Bush, In Denial and On a Crusade

[kerrygoddess]

Bush, In Denial and On a Crusade
November 28th, 2005

Although there have been reports over the past few days that the Pentagon is considering a plan to begin some troop withdrawals from Iraq, Salon’s War Room notes otherwise. Referencing two recent reports, one in the New Yorker and the other in the New York Daily News, Tim Grieve notes that the reports “suggest that the president is living in a state of denial about the troubles facing him and the country he is supposed to lead for three more years.” The denial, Grieve says run deep and Bush is growing paranoid…

In the New Yorker, Seymour Hersh tells the tale of a former senior administration official who visited Iraq after the 2004 presidential election and returned to inform Bush that the war wasn’t going well. “I said to the president, ‘We’re not winning the war,’” the official told Hersh. “And he asked, ‘Are we losing?’ I said, ‘Not yet.’” Bush was “displeased” with the answer, the official told Hersh. “I tried to tell him. And he couldn’t hear it.”

Hersh paints the picture of a president who believes that he was chosen by God to lead the United States after 9/11, a man whose faith blots out any concern over setbacks in Iraq. “The president is more determined than ever to stay the course,” a former defense official tells Hersh. “Bush is a believer in the adage ‘People may suffer and die, but the Church advances.’” The former official tells Hersh that Karl Rove and Dick Cheney reinforce the president’s delusions by having him appear only in front of friendly audiences and keeping him “in the gray world of religious idealism, where he wants to be anyway.” Bush, the former official says, has no idea that he’s living in a bubble.

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[acmavm]

1. I don't know about anyone else here but I don't buy this 'religious' thing

one damn bit. I think the guy is just 24-carat nuttier than a fruitcake.

[soleft]

2. how about religiously insane

the combination has appeared before with similar results

[ginnyinWI]

5. it isn't religion like we normally see it,

it's a kind of religious fanaticism--the kind people use who wish to block out reality, preferring an alternate one. If this is true, I hope there are some patriots in the WH who will neutralize any of his fanatically inspired efforts.

[Cosmocat]

6. Booze or drugs ...

You take them away from a someone like this, and religion becomes the next thing they abuse ... Not that this guy probably is not using again to an extent, but not like he would like ...

[jimshoes]

3. The man is dumber

that I thought possible. This sentence from the article says it all.

"Bush, the former official says, has no idea that he’s living in a bubble".

[yellowcanine]

4. He's not dumb, just seriously deluded and in denial. It is actually worse

than being dumb.

[Poet Lariat]

7. More from the article...thanks kerrygoddess

http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=1256

>snip<
Another “close Bush confidant” says: “The staff basically still has an unyielding belief in the wisdom of what they’re doing. They’re talking to people who could help them, but they’re not listening.”

Meanwhile, the Daily News says, the president is growing paranoid about the people around him, furious over leaks about the mood inside the White House but unsure which of his aides is spreading the stories. One “knowledgeable source” says: “He’s asking for opinions on who he can trust and who he can’t.”
>snip<

This is worse than Nixon at the helm during his paranoid days. Notice that his paranoia is about who's "leaking" info. about the "mood" in the WH instead of whether or not it's true.

This reminds me of an incident from my past where my little brother got into trouble for stealing a six pack from the local convenience store. He was furious at his friend who, when pressed by the store owner, gave up his name as the guilty party. In essence, there was nothing wrong with what he did, just that someone tattled on him.

Bush's paranoia is symptomatic of this juvenile attitude that he must "keep up the appearance that everything is OK at all costs". He is a liar and much of his time and the time of his underlings is spent these days perpetuating the many lies that are the foundation of their administration.

Can't wait for the historic look back on this period 20 years from now.

[kerrygoddess]

9. Historic look back in 20 years

Well let's hope the history books tell the truth!

[Poet Lariat]

11. You're absolutely right

There I go again assuming, with my "cup is always half full" positive outlook that we would surely get to the truth 20 years from now. My hope assumes 2 things. One, that the facts are irrefutable and that a true journalistic effort would demonstrate the lies of this administration and...Two, that we will gain back control of the MSM by then.

I still have hope and faith that the direction we are going is reversible. I think everyone here surely has to have this idea in their minds. If I didn't think it was possible, I'd hang it up and go fishing all day.
Here's to HOPE!:toast:

[tsuki]

8. Anyone watch Downfall? This is so the last throes of the war, WWII,

that is.

[DemoTex]

10. "People may suffer and die, but the Church advances."

That adage is a new one on me. Has anyone else ever heard that?

It’s hard to be encouraged when we’re told that our nation’s leader is the “paranoid in chief.”. Bu$h is truly in de river .. de Nile. Bu$h is a vivid caricature of folly and failure.