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Prominent DC Shrink Diagnoses Bush to be a Paranoid, Sadistic Meglomaniac
By Staff and Wire Reports
Jun 14, 2004, 00:22
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A new book by a prominent Washington psychoanalyst says President George W. Bush is a "paranoid meglomaniac" as well as a sadist and "untreated alcoholic." The doctor's analysis appears to confirm earlier reports the President may be emotionally unstable.

Dr. Justin Frank, writing in Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President, also says the President has a ""lifelong streak of sadism, ranging from childhood pranks (using firecrackers to explode frogs) to insulting journalists, gloating over state executions ... [and] pumping his fist gleefully before the bombing of Baghdad."

Even worse, Dr. Frank concludes, the President's years of heavy drinking ""may have affected his brain function - and his decision to quit drinking without the help of a 12-step program [puts] him at far higher risk of relapse."

Dr. Frank's revelations comes on the heels of last week's Capitol Hill Blue exclusive that revealed increasing concern by White House aides over Bush's emotional stability.

Aides, who spoke only on condition that their names be withheld, told stories of wide mood swings by the President who would go from quoting the Bible one minute to obscenity-filled outbursts the next.

Bush shows an inability to grieve - dating back to age 7, when his sister died. "The family's reaction - no funeral and no mourning - set in motion his life-long pattern of turning away from pain [and hiding] behind antic behavior," says Frank, who says Bush may suffer from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Other findings by Dr. Frank:

His mother, Barbara Bush - tabbed by some family friends as "the one who instills fear" - had trouble connecting emotionally with her son, Frank argues.
George H.W. Bush's "emotional and physical absence during his son's youth triggered feelings of both adoration and revenge in George W."
The President suffers from "character pathology," including "grandiosity" and "megalomania" -- viewing himself, America and God as interchangeable.
Dr. Frank has been a psychiatrist for 35 years and is director of psychiatry at George Washington University. A Democrat, he once headed the Washington Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility.

In an interview with The Washington Post's Richard Leiby, Dr. Frank said he began to be concerned about Bush's behavior in 2002.

"I was really very unsettled by him and I started watching everything he did and reading what he wrote, and watching him on videotape. I felt he was disturbed," Dr. Frank told Leiby. Bush, he said, "fits the profile of a former drinker whose alcoholism has been arrested but not treated."

Dr. Frank's expert recommendation? ""Our sole treatment option -- for his benefit and for ours -- is to remove President Bush from office . . . before it is too late."

White House spokesman Scott McClellan refused to comment on the specifics of Dr. Frank's book or the earlier story by Capitol Hill Blue.

"I don't do book reviews," McClellan said, even though he last week recommended the latest book by the Washington Post's Bob Woodward to reporters at the daily press briefing.

© Copyright 2004 by Capitol Hill Blue

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JohannafromIHJ

That's funny, my mum said a lot of those things as well (she's worked for quite some time with psychologically unstable people, so she ought to know).

Plus:

SuperDeluxe

Where is that article from?

Timeo

I suspect somewhere within here:
www.capitolhillblue.com
I'd give you the full link. But "political organizations" are on the list of internet groups banned at work.

n e r b l e

so i guess all the dems on the board will be in here any second talking about how this has no relevance b/c it's an "op ed" and "barely" one at that right? lol


edited to make celirose happy

ceilirose

Are you singling me out?

As a mod you must now that you're not allowed to talk about other posters in the manner you just did, right? Your post is inappropriate but I'll let the mods handle it.

I want my name edited out.

If you're going to get personal...do it by pm and don't bore everyone else.

n e r b l e

acutally yours was a name i remembered the most... you post a lot. did you disagree when it was said that it wasn't relavant? if so i completely apoligize. i do not want to put words in peoples mouths. however if you do agree with the negative things said about the article in the thread how am i doing anything wrong? please explain "what manner" i spoke of you in. unless atributing things people agree with and say to them is now verboten i honestly don't see how what i did was out of line.

also, i consider personal calling someone a big stupid head. or calling them fat or having an irritating voice. seeing as how you you seem to be none of the above nor did my post contain any references similar i'm at a loss as to the "personal" aspects of my post.

ceilirose

nerble...I was born at night but not last night..my earlier post stands..it was a snarky post and you know it. If it was an attempt at humor it failed.

If I want to post on a thread I will..I don't need to be requested to do it either.

If you don't want to edit my name out then hopefully a mod will do it.

n e r b l e

so that's it! it was my attempt at humor that was the problem! hmmm... but i did post an lol... perhaps...

so just as a heads up to no one in particular LOL does mean laugh out loud. i know that many think it's lemons on lamaas or also leeks or legumes but it does mean laugh out loud.

:5 minutes elapses:

haha! smashing news. i was able to get an appointment with a renowned doctor who will remove my sense of humor. he was not able to name names b/c of the doctor patient confidentiality however he said that he's worked w/ several people from this very board. i am v. excited.

mh67511

Kind of difficult to give this article much merit. I dunno...a doctor diagnosing someone with all of this stuff, without ever meeting with them (I think?) seems kind of fishy...

This is exactly the type of thing I would expect in the National Enquirer.

SuperDeluxe

I agree this is just propaganda.

There are calls for Pro Bush propaganda to be removed. This should be removed as well. I mean to be fair to all sides.

Katis

I'm not removing any threads unless they specifically violate FF rules. That includes Pro-Bush and Anti-Bush threads, and any other topic.

ceilirose

Provide examples of when Pro Bush propoganda has been asked to be removed. Pro Bush statements have been questioned but no one has ever told a Bush partisan not to speak about him or praise him.

There's a big difference.

Anyway...everyone in the mainstream media and this board as well had plenty of opinions on Howard Dean's mental health in January. No one here told them to keep their opinions to themselves. Why should Bush be off limits?

StellaSlight

I guess it'll balance off the recent articles posted here...

migamoo

Because he's the president! No one can speak ill of the president because if they do, they are un-American.

Ashley