“Or, maybe he just needs a good massage therapist”

Louise,

Maybe, Mary Cheney would be willing to give Bush a message.

Re: David Ellis’s comment: I just scanned the whole list and I only see one mild comment on the Daily Show itself—Spinoza’s “way overrated” comment. Saying a HIGHLY rated show is overrated is hardly a vicious attack.

Re: HeadlessHessian’s comment: Of course Zakaria hedged—he’s writing for Newsweek, which is as careful a representation of hedging “convential wisdom” as exists. Hedging is part of the game. But he and others of his ilk (see: Friedman, New York Times), as well as the Demos like Kerry and Hillary Clinton who supported the war, have always kept the “if only you did it my way” card in reserve.

Look at the subhead: “Bringing down Saddam could end Islamic terror.” This is so dumb on so many levels that it would be insulting to Zakaria and Newsweek to actually believe they believed it!

Bottom line is if you are half-way honest you don’t support a known quantity as Bush-Cheney to invade and “democratize” a nation and then act suprised when you find out they weren’t sincere in their motives! This false (or, implausibly to me, actual) ignorance of history, political science and understanding of who is backing who is simply ludicrous as practiced by supposedly educated journalists like Zakaria.

And if you really are that suprised, maybe you should re-examing your qualifications to keep doing what you’re doing! How many times have you heard a pundit say: I’m retiring because it turns out I don’t know what the hell I’m talking about?

Do they think this is a baseball game? “Oh, it’s too bad about Iraq—I TOLD the coach to pinch-hit for that idiot!”

To give Stewart his due: He is one guy who consistently points out that this is NOT a game and that accountability seems not to exist in American politics.

His comment was quite funny and true, he should take his own advice.  I read the comment posted by Christopher Scheer and the link.  I must admit that Fareed did qualify his statements quite a bit so I’m not so sure he was sooooo for it. He did say, and rightly so, that it would require quite a lot of boots on the ground and a commitment to rebuild...both sorely missing from Bu$hCo and Dumbfelds approach.
His financial guesses are so far off the mark I would hate to get any other kind of estimate from him. 
Perhaps he was ‘against the comment before he was for it’

Headless

An commentary on President Bush’s mental state has now morphed into an attack on the Daily Show w/ Jon Stewart.  Those of you bad-mouthing Jon and his show should remember, his was the only program in this country publicly questioning the administration’s war policy when every other media outlet was sucked into the ‘with us or against us’ line of thinking and blindly pumping out whatever rhetoric Rumsfeld and Cheney were providing us.  He (Jon) is so good at what he does that Fox News felt threatened enough by him to invite him on their network and attempt to publicly discredit him.  He can’t be too overrated if major ‘news’ networks feel he’s a threat.

I am not the Louise who identified herself as a therapist, I am not a therapist. But if I were and I was looking forward to “working” a patient, I think I would be a massage therapist.

About 100,000 people in the United States will be diagnosed with Schizophrenia this year. So maybe Bert hit the nail on the head when he said, “The COUNTRY needs therapy.”

Judging from all the analysis that so many have freely offered regarding the Bush “condition” my guess is if he were looking, he would be looking for a Psycho-therapist to help him with his Schizophrenia. Denial is often a symptom of Schizophrenia,
hence compulsive lying ... it becomes a defense mechanism.
But, when someone, anyone, spins lies for personal gain, that doesn’t necessarily mean their Schizoid.
Could be they just like to lie!

Irregardless, Bush is what Bush is.
Call him crazy, schizoid, paranoid, in denial ... or the right hand of God ... it changes nothing.

Quoting Sheriff Ali, “President Bush has placed “we” America in a swamp of mush and mire derived from his manufactured lies to his continued manipulation of the facts.”

Exactly.

While we all have great fun psycho-analyzing Bush and excusing his behavior by labeling him crazy, consider the alternative ...

Suppose he’s not!
Impeachment anyone?

[Or, maybe he just needs a good massage therapist]

Fareed Zakaria is a fake. Such talking heads have no intellectual integrity. The trouble is that people have no memories of what these people say simply because they say very little that makes sense. That is why they have no influence with the public. Not many people from the mainstream would even know who this fake intellectual is. He comes from a long line of talking heads like himself.

He represents a class of well packaged “talking heads “ who just want to become famous by saying whatever is expedient for the moment. If one wastes the time to read his books, one will realise what a light weight he is.

I think everyone has overlooked the fact that George Bu$h was nominated in 2000 by the GOP to be nothing more than a puppet. He qualified solely by having the Bu$h name and the money, power and connections behind it. Rove and Cheney and their masters have always been the thoughts and ideas behind this administration and Bu$h nothing more than a voice to convey them. Now that his idea men have slid further into the background as things have gone from bad to worse, Dubbya stands out like a deer in the headlights. He never was articulate or possessed anything more than low to average intelligence. His panic, insecurity and constant changing of “his” ideas shows the spoiled little rich kid that has always been pampered and secure finally have to answer for things that he was never qualified to do.
I think the country needs national therapy to determine how we could have lowered the leadership bar to the point of allowing George Bu$h to be our president.

