I second that. Do they think we are idiots?
Sharon
Quoting Brian Siano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
I've seen this on other sites, and frankly, I think it's bullshit. There
are no sources quoted by name, so it's entirely unverifiable. And it's
got two big problems. The first is that it's "too good to be true,"
i.e., watching Bush get all Nixonian. The second is that it seems
entirely out of character for the Bush administration. Bush ain't a
foamer, and I can't see him getting as twisted as Nixon did; I can see
him bashing-on-regardless, and never comprehending how much harm he's
done to the country.
Sorry, gang, but I peg this article as a complete hoax.
KAREN ALLEN wrote:
From: "Beverly Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Karen Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Fw: [DFA-NorCal] Bush's Erratic Behavior Worries White House Aides
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 08:09:17 -0700
Bush's Erratic Behavior Worries White House Aides
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 7:26 PM
Subject: [DFA-NorCal] Bush's Erratic Behavior Worries White House Aides
Wow!
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_4636.shtml
Bush's Erratic Behavior Worries White House Aides
By DOUG THOMPSON
Publisher, Capitol Hill Blue
Jun 4, 2004, 06:15
President George W. Bush's increasingly erratic behavior and wide
mood swings has the halls of the West Wing buzzing lately as aides
privately express growing concern over their leader's state of mind.
In meetings with top aides and administration officials, the
President goes from quoting the Bible in one breath to obscene
tantrums against the media, Democrats and others that he classifies
as "enemies of the state."
Worried White House aides paint a portrait of a man on the edge,
increasingly wary of those who disagree with him and paranoid of a
public that no longer trusts his policies in Iraq or at home.
"It reminds me of the Nixon days," says a longtime GOP political
consultant with contacts in the White House. "Everybody is an
enemy; everybody is out to get him. That's the mood over there."
In interviews with a number of White House staffers who were
willing to talk off the record, a picture of an administration
under siege has emerged, led by a man who declares his decisions to
be "God's will" and then tells aides to "fuck over" anyone they
consider to be an opponent of the administration.
"We're at war, there's no doubt about it. What I don't know anymore
is just who the enemy might be," says one troubled White House
aide. "We seem to spend more time trying to destroy John Kerry than
al Qaeda and our enemies list just keeps growing and growing."
Aides say the President gets "hung up on minor details,"
micromanaging to the extreme while ignoring the bigger picture. He
will spend hours personally reviewing and approving every attack ad
against his Democratic opponent and then kiss off a meeting on
economic issues.
"This is what is killing us on Iraq," one aide says. "We lost
focus. The President got hung up on the weapons of mass destruction
and an unproven link to al Qaeda. We could have found other
justifiable reasons for the war but the President insisted the
focus stay on those two, tenuous items."
Aides who raise questions quickly find themselves shut out of
access to the President or other top advisors. Among top officials,
Bush's inner circle is shrinking. Secretary of State Colin Powell
has fallen out of favor because of his growing doubts about the
administration's war against Iraq.
The President's abrupt dismissal of CIA Directory George Tenet
Wednesday night is, aides say, an example of how he works.
"Tenet wanted to quit last year but the President got his back up
and wouldn't hear of it," says an aide. "That would have been the
opportune time to make a change, not in the middle of an election
campaign but when the director challenged the President during the
meeting Wednesday, the President cut him off by saying 'that's it
George. I cannot abide disloyalty. I want your resignation and I
want it now."
Tenet was allowed to resign "voluntarily" and Bush informed his
shocked staff of the decision Thursday morning. One aide says the
President actually described the decision as "God's will."
God may also be the reason Attorney General John Ashcroft, the
administration's lightning rod because of his questionable actions
that critics argue threatens freedoms granted by the Constitution,
remains part of the power elite. West Wing staffers call Bush and
Ashcroft "the Blues Brothers" because "they're on a mission from
God."
"The Attorney General is tight with the President because of
religion," says one aide. "They both believe any action is
justifiable in the name of God."
But the President who says he rules at the behest of God can also
tongue-lash those he perceives as disloyal, calling them "fucking
assholes" in front of other staff, berating one cabinet official in
front of others and labeling anyone who disagrees with him
"unpatriotic" or "anti-American."
"The mood here is that we're under siege, there's no doubt about
it," says one troubled aide who admits he is looking for work
elsewhere. "In this administration, you don't have to wear a turban
or speak Farsi to be an enemy of the United States. All you have to
do is disagree with the President."
The White House did not respond to requests for comment on the record.
 Copyright 2004 by Capitol Hill Blue
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