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25-06-2004, 08:47
Washington Shrink Calls Bush a "Paranoid, Sadistic Meglomaniac"
Capitol Hill Blue Staff and Wire Reports, June 14, 2004
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."
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.
Capitol Hill Blue Staff and Wire Reports, June 14, 2004
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."
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.