[Mb-civic] Is Bush Out of Control?

[Mike Blaxill]

>From Capitol Hill Blue - a little tabloidy, but a
fun read none the less

Is Bush Out of Control?
By DOUG THOMPSON
Aug 15, 2005, 05:46

Buy beleaguered, overworked White House aides
enough drinks and they tell a sordid tale of an
administration under siege, beset by bitter staff
infighting and led by a man whose mood swings
suggest paranoia bordering on schizophrenia.

They describe a President whose public persona
masks an angry, obscenity-spouting man who
berates staff, unleashes tirades against those
who disagree with him and ends meetings in the
Oval Office with “get out of here!”

In fact, George W. Bush’s mood swings have become
so drastic that White House emails often contain
“weather reports” to warn of the President’s
demeanor. “Calm seas” means Bush is calm while
“tornado alert” is a warning that he is pissed at
the world.

Decreasing job approval ratings and increased
criticism within his own party drives the
President’s paranoia even higher. Bush, in a
meeting with senior advisors, called Senator
Majority Leader Bill Frist a “god-damned traitor”
for opposing him on stem-cell research.

“There’s real concern in the West Wing that the
President is losing it,” a high-level aide told
me recently.

A year ago, this web site discovered the White
House physician prescribed anti-depressants for
Bush. The news came after revelations that the
President’s wide mood swings led some
administration staffers to doubt his sanity.

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/printer_7218.shtml