Christopher Scheer has it exactly right. Oh, NOW, Fareed Zakaria thinks the Iraq war is irrational and Bush in need of therapy. 3-1/2 years ago this same clown was cheer-leading the war-to-come, waving away any argument that it the invasion of Iraq was unncessary, illegal, immoral, stupid, etc.
Zakaria and his blood-stained ilk should publicly apologize (preferably with some self-scourging thrown in to “keep it real") and then shut-the-fuck-up forever.

Just a reminder, folks: Fareed Zakaria is EXACTLY the kind of “rational” liberal who was all too eager to support the war BEFORE it was launched:

August 5, 2002, U.S. Edition

Invade Iraq, But Bring Friends
Bringing down Saddam could end Islamic terror.
By Fareed Zakaria

http://www.fareedzakaria.com/articles/newsweek/080502.html

Has anyone noticed how much Bush resembles Hitler in movies like “The Last 10 Days,” ordering his generals to move army groups to face the Russians, and them too afraid to tell him that those army units no longer exist? Knowing they’ll be shot for telling him a truth he does not want to, or is incapable, of hearing?

INCONGROUS JUXTAPOSITION

If there was ever an incongruous juxtaposition promulgated for which the proclivity is so obtrude, it is the bloody, murderous, illegal invasion of a sovereign country (Iraq), obfuscated by the hypocritical concept of freedom and democracy. This nuance numbs the mind of any person who truly believes in “freedom and justice for all.”

It is for some just complacency, and for others, a heart wrenching story of how powerful nations decimate other societies, and while millions suffer deaths, wounds, hunger, thirst, the ochlocracy continues to lie and deceive in an attempt to protect their place in history. It is shameful to witness the hypocrisy of the “good Christian” people, hiding behind freedom, democracy and liberty. But as the songs says: “Freedom is just another word, when you have nothing left to lose!”

Perhaps this may be the reason for the world’s silence! President Bush has placed “we” America in a swamp of mush and mire derived from his manufactured lies to his continued manipulation of the facts. Almost 3,000 dead American Soldiers, some 22,000 severely wounded, 400 billion dollars spent, three years and nine months have gone by, and by any account some “one million Iraqis are dead,” and no one knows how many are wounded? All this so Saddam Hussein can be put on trial for crimes he committed when Ronald Regan and George H.W. Bush were President and Vice President. Or perhaps, to have permanent Bases in Iraq to control the 112 billion barrels of Iraq’s oil reserves. Our morale standards are not only questionable, but it stinks!

Charles H. Spurgeon (1835-1892) said it best when he wrote about vanity; “Vain are the sharp swords of infernal malice and the perpetual battles of the serpent’s seed. For in the midst of the Church the lame shall take the prey and the feeblest of warriors are crowned.” So, I wonder, what would be our diadems? The fire or the coals, as you can see, they are intertwined!

Written by Sheriff Ali December 17, 2006

Fareed’s in the right zip code, but at the wrong house. The COUNTRY needs therapy, specifically gas-pump therapy, as in ‘quality time’ away from Texaco et. al. Bag on Bush all you want, he’s just the poor slob in charge of our country, a figurative scapegoat, it bears keeping in mind that the oil business has enriched many people,
and it is their intention that this enrichment continue. How far is Fareed willing to walk?
Daily? Weekly? Annually? That IS what this comes down to, at the end. Does Fareed support the introduction of conservation measures and alternative fuels that would require no further imports from the middle east? His answers to those two questions would be most telling, in my view...bashing Bush may be cheap sport, but it doesn’t solve anything.

Yes, what W needs is impeachment. His mental state he can deal with on his own. I don’t think there is much to work with on a brain so smooth.

Bush needs a therapist--but what adds insult to injury, is that tax payers will have to pay for his therapy. When you’re president you are entitled to socialize medicine—-why pay for a physician, let Laura deal with him.

I agree that Bush needs a therapist and, as one, have imagined how I would work with him.

Bush is obviously not wrapped too tightly, but what to say of those who listen to and act on his decisions?  Is it not true that they and we are waiting with bated breath for him to pronounce his Iraq policy - sometime in January? And then will it not come to pass?

In the time of war - and only in the time of war -the American president becomes a king by divine right. In the case of Mr. Bush, the king just happens to be emotionally and mentally challenged, but nevermind, the media, the Cabinet, the Military, the Congress, the American people will obey.  Mr. Bush has an excuse.  What is ours?

Spinoza, you are overrated

How so, Spinosa?

