THE ISSUES 101
George Bush - The
Issue
There is virtually incontrovertible evidence that George
W. Bush, even though he's not a candidate in 2008, has renounced
virtually every pledge he made to the American people when he ran for
election in 2000 and 2004, and is still shaping the 2008 election.
Mocked as a "moron" from early on, there is
now growing evidence from a number of sources that Bush may be suffering
from either a neurological impairment or from drug/alcohol addiction.
Some of the evidence is seen in the stark contrast of his speaking
abilities today (which have become fodder for the late night talk shows
and for comedians) to that of his years as governor in Texas, as shown
in some of the videos above.
Questions of Bush's so-called "mental illness"
have even surfaced in Newsweek in an
article written by Sharon Begley entitled "The Truths We Want
to Deny" (May 21, 2007).
The
Truths We Want to Deny
It's risky to put a politician on the couch, but that has not kept
President Bush's critics from charging that he is "in a state of
denial" about the situation in Iraq, as Sen. Harry Reid said last
month. The phrase was the title of Bob Woodward's latest book on the
war, and in January, USA Today editorialized that Bush is
"in denial about the insurgency that has plunged [Iraq] into civil
war."
This could all be dismissed as psychobabble, except for one thing.
Psychology researchers, including some who advise politicians, have
reached the same conclusion. "I do think there is denial on Bush's
part in his running of the war," says Kerry Sulkowicz, clinical
professor of psychiatry at New York University Medical Center. "He
seems unmoved by the extent of the evidence that things are far worse
than he believes. The tip-off for denial is perpetual optimism, a
pathological certainty that things are going well."
Bush could, of course, know full well that the United States cannot
achieve its goals in Iraq. If so, then he is lying not to himself but to
us (for reasons scientists would have a field day with, but that's
another story). But while it's always risky to psychoanalyze a
politician from afar, a few things in his past are consistent with the
capacity for denial. When he was 7, his baby sister died of leukemia.
Bush, while certainly not denying her death, tried to cheer up his
grieving mother, saying everything would be OK. Also, those who abuse
alcohol, as Bush has admitted doing, typically need to see the world in
black and white in order to stay on the wagon. "It's how they
control their addiction," says Sulkowicz. "It reflects an
inability or refusal to see shades of gray."
People resort to denial when recognizing that the truth would destroy
something they hold dear. In the case of a cheating partner, denial lets
you avoid "acknowledging evidence of your own humiliation,"
says New York psychoanalyst Leon Hoffman. Short of catching a spouse in
flagrante delicto, evidence of infidelity is usually ambiguous.
The article launched a firestorm of criticism from the
right and, one must admit, some of the so-called "reasons" for
this "diagnosis" are a bit far-fetched. Being in
"denial" is not in and of itself a sign of mental illness. Nor
is a 7-year-old child's reassurance to his mother that "everything
will be OK" after the death of his sister. That does not, however,
negate the validity of other observations.
Secret
Service, U.S. intel say Bush uses cocaine, Prozac, alcohol
Secret Service members attached to White House domestic security, FBI
and CIA agents, and written national security field reports all confirm
that President Bush has been using drugs which could be affecting his
performance as the nation’s war-time commander-in-chief.
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Multiple federal agents having direct knowledge and access to
Bush’s medical records say the President has switched from using
Ritalin to taking Prozac while also succumbing to periodic alcoholic
binges which have led to tirades and explosive personal conduct among
White House aides, absent required random drug testing of all public
employees and elected officials.
Federal law enforcement agents have at different times witnessed
President Bush doing lines of cocaine in the early morning hours at the
White House and drinking straight shots of whiskey in the evening hours
on other occasions, according to U.S. intelligence sources who confirm
multiple stories appearing in the tabloid press which say the First Lady
is assigned to “keep an eye on him.”
Bush’s alleged conduct raises serious questions as to what effect the
chemicals are having on his oval office decision-making, and why
Democrats and Republicans facing coming voter backlash—while
undoubtedly having heard the whispers—are failing to call for the
release of Bush’s medical records for bipartisan congressional
scrutiny.
Legislators have also failed to ask Bush to submit to drug-testing when
they required President Clinton to submit to similar tests to confirm a
match of his DNA with spots found on Monica Lewinsky’s blue dress—a
matter of far less consequence to U.S. national security than the
effects of Mr. Bush’s alleged ongoing chemical dependency.
