U.S. who has brainwashed himself."

[kentuck]

Rex Reed gives a thumbs-up to the new Michael Moore film and a thumbs-down to the old crap of George w Bush...
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http://www.observer.com/pages/onthetown.asp

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The Cannes cognoscenti and the limousine liberals have already declared Fahrenheit 9/11 the blockbuster documentary of the year. Who knows how it will play in Punkin Crick? I think it should be required viewing for every American, but as usual, I fear the people who could learn the most from the issues it raises will avoid it like a fund-raiser for free abortions. Mr. Moore’s opponents will label it ideologically fueled partisan agitprop, which it is, but any visionary who tries to cultivate change is destined to harvest adversaries. With his usual fury channeled and under control, Mr. Moore sets out to prick, probe and sound a wake-up call in an emotionally charged election year where the truth has been buried six feet under, and succeeds with humor and bite. The result is undeniably galvanizing, immensely watchable and damned good filmmaking. If it convinces one nonvoter to think, it will serve a purpose. The saddest and most infuriating thing I learned from Fahrenheit 9/11 is not the political hackwork, but the reality of what a lightweight the President is in the context of American history. George W. Bush may be the first President of the U.S. who has brainwashed himself.

[Spinzonner]

1. Well, it's not as though it would take much detergent

to brainwash him

[teryang]

2. FTW article reviews chimp mental state

http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/061704_conspiracy_union.html

There is quite a bit more in the article which focuses on why people (including prominent liberals) can't accept that the regime is criminal. The pscyhological analysis appears in the second half of the article.

Conspiracy and the State of the Union

by
Jamey Hecht, PhD

<When somebody does something really terrible, he tries to attribute it to somebody else. Sometimes this gets out of hand, and he unconsciously betrays himself. This applies to intolerable feelings just as it applies to the criminal guilt that generates them. Here are some definitions (quoted from the DSM-IV) and examples of what psychologists mean by "defense mechanisms":

Projective Identification

The individual deals with emotional conflict or internal or external stressors by falsely attributing to another his or her own unacceptable feelings, impulses, or thoughts. Unlike simple projection, the individual does not fully disavow what is projected. Instead, the individual remains aware of his or her own affects or impulses but mis-attributes them as justifiable reactions to the other person. Not infrequently, the individual induces the very feelings in others that were first mistakenly believed to be there, making it difficult to clarify who did what to whom first.

If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier... just as long as I'm the dictator...
-G.W.B. in Washington, Dec.18, 2000, during first trip to DC as President-Elect

The nature of the terrorists is evidenced once again - we see their utter contempt for innocent life. They hate freedom, they hate free nations.
-G.W.B., at joint news conference with Tony Blair, Thursday, 20 November, 2003 <snip>