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bacasper

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Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:03 am Post subject: Law School Dean: Nut Job Bush, Enemy of the People |
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Verdict of History on Bush Will Be Harsh
As Bush Prepares to Leave Office, Legal Scholar Offers This Evaluation
By Sherwood Ross
The judgment of history may well be that the United States has been "taken into, and kept in, the Iraq War by a guy who is not quite right in his head," a distinguished legal scholar says.
"It may take 25 or 50 years, but it is almost certain that one day this character will be exhibit number one for the danger of having a nut job in the oval office," says Lawrence Velvel, dean of the Massachusetts School of Law at Andover.
Writing in his latest book, "An Enemy of the People,"(Doukathsan Press) Velvel said, "In everyday life, someone who refuses to recognize the actual facts of the world around him, and who instead lives in a dream world in his head, is regarded as not being sane, as being, to use the blunt words, insane or crazy. Why is it different when it is a national leader who refuses to recognize facts in the world and instead lives in a dream world in his head?"
Velvel goes on to say, "Most interesting is the idea that Bush suffers from a condition called 'dry drunk'. Essentially, this means that even if one eventually stops drinking, as Bush did, years of alcoholism cause irreversible damage to brain chemistry. Results of this damage include such Bushian traits as rigid judgmentalism, irritability, impatience, grandiosity, obsessive thought patterns, incoherent speech and other unlovely characteristics."
"Bush also seems to have chacteristics," Velvel continues, "that, whether or not they are characteristic of 'dry drunks' are symptomatic of people who don't fully have a grip. These include immense anger, exploitativeness, arrogance, lack of empathy, and difficulties arising from relationships with one's father."
"With regard to the specific analyses of Bush, there seems to be wide agreement that Bush is a sociopath, defined, one gathers, as someone who feels no empathy with others, who cannot feel for others, who does not feel or care for their pain (to use Clintonian jargon,") Velvel writes.
"That Bush is utterly devoid of empathy seems plainly true to me. Unlike Lincoln or even Lying Lyndon Johnson, who sent people to their deaths but agonized over it, Bush is thought by the shrinks, and appears to the lay eye, to give not one damn about how many Americans he kills, let alone Iraqis."
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Velvel professes amazement that a man of Bush's character could rise to the White House: "One wondered how he could have been picked as the nominee and then elected. After all, it was clearly early-on that he not only had been a long-time drunk, but had failed at every business venture, so that time and again he had to be rescued by Daddy's friends and wanna be friends."
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canuckistan Mod Team


