The Empty Suit in the White House

Peter Baker has an article in the Washington Post this morning titled, “For Bush, Fighting Democrats And Doubts”. It quotes the Prez saying, “I do fully understand the anguish people go through about this war." Bush was referring to his adviser Matthew Dowd who has deserted him, Baker said. That’s a false statement. George W. Bush is incapable of feeling sympathy, empathy or remorse over wrongful acts. George W. Bush feels nothing other than a need to gratify his childlike urges of the moment. That’s why Bush makes social gaffes and the press passes them off as humor. And of course the title of Baker’s article means that Bush is fighting Democrats and other people’s doubts about him. Bush has no doubts about himself. It’s a very big deal that George W. Bush cannot feel sympathy or empathy for other human beings. For normal people, it’s impossible to imagine having that monumental flaw. George W. Bush does of course feel anger, resentment and contempt for people who interfere with his projection of his vision of himself. In response to a question from a reporter, Baker quoted Bush saying he is “not ‘more isolated from his own party in Congress’ than any president of the past half-century, as one conservative columnist wrote. He has not, he said, lost his ‘gut-level bond with the American public,’ as the chief strategist of his 2004 campaign wrote. “Instead, Bush presented himself as an unwavering leader trying to avoid the ‘cauldron of chaos’ he believes Iraq would become if Democrats succeed in forcing him to withdraw U.S. troops. He sees the broader threat that others overlook and will do what needs to be done to defend against it, the president said, even though he knows his path is tormenting the country.” Baker said, “At another point, recalling how he settled on a new strategy to send more troops, Bush allowed that doubts seeped into his own West Wing. ‘This is precisely the debate we had inside the White House: Can we succeed?’ he said. ‘I know there are some who have basically said it is impossible to succeed. I strongly disagree with those people. I believe not only can we succeed, I know we must succeed.’” Bush said, "Congress shouldn't tell generals how to run the war.” And that’s a telling statement, if ever there was one. Bush has erased from his mind, if he had actually allowed the fact to enter his mind, that many generals have found fault with the way Bush wants to run the war. Like many sociopaths, George W. Bush has learned how to mimic the responses normal people have. And whenever he is called upon to make a statement, he is told how and what he should be feeling. But you have to know, whenever George W. Bush says, “I know how you feel” he hasn’t the foggiest notion how you feel. George W. Bush only knows how he feels about people who disagree with him. And that is: He is so pissed off that so far as it is within his power, he will zap you off the face of the earth. In case I haven’t been clear, George W. Bush is a sociopath, fascist, megalomaniac, grandiose, narcissist, unprincipled, amoral crazy man.