I found this missive today.Thought you might enjoy.Prominent DC Shrink Diagnoses Bush to be a Paranoid, Sadistic Megalomaniac By Staff and Wire Reports http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_4687.shtml Jun 14, 2004 A new book by a prominent Washington psychoanalyst says President George W. Bush is a "paranoid megalomaniac" as well as a sadist and "untreated alcoholic." The doctor's analysis appears to confirm earlier reports the President may be emotionally unstable. Dr. Justin Frank, writing in Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President, also says the President has a ""lifelong streak of sadism, ranging from childhood pranks (using firecrackers to explode frogs) to insulting journalists, gloating over state executions ... [and] pumping his fist gleefully before the bombing of Baghdad." Even worse, Dr. Frank concludes, the President's years of heavy drinking "may have affected his brain function - and his decision to quit drinking without the help of a 12-step program [puts] him at far higher risk of relapse." Dr. Frank's revelations comes on the heels of last week's Capitol Hill Blue exclusive that revealed increasing concern by White House aides over Bush's emotional stability. Aides, who spoke only on condition that their names be withheld, told stories of wide mood swings by the President who would go from quoting the Bible one minute to obscenity-filled outbursts the next. Bush shows an inability to grieve - dating back to age 7, when his sister died. "The family's reaction - no funeral and no mourning - set in motion his life-long pattern of turning away from pain [and hiding] behind antic behavior," says Frank, who says Bush may suffer from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Other findings by Dr. Frank: >His mother, Barbara Bush - tabbed by some family friends as "the one who instills fear" - had trouble connecting emotionally with her son, Frank argues. >George H.W. Bush's "emotional and physical absence during his son's youth triggered feelings of both adoration and revenge in George W." >The President suffers from "character pathology," including "grandiosity" and "megalomania" -- viewing himself, America and God as interchangeable. Dr. Frank has been a psychiatrist for 35 years and is director of psychiatry at George Washington University. A Democrat, he once headed the Washington Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility. In an interview with The Washington Post's Richard Leiby, Dr. Frank said he began to be concerned about Bush's behavior in 2002. "I was really very unsettled by him and I started watching everything he did and reading what he wrote, and watching him on videotape. I felt he was disturbed," Dr. Frank told Leiby. Bush, he said, "Fits the profile of a former drinker whose alcoholism has been arrested but not treated." Dr. Frank's expert recommendation? "Our sole treatment option -- for his benefit and for ours -- is to remove President Bush from office . . . before it is too late." White House spokesman Scott McClellan refused to comment on the specifics of Dr. Frank's book or the earlier story by Capitol Hill Blue. "I don't do book reviews," McClellan said, even though he last week recommended the latest book by the Washington Post's Bob Woodward to reporters at the daily press briefing. © Copyright 2004 by Capitol Hill Blue 6/14/2004 - OrNORML Newshawkback to all newsCopyright © 2004, Oregon NORML ---
Thank you very much for sharing that article with us. It was very informative and I am very glad I read it. This is pretty much what I've been thinking since the beginning.
I don't see it mentioned anywhere how this guy got the info on Bush. Has he ever actually spoken to the man or given him psychoanalysis? From what I can tell all of his sources come from hearsay, videotapes and white house aides who might be pissed off because their benefits got cut. Plus it openly states he is a Democrat (so we know we're not getting impartial analysis to begin with), and it suprised me when he just up and says the only solution is to remove him from office. How? Is there a clause in the Constitution that gives Congress to right to oust emotionally unstable presidents? If so we would have seen a lot more presidents removed because Bush is not the worst case by far. Another thing to consider is that psychologists are way too critical of everything. By their standards, at least half of Americans have some type of psychological illness, whether they know it or not. I probably have a few myself, but nobody's telling me to quit my job or get help. Bush's father wasn't around and his mother was a bitch, so what? Are you saying that just because a guy blew up a few frogs when he was 7, that he can't be president when he's over 50?