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Having observed the President smirk and laugh when discussing the war
or other serious matters of state at press conferences, the White House
press corps has thus far refused to muster the courage to ask whether
Bush will have himself tested for drugs or whether he considers himself
above the law compared to all other federal employees.
U.S. intelligence sources having direct contact with White House
domestic security told TomFlocco.com that multiple federal agents would
be willing to testify before a grand jury if subpoenaed regarding what
they have seen and heard pertaining to Mr. Bush’s drug and alcohol
usage.
Secret Service and intelligence officials are reportedly concerned about
public safety while Mr. Bush has access to nuclear weapons without being
subject to random drug testing to determine how the addictions are
affecting his ability to govern.
Bush’s doses of Ritalin and Prozac are reportedly administered by Col.
Richard J. Tubb, the White House physician; and medical journals say
they can impair the President’s mental faculties and decrease both his
physical capabilities and his ability to respond to a crisis.
Medical reports also say that mixing cocaine with alcohol produces a
substance in the blood called “cocaethylene” which can be more toxic
to the body than the cocaine itself.
Dr. Justin Frank, a Washington D.C. psychiatrist and author of Bush
On The Couch—Inside The Mind Of The President, told The
National Enquirer: "I do think that Bush is drinking again.
Alcoholics who are not in any program, like the President, have a hard
time when stress gets to be great.”
This week’s November 21, 2005 issue of the National
Enquirer quotes the elder Bush’s personal chef Ariel De Guzman as
saying Bush 43 “never leaves home without his own hefty supply of
spirits,” and is protected “from poisoning by secret enemies,”
since we take “cases of vodka around the world with us,” according
to his new Bush Family Cookbook (Scribner).
So worried about being poisoned by his enemies, George Bush Sr.
reportedly has a personal poison patrol, according to De Guzman’s Enquirer
story: “our guys watch the food preparation, pick up his plate and
serve it to the President without anyone else touching it,”
reminiscent of Greek and Roman emperors who had personal “tasters.”
Webb told us that one of his friends, FBI operative Darlene Novinger,
personally witnessed the elder Bush receiving delivery of an ounce of
cocaine at the Vice President’s residence from a member of the Smatt
Brothers Jamaican drug cartel.
Unfortunately, Novinger died a few years ago, having been murdered by
anthrax poisoning after seeing her father, mother and husband murdered
before her own death as a result of explosive reports she filed
regarding Bush 41 ties to narcotics trafficking.
Narcotics distribution was also reportedly linked to the
U.S. House of Representatives post office check-kiting scandal at the
end of the Bush 41 administration when hundreds of checks were bounced
by legislators who post-dated hot checks they could not personally
cover.
A congressional link to drug distribution lightly reported in the
mainstream media was the fact that cocaine was sold over the counter in
the House Post Office to congressmen, senators and their aides,
according to Webb who received the information from intelligence
officials who knew about the cover-up.
Webb said one way this could be confirmed was the fact that current New
York Senator Charles Schumer’s wife was caught up in the narcotics
part of the House check-kiting scandal and spent time at a half-way
house for being allegedly linked to the scandal.
Webb added that then-Congressman Schumer was blackmailed under the
Silverado Savings and Loan-financed Bolder, Colorado properties sting
operation after being compromised by Webb’s former father-in-law
Leonard Millman, Hillary Clinton, George Bush, Sr. and his son Neil who
was on the board of directors at the failed Savings and Loan which cost
U.S. taxpayers in the Billions.
"Secret
Service, U.S. intel say Bush uses cocaine, Prozac, alcohol"
by Tom Flocco, Nov. 17, 2007
While both Bush and Cheney have drunk driving arrests on
their records, (a) these go back a long, long way and (b) they are hardly
the only ones in the Beltway to have gotten caught drunk.
The issue is not (or should not be) what happened 45 years
ago - but what is happening now.
Is the President fit to govern? Or is he a besotted drug
and alcohol addict who believes it is his divine role to usher in the
Amageddon and the Second Coming?
A lot can happen between now and November, and George W.
Bush has more control over those events than any of the candidates who
might secede him. The Reagan-Carter election of 1976 is proof of that,
when the Reagan campaign promised Iran the moon - if they would only hold
on to the hostages until Reagan raised his hand to take the oath of
office. They did and he fulfilled his promise, at least for awhile.
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