Joined: 17 Jun 2003 Location: Training future GS competitors.....
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Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:28 am Post subject: |
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He is in august company:
http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2008/10/latest_obamacon_charles_fried.php
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Doug Kmiec is not the only former Reagan Justice Department attorney endorsing Obama; he has now been joined by Charles Fried. This is even bigger news than Kmiec. Fried is easily among the half dozen most respected conservative legal scholars in the country. He was Solicitor General under Reagan and has long been a professor at Harvard Law School. If you were to make a list of the most important conservative legal scholars in academia, I have a hard time imagining a name at the top of the list other than Fried. And that respect crosses party lines. Fried is about as big as it gets in conservative legal circles. In fact, he was on several committees on legal issues for the McCain campaign and had enthusiastically endorsed McCain earlier this year. Guess what changed his mind:
This week, Fried announced that he has voted for Obama-Biden by absentee ballot. In his letter to Trevor Potter, the General Counsel to the McCain-Palin campaign, he asked that his name be removed from the several campaign-related committees on which he serves. In that letter, he said that chief among the reasons for his decision "is the choice of Sarah Palin at a time of deep national crisis."
He wrote to the New Republic:
I admire Senator McCain and was glad to help in his campaign, and to be listed as doing so; but when I concluded that I must vote for Obama for the reason stated in my letter, I felt it wrong to appear to be recommending to others a vote that I was not prepared to cast myself. So it was more of an erasure than a public affirmation--although obviously my vote meant that I thought that Obama was preferable to McCain-Palin. I do not consider abstention a proper option. |
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Velvel professes amazement that a man of Bush's character could rise to the White House: "One wondered how he could have been picked as the nominee and then elected. After all, it was clearly early-on that he not only had been a long-time drunk, but had failed at every business venture, so that time and again he had to be rescued by Daddy's friends and wanna be friends." |
Incredibly similar to John McCain isn't it? Heavy-drinking party boy, academic zero, reckless, skated because of daddy....
But what's really incredible is that in 2008 the Repubs would nominate such a near-clone, and near-clone picked a fellow unexceptional to be VP. What is it with the Republican party? Manchurian Candidates Cheney, Rove et al can control from behind the scenes?
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Location: Retired
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:48 am Post subject: Re: Law School Dean: Nut Job Bush, Enemy of the People |
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bacasper wrote: |
Verdict of History on Bush Will Be Harsh
As Bush Prepares to Leave Office, Legal Scholar Offers This Evaluation
By Sherwood Ross
The judgment of history may well be that the United States has been "taken into, and kept in, the Iraq War by a guy who is not quite right in his head," a distinguished legal scholar says.
"It may take 25 or 50 years, but it is almost certain that one day this character will be exhibit number one for the danger of having a nut job in the oval office," says Lawrence Velvel, dean of the Massachusetts School of Law at Andover.
Writing in his latest book, "An Enemy of the People,"(Doukathsan Press) Velvel said, "In everyday life, someone who refuses to recognize the actual facts of the world around him, and who instead lives in a dream world in his head, is regarded as not being sane, as being, to use the blunt words, insane or crazy. Why is it different when it is a national leader who refuses to recognize facts in the world and instead lives in a dream world in his head?"
Velvel goes on to say, "Most interesting is the idea that Bush suffers from a condition called 'dry drunk'. Essentially, this means that even if one eventually stops drinking, as Bush did, years of alcoholism cause irreversible damage to brain chemistry. Results of this damage include such Bushian traits as rigid judgmentalism, irritability, impatience, grandiosity, obsessive thought patterns, incoherent speech and other unlovely characteristics."
"Bush also seems to have chacteristics," Velvel continues, "that, whether or not they are characteristic of 'dry drunks' are symptomatic of people who don't fully have a grip. These include immense anger, exploitativeness, arrogance, lack of empathy, and difficulties arising from relationships with one's father."
"With regard to the specific analyses of Bush, there seems to be wide agreement that Bush is a sociopath, defined, one gathers, as someone who feels no empathy with others, who cannot feel for others, who does not feel or care for their pain (to use Clintonian jargon,") Velvel writes.
"That Bush is utterly devoid of empathy seems plainly true to me. Unlike Lincoln or even Lying Lyndon Johnson, who sent people to their deaths but agonized over it, Bush is thought by the shrinks, and appears to the lay eye, to give not one damn about how many Americans he kills, let alone Iraqis."
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Velvel professes amazement that a man of Bush's character could rise to the White House: "One wondered how he could have been picked as the nominee and then elected. After all, it was clearly early-on that he not only had been a long-time drunk, but had failed at every business venture, so that time and again he had to be rescued by Daddy's friends and wanna be friends."
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So...when is this impeachment and where is Denny? |
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sojourner1

Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 3:20 am Post subject: |
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America was not allowed to impeach Bush despite how obvious the gross negligence on his part really was during his presidency, because the rich corporations and speculators are in control behind the scenes. America also would not had voted him back in for a 2nd term had we had a common vote counting system instead of electoral voting. Maybe the issue Florida had was engineered to do something to get him in for a 2nd term as he was really making the rich even more filthy rich. It's a fluke he got a 2nd term as it was obvious Bush is one messy old boy in his leadership and policy. Talk about hiring the wrong man for the job. We did a number this time. I knew all along he was a hardcore alcoholic by looking at his face and characteristics who would not perform in the best interests of the majority and for the country. While he claimed we fought a war on terror in sake of national security, he let our national security go by letting corporations, the bnaking system, and economy take the most laizze faire operating approach. He's a hardened judgmental rich redneck who lacks any empathy for people who are not rich, because he's the guy who would simply think something is wrong with you if you have any problems regardless how legit they may be resulting from the economy, government, and job market. I knew he was bad news back in 2000 when I took the 1st look. He's sick... |
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bacasper

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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:56 am Post subject: |
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sojourner1 wrote: |
America was not allowed to impeach Bush despite how obvious the gross negligence on his part really was during his presidency, because the rich corporations and speculators are in control behind the scenes. |
As I ask people to remain on topic and remind you that this is not the impeachment thread, I will just say that
here is the reason Bush was not impeached. |
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