I can post a lot more of pretty much the same thing from different shrinks.No,none of them have sat down and interviewed bush.Are they right?Are they wrong?My own opinion is I tend to believe it.Add to that the recent reports on the news channels about this,lends even more credibility.I don't believe because someone is a democrat that bush bashing is automatic.Those people are trained observers of human nature.They are not always right,and not always wrong.But there is a number of them that agree on the diagnosis.I personally believe that bush is one of the biggest assholes,if not the biggest asshole we've had for president in my lifetime.The war in iraq was a personal thing for him.Plain and simple.Patriot act?Geez.That gives the govt carte blanch to do anything they please to whomever,for whatever reason they dream up."If your not for us,your against us"??"Bring em on"?God this,god that,its like a tragic comedy of errors.We are all entitled to our opinions,and express such.
Your opinion is your own, but I think shrinks and psycologists tend to overthink and critically analyze too much in general, no matter who the subject is. The Patriot Act only applies to a small portion of the population and most of them are actually doing bad stuff, but I'm don't want to turn this into that kind of political thread. I don't agree with Bush on many issues, but I don't think he's emotionally unstable either.
i dont' agree with bush on a lot of issues, but until a person sits down with bush and can be unbiased in the finding, i can't fully believe that these findings are true. seriously, you can't properly diagnos someone from watching what he does on speeches and what not. i mean, if some shrink was just watching me from a distance, they would come out wiht a finding that i am happy and emotionally stabe and whatever else they can come up with, but in reality, i'm not the way it seems to the outside world. i'm very depressed, but you wouldn't know that from just looking at me.
I'm 52.Just like it sez on the left ;}> lbj at least knew he was an asshole and very wrong on vietnam.McNamara on the other hand is still a major dickhead.Kinda like rumsfeld.
Read a biography on LBJ and you will understand what I mean. I suggest master of the senate, won the pulitzer prize. LBJ was an individual of the worst kind. Also, many emotionally unstable people have done great things for this country. Take President and General Eisenhower for example.
If I ever have enough free time I might just do that.There ain't a one of em that was a square deal.But,that is the past.I am more concerned for the safety of our troops,and the misdirection our country is going in right now under the bush regime.I don't want my son getting drafted into a bullshit war,or anyone else's son or daughter for that matter.My own experience from 2 tours in rvn tells me more then I know how to explain to anybody.I wish I could convey this to all.Just as a sidenote,my own feelings on bush.I believe the closer we get to election time,the whackier he is gonna get,and it will show.I really believe this will happen.I think he's headin' for the BIG fall.Peace
Talk of a draft is just sensationalist nonsense, no offense. If Bush ever proposed a draft (and I doubt Congress would pass it), his approval would plummet and the republicans would lose any respect the public has for them, as well as any chance of winning an election for some time.
None taken.Actually it's the democrats that have proposed such a draft reactivation.The fresh troops required,if things worldwide keep going as they are now,would be more likely then you think.I hope I'm wrong about that.The reserves and natural guard can only go so far,as is the case with the regular troops.Too thin for too long is a disaster in of itself.Moral is also a very big factor that needs serious consideration.All this,plus world condemnation of the iraq invasion will as I said before,take bush to the edge.
I just love how people really think through their posts and how they really try to contribute to the discussion. That article was stupid. I love the part going off on him blowing things up with firecrackers. What normal kid didn't at least want to do that or think it was cool. Every normal boy liked fire and to blow things up, so Bush's behavior there is perfectly normal. The part about him not following the 12 step program to stop drinking. Thats the dumbest thing I've heard. So what if he didn't follow the doctors 12 step program. He's just mad because he didn't get money from him. It is quite alright to stop doing any kind of drug without some stupid program.
I won't say that explosives aren't cool for most young boys, I used to mess with model rockets. Blowing up frogs is kinda sick though, not sure how "perfectly normal" it is, don't think it should be. I dunno, maybe that's because I'm kind of an animal guy, I know I was as a kid.
