I agree with what your wrote, and thanks for posting it. I don’t see how your thoughts conflict with mine except/I> for the buried empathetic feelings. I just don’t see any empathy in the man. None for his wife, whom he endearinglly calls “Lump”, or his kids, who he couldn’t find the time to give the “don’t abuse booze” parent speech. That to me is his defining characteristic. There was just a report out about Bush complaining that the people of Iraq haven’t thanked him for what he did. That is page one of the cold-blooded bastard playbook: demand sympathy for the aftereffects of harm you’ve done to others.

I haven’t read “Bush on the Couch” though, so I probably should.

At first I thought Bush was talking about the terrorists when he was talking about “the enemy”. After a couple more readings it kind of stuck out and didn’t make sense. But when I considered that perhaps he was talking about not explaining himself to the average American that sentence began to make more sense.

“Enemy” is just his nickname for the average American who deserves a little explanation.

n’t, n’t, n’t.

no wonder people leave their hats on around him.

It was on this very topic. And we zeroed in on the same remarks.

Remember that quote Bush barfed up for Woodward?
“I’m the commander. See, I don’t need to explain why I say things. That’s the interesting thing about being the president. Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they say something, but I don’t feel like I owe anybody an explanation.”

When I first read that, it conjured up a potent image of Bush’s boyhood life. Boyhood? Did Bush have a boyhood? Perhaps ‘pugglehood’ is the word I’m looking for. A puggle, in case you are wondering, is the technical term for a young echidna. Anyway, when I read that quote, the image sprang to mind of Bush’s parents, time after time, after each of his misdemeanours and fuck-ups, shaking their heads wearily and asking “George, why the fuck did you do that?” Now he doesn’t have to explain any more.

I blame the parents.

Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

Make it a livejournal survey and November ’06 will be a landslide.

Thank you. Guys like Waxman have been fighting the good fight for decades. They will come through for us if we give them the power they need.

I’d bet dollars to donuts Bush doesn’t have the balls to take that kind of attitude with someone who could take a swing at him.

“Asshole. I cannot wait until the Democrats investigate your corrupt monstrosity of an administration and disgrace you before the entire world.”

Ummm…I do not think that word Democrat means what you think it means.

“You told us there were no secret prisons before; now you’re openly talking about them. Now you tell us there’s no torture. Why should we believe you when we learn you’ve lied to us?”