The November 2004 election is a national referendum on
the CREDIBILITY, COMPETENCE and CHARACTER of the
increasingly unhinged and incredibly shrinking
_resident. The issues of CREDIBILITY and COMPTENCE
have been brought to the public eye, and now, finaly,
the issue of CHARACTER is being brought to the public
eye...
Richard Leiby, Washington Post: In the book, to be released Tuesday, Justin A. Frank, a clinical professor at George Washington University Medical Center, claims President Bush exhibits "sadistic tendencies" and suffers from "character pathology," including "grandiosity" and "megalomania" -- viewing himself, America and God as interchangeable.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A30085-2004Jun10?language=printer
Rx for W: Electoral Surgery
By Richard Leiby
Thursday, June 10, 2004; Page C03
We can assure you nobody will be caught perusing this
book in the White House. "Bush on the Couch," authored
by a longtime Washington psychiatrist who has never
met or treated the president, offers "an exploration
of Bush's psyche" that delves into such touchy topics
as his baby sister's death, his relationship with his
mother and father and his drinking history.
In the book, to be released Tuesday, Justin A. Frank,
a clinical professor at George Washington University
Medical Center, claims President Bush exhibits
"sadistic tendencies" and suffers from "character
pathology," including "grandiosity" and "megalomania"
-- viewing himself, America and God as
interchangeable. Frank told us yesterday that his
opinions are based on publicly available materials,
adding, "I've never met the president or any members
of his family."
A Democrat who once headed the Washington chapter of
Physicians for Social Responsibility, Frank concludes
in the book: "Our sole treatment option -- for his
benefit and for ours -- is to remove President Bush
from office . . . before it is too late."
Frank, who has practiced for 35 years, told us he
began noting Bush's mannerisms in the fall of 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." In the book, he writes that Bush "fits the
profile of a former drinker whose alcoholism has been
arrested but not treated."
A White House spokeswoman would not comment yesterday
on "Bush on the Couch," reiterating a statement from
communications director Scott McClellan: "I don't do
book reviews." (Although the White House has
recommended Bob Woodward's "Plan of Attack.")