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November 02, 2005

Let The Thinly-Sourced Rumor-Mongering Begin!

Would it be irresponsible to link to a Capitol Blue story simply because it bolsters my belief system, even though Capitol Blue has been egregiously wrong in the past?

It would be irresponsible not to:

An uncivil war rages inside the walls of the West Wing of the White House, a bitter, acrimonious war driven by a failed agenda, destroyed credibility, dwindling public support and a President who lapses into Alzheimer-like periods of incoherent babbling...

The war erupted into full-blown shout fests at Camp David this past weekend where decorum broke down in staff meetings and longtime aides threatened to quit unless Rove goes...

White House staff members say the White House is “like a wartime bunker” where shell-shocked aides hide from those who disagree with their actions and office pools speculate on how long certain senior aides will last.

Bush, whose obscenity-laced temper tantrums increase with each new setback and scandal, abruptly ended one Camp David meeting by telling everyone in the room to “go fuck yourselves” before he stalked out of the room.

Senior aides describe Bush as increasingly “edgy” or “nervous” or “unfocused.” They say the President goes from apparent coherent thought one moment to aimless rambles about political enemies and those who are “out to get me.”

“It’s worse than the days when Ronald Reagan’s Alzheimer’s began setting in,” one longtime GOP operative told me privately this week. “You don’t know if he’s going to be coherent from one moment to the next. What scares me is if he lapses into one of those fogs during a public appearance.”

Posted at November 2, 2005 08:19 AM | TrackBack
Comments

Wouldn't that be fun? Bush turns into a jibbering goon, muttering about his political enemies like an elderly Nixon? I'd pay money to see that.

Posted by: Keith at November 2, 2005 11:01 AM

You know something has happened to Fearless Leader, he wasn't as "disorien ta-ted" during the Anne Richards debate or vs Gore. What a difference...what's up with that?
Let the circular/jerkular firing squad begin.

Posted by: littlebozo at November 2, 2005 11:10 AM

Where is Bush's god now? Has he been forsaken in his time of need? Look on the bright side of life.....

Posted by: mom'z at November 2, 2005 11:15 AM

Wow.

So all his public appearances haven't been anything like these "fogs"? I'm having a hard time imagining what could possibly be worse than some of the idiocy I've already witnessed.

Posted by: Ed Marshall at November 2, 2005 04:21 PM

I hope he goes for the full Yeltsin.

Posted by: Railroad Stone at November 2, 2005 07:39 PM

And this is the person within reach of the nukyular button? I say taser him, and taser him quickly.

Posted by: mk at November 2, 2005 07:40 PM

What scares me is if he lapses into one of those fogs during a public appearance.

It'd scare me too (if this were real), since the 25th Amendment'd be used before you could blink and then Cheney'd be in charge. That's really scary.

Posted by: TheSqure at November 3, 2005 08:09 PM

Many Americans like me who live in Europe are increasingly emabarrassed about Bush. In Europe the most generous view is that he is a man of very poor judgement, and a man who has such profound difficulty in expressing himelf that people think he has learning difficulties. Most people here think Bush and his friends are dishonest, unChristian and greedy.

Posted by: Craig at November 4, 2005 06:54 PM

In my oppinion,to get rid of W is to be left alone all the time.
Regarding the press conferences,no questions,no remarks,no smiles.No reporters present at the most important WH news briefings...
I think,this measures will reduce to nothing the presidency...

Posted by: d.cristoloveanu at November 4, 2005 07:36 PM