Have you read this? Bush on the Couch

Sounds like an interesting book, written by a well-respected D.C. psychoanalyst. He points out some very disturbing traits within Bush's psyche. No wonder Bush has created such chaos within our country, and the world........the true chaos is within Bush's head. Very scary:

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"Bush on the Couch" by Dr. Justin A. Frank

From Publishers Weekly
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 Bush’s personal idiosyncrasies for clues to the President’s 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 Bush’s 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.
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Book Description
"I don't spend a lot of time trying to figure me out... I'm just not into psychobabble."
-- George W. Bush




..... 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?



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Hm. . .Sounds interesting. He definately isn't the first American president to have ADHD though, they (usually) make bright, dynamic world leaders.


I think a bigger issue with not just Bush, but the majority of politicians, is they are just too damn sheltered. There was this interview with Barbra Bush, and when asked about the mounting casualties in Iraq, she said something along the lines of "It's sad, but this too shall pass." Easy for her to say. Jenna and Barbra aren't going to be the first ones drafted. I think her apparent apathy isn't because she's a horrible person, just extremely rich and sheltered.

 

Hey get off of Bush. It's not nice to make fun of the mentally ill.

 

Well, 43% of American voters, which is around 1/3rd of the country, The Majority American people aren't THAT dumb to think Bush is actually on their side and helping them, its just sad that a lot of those people who are against Bush are too apathetic to vote, or have just given up on the political system, and after watching things like the 2000 election, who can blame them...

Peace and Love,
Dan

 

Yeah, after the 2000 election.. all I have to say is, gore and bush should have both been banned from being president. my god. We have no real people to run for president right now. Kerry is an idiot, bush sucks dick, hell... im going to vote for nader lol.

 

How in the hell are you getting 43% as being 1/3? My math isn't great but something isn't right there. Skip your pictures are totalyl disturbing and i must say are being mis-used. How do you know that an american bomb did that? Could that have been an insurgents car bomb that did that? Have some common decency, I'm sure that child's parents aren't wanted it paraded around.