Bush Administration policies are not only a "great catastrophe" but the products of a disturbed mind, according to this provocative blend of psychological case-study and partisan polemic. Psychoanalyst Frank sifts through family memoirs, the writings of critics like Al Franken and David Corn and the public record of Bush¹s personal idiosyncrasies for clues to the President¹s character, interpreting the evidence in the rigidly Freudian framework of child psychoanalyst Melanie Klein. He finds that Bush, psychically scarred by an absentee father and a cold, authoritarian mother, has developed a galloping case of megalomania, characterized by a Manichaean worldview, delusions of persecution and omnipotence and an "anal/sadistic" indifference to others' pain, with removal from office the only "treatment option." The author's exegesis of Bush¹s personality traits-the drinking problem, the bellicose rhetoric, the verbal flailings and misstatements of fact, the religiosity and exercise routines, the hints of dyslexia and hyperactivity, the youthful cruelty to animals and schoolmates, the smirk-paints an intriguing, if exaggerated and contemptuous, portrait of a possibly troubled public figure. But Frank's attempts to translate psychoanalysis into political analysis are unconvincing. Indeed, if Bush's reneging on campaign promises is a form of clinical "sadism," and his budget deficits an "unconscious attack on his own parents," then Karl Rove, the Cabinet, and both houses of Congress belong in group therapy with him. MORE
"I don't spend a lot of time trying to figure me out...
I'm just not into psychobabble." -- George W. Bush
For all his simplicity and affability, George W. Bush has remained, to paraphrase Sir Winston Churchill, "a mystery wrapped in an enigma." In Bush on the Couch, Dr. Justin A. Frank, a well-respected Washington, D.C.based psychoanalyst and professor of psychiatry, unwraps that mystery, assembling a comprehensive psychological profile of President Bush. Using the principles of applied psychoanalysis -- the discipline of psychoanalyzing public and historical figures pioneered by Freud -- Frank fearlessly builds his case ... and reaches conclusions that are at once highly persuasive and deeply disturbing.
Through a close analysis of Bush's public statements and behavior, as well as the historical record provided by journalists, biographers, and those who have known the president well, Frank traces the development of Bush's character from childhood to the present day. Examining closely the role of the president's parents -- especially Barbara Bush, an acknowledged disciplinarian whose own insecurities may have prevented her from adequately nurturing her son -- Frank finds in Bush's childhood the roots of a dramatic psychic split that remains a dominant influence on his adult worldview. Frank argues that this split has inevitably hampered Bush's ability to manage his emotions, charging his psyche with restless anxiety, and conditioning him to view the world in the black-and-white terms that have so evidently shaped his administration.
Among the other subjects Frank explores:
Bush's false sense of omnipotence, instilled within him during childhood and emboldened by his deep investment in fundamentalist religion
The president's history of untreated alcohol abuse, and the questions it raises about denial, impairment, and the enabling streak in our culture
The growing anecdotal evidence that Bush may suffer from dyslexia, ADHD, and other thought disorders
His comfort living outside the law, defying international law in his presidency as boldly as he once defied DUI statutes and military reporting requirements
His love-hate relationship with his father, and how it triggered a complex and dangerous mix of feelings including yearning, rivalry, anger, and sadism
Bush's rigid and simplistic thought patterns, paranoia, and megalomania -- and how they have driven him to invent adversaries so that he can destroy them
At once a compelling portrait of George W. Bush and a damning indictment of his policies, Bush on the Couch sheds startling new light on an administration whose record of violence and cruelty seems increasingly dependent on the unstable psyche of the man at its center. Insightful and accessible, courageous and controversial, Bush on the Couch tackles the question no one seems willing to ask: Is our president psychologically fit to run the country? MORE
21JAN2005 Official Day of Mourning After for USA
Is George W Bush Legally Insane?
Sign the petition demanding that George W Bush
submit to a psychiatric examination
We the undersigned, contending that no sane man would knowingly and willfully cause the deaths of more than 200,000 Iraqis with an absolutely unjustified war, find that George W Bush did exactly that. We also contend that George W Bush is directly responsible for the deaths of between 1,300 and 1,400 U.S. soldiers since March of 2003.
We the undersigned, petition the Congress of the United States to demand that George W Bush submit to a psychiatric examination. If it is then determined he is any variation of nuts, runamuck, balmy, batty, berserk, bonkers, certifiable, crackers, crazy, daft, demented, demoniacal, deranged, harebrained, haywire, idiotic, loco, loony, loopy, maniacal, non compos mentis, possessed, psychopathological, psychotic, stark @#$%-ing raving mad, of unsound mind and/or just plain mentally ill, as the 25th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States provides, he shall be:
1. Removed from office
2. Tried for War Crimes, and if found guilty
3. Ordered to spend the rest of his natural life in the Crawford (Texas) City Jail.
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BUt yet, not to mention scarey, since this guy is president.............