Dr. Justin Franks, author of Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President, has had two more years to analyze (admittedly from afar) the mental state of George W. Bush. And it is more than a little bit scary. If you like scary stories, read on. . .
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What follows is a collaborative Frank-VIPS effort, with the psychological insights volunteered by Dr. Frank, who shares the imperative we feel to draw on all disciplines to assess what courses of action President George W. Bush is likely to decide upon in reacting to reverse after reverse in the coming months.
Parental discretion advised. The outlook is not only somber but potentially violent -- and includes all manner of threats born of George W. Bush's mental state (as well as the unusual relationship he has with his vice president). Things are going to hell in a hand basket for this administration, and Bush/Cheney have shown a willingness to act in extra-Constitutional ways, as they see fit. While Bush and his advisers make a fetish of it, he is nonetheless commander in chief of the armed forces and the question becomes how he might feel justified in using them and is there still any restraining force -- any checks on the increasing power of the executive in our three-branch government.
We have a president whose psychological makeup inclines him to do as he pleases. Because Congress has been cowed, and the judiciary stacked with loyalists, he has gotten away with it -- so far. But the polls show growing discontent among the people, especially over the war in Iraq. Congress, too, is starting to challenge the executive, as it should -- but slowly, slower than it should. The way things are moving, there is infinite opportunity to diddle and dodge -- in effect conducting business pretty much as usual over the next 18 months.
Read more, if you dare, at: HuffingtonPost.com
"....Things are going to hell in a hand basket for this administration, and Bush/Cheney have shown a willingness to act in extra-Constitutional ways, as they see fit......" Wow!! Am I the only one who knows how to fix this???...well here is a big clue: DON'T GIVE AND/OR TAKE AWAY THE MONEY!!! Dr. Frank answers my question with "We have a president whose psychological makeup inclines him to do as he pleases. Because Congress has been cowed, and the judiciary stacked with loyalists, he has gotten away with it -- so far." This is supposed to a psychological insight???PUHLEEZ
ReplyDeleteNo doubt, Congress needs to grow a set. But there's more to Dr. Frank's insight than what I posted. Some pretty deep stuff in his book, and more at the link I posted.
ReplyDeleteIt is all about The Unitary Executive Theory. Take some time & look this up... it explains a lot of this crap.
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