Definition of Crazy:
Noun
1. Someone deranged and possibly dangerous

Adjective
1. Affected with madness or insanity
2. Foolish; totally unsound
3. Marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness
4. Possessed by inordinate excitement
5. Bizarre or fantastic
6. Intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with

Some have said the definition of Crazy is, “Doing the same thing over and over but expecting a different result.” Others call it, “Staying-the-course.”

Definition of Disorder:
Noun
1. Condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
2. A condition in which things are not in their expected places
3. A disturbance of the peace or of public order

Verb
1. Disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
2. Bring disorder to

Hey, Uncle Sam! Anything here sound familiar?

Anyone with a mental disorder in the family understands the difficulties of dealing with delusions of persecution, delusions of grandeur, disassociation, and other psychological states. Anyone who has not “walked the walk” dealing with behavioral disorders or addictions cannot fully empathize. Why we elevate disordered behavior in US culture today, under the guise of super-success, celebrity, capitalism and democracy, is a social disorder in itself. I think Mister Zakaria understands, without being flippant, that our president does indeed need help. But like most others in need here, he won’t get it. But make-no-mistake-about-it, we will all share the injury.

Bush is an incest survivor - that’s the turd in the Bush family closet

Let us all pretend together

Lets pretend that G.W. is a great president, that he is a warrior, that he has had a great presidency.
Lets pretend that Rumsfeld is a great leader and won a great war.

To not remember history is to repeat Vietnam again and again
To not perceive reality is to be insane
G.W. for whatever reason is damaged goods.

Can we afford to pretend otherwise for 2 more years?

To Spinoza- Don’t know if you are aware that The Daily Show is on Comedy Central. Doesn’t it say something when a satirical program on a comedy network garners more attention and audience for its political commentary than all the sunday morning political talk shows?

Can I say the f-word here? As in Fuck Fareed. Bush is hardly the only person responsible. Intellectual “advisors” like Fareed are trying to evade their own guilt in the Iraqi bloodbath.

What Bush really needs is impeachment!

The only problem with Zakaria’s statement, is that it may not be possible to give a “lobotomized” brain therapy.

No.  George W. Bush is criminally insane.  The only thing that he wants to do to “win”.  He is definitely sick and the American public is receiving it’s just do if he is not removed office.  The 25th ammendment says that if the president cannot serve, due to illness, then he can be removed.  Hello!!!  Remember, he told Seymour Hersch that great presidents win wars.  So he apparently he believes that he can be great if he is considered the winner of this criminal act.

So let’s remove him per the 25th ammendment.  Then when he is a citizen, put him down(Note:  Cheney can be easily impeached if the Repugnacans can realize their responsibility) in this debacle.  Look at his daughters, causing problems in other countries, The guy is a bad seed, no if, ands or buts.

The Daily Show may be “way overrated” but Zakaria’s articles in Newsweek on Iraq and the GWOT in generally have consistently been among the more rational in the mainstream media. 

W’s unwillingness or inability to face the reality of the situation in Iraq make me wonder if when he quit drinking he went through any other process than white-knuckling it.  According to AA, one definition of alchoholism (and of insanity in general) is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different result.

Bush is, no doubt, out of touch. Look at the daily BLOODSHED and he’s waiting until sometime in January, 2007 to make a decision on Iraq. It will be “Stay the Course” with different semantics: “Moving Forward” He does need medication.This is serious stuff! Today he is celebrating Rumsfeld’s work. It’s hard to believe he’s soooooo out of touch!He needs the whole world to help him make a decision. He hasn’t got the relavent knowledge on what to do HIMSELF!

He needs a place to rest in peace !

May be; but he will be better off with a new brain.

December 15, 2006
I’m Sleeping Well, In Case You Ask
(cognitorex blogspot)
George Bush has a history of telegraphing the truth by publicly uttering remarks that are negatively responsive to his private truths.
I am a Uniter...........not.
I will hire the most qualified..........not.
I will return honesty and values to the White House.........,oh my god, not!
His best, among many, to my mind was when he, decided for no apparent reason to make (paraphrased) the pronouncement that “it takes a warrant to eavesdrop on Americans and we always get warrants.”
When Bush says that he knows why others would expect a person in his “I-screwed-the-pooch-again” position to sleep poorly, he is making an admission.
The comedians and psychologists understand this behavior of Bush. In comedy speak, Bush walks up to his friend and announces, “You know that I’m not sleeping with your wife, right?”
Oppositional Defiant behavior in a teen is a warning of bad things to come. In a president it leads to bombs, flames, international disgrace, hundreds of thousands dead and fleeing and just a tiny backward admission that this is all so very shameful.

Zakaria’s only partially right. Bush needs therapy, all right—but what he needs is a PSYCHIATRIST and not just a psychotherapist. To all appearances, Bush is far more deeply disturbed than your average run-of-the-mill neurotic—the man is so out of touch with reality that his only hope would appear to be a regimen of some heavy-duty psychotropic medication.

The Daily Show is way overrated.