Is Bush Out of Control?

Actually, I think it’d be more newsworthy if the headline were “Bush In Control of Faculties (which he now possesses, as we reported here earlier as breaking news).” Enough fantasy! Here’s the latest scoopy dish from Capitol Hill Blues:

Buy beleaguered, overworked White House aides enough drinks and they tell a sordid tale of an administration under siege, beset by bitter staff infighting and led by a man whose mood swings suggest paranoia bordering on schizophrenia.

They describe a President whose public persona masks an angry, obscenity-spouting man who berates staff, unleashes tirades against those who disagree with him and ends meetings in the Oval Office with “get out of here!”


… George W. Bush’s mood swings have become so drastic that White House emails often contain “weather reports” to warn of the President’s demeanor. “Calm seas” means Bush is calm while “tornado alert” is a warning that he is pissed at the world. […]


“There’s real concern in the West Wing that the President is losing it,” a high-level aide told me …

Thanks to Lisa Pease (Real History Lisa) for sending this to me!