Thursday July 5, 2007, 6:52 am
POWERFUL!!! TO THE POINT IN YOUR FACE!!! NOTED!!!!! THANK YOU SAMUEL!

Thursday July 5, 2007, 10:06 pm
Thank you Keith Olbermann for laying everything on the line. I for one have more respect for you!

Friday July 6, 2007, 12:10 am
Keith outdid himself on this one. I was blown away by his "J'accuse" Keith's my main man!!!!!

Friday July 6, 2007, 9:56 am
When one ceases to lead with any semblance of honor, one abandons the title that came along with the authority to lead. Henceforth, this comment was indeed justified and true to the core.

Friday July 6, 2007, 10:00 am
If only we had more mainstream news people like Mr. Olbermann! He impresses me time and time again and cable news does not impress me much. Kudos to him for speaking truth to power! If I recall correctly he was the only mainstreamer to cover possible vote fraud in the 2004 Presidential Election as well.

From PrisonPlanet.com...

Keith Olbermann's closing Special Comment on his show Countdown from July 3rd, 2007. This is after Bush commutes "Scooter" Libby's jail term in spite of public opinion and outrage and possibly in an attempt to keep certain unknown things secret in a cover up. His final remarks call for the President and the Vice President to resign.

http://prisonplanet.com/articles/july2007/040707Olbermann.htm

Friday July 6, 2007, 12:30 pm
Wonderful job Mr. Olbermann! We can surely count on you to say it like it trully is. Please, do not let the flames go out or your vision blured. This administration has deemed itself above the wishes of the people and has embarked on making their own rules and laws. It is time that the "RULE OF LAW" be returned to the people! Stay with it Keith.

Friday July 6, 2007, 12:34 pm
Awesome!

Friday July 6, 2007, 2:10 pm
This is greAt These are the words I would use when there is nothing to say but when you must say something 5 stars for Kieth Olbermann :)

Friday July 6, 2007, 4:40 pm
Keith said everything that I wanted to say, point by point, but he said it more powerfully than I ever could have.
Bush/Cheney, and their entire administration, need to go away. They are unbelieveably corrupt, and what they've done makes the Nixon administration look like choirmembers.
If they won't resign, they should be impeached. In any case they should be tried before an international war crimes tribunal for the lies that they used to get the US into Iraq, and the machinations they've used to keep the carnage going there.

Friday July 6, 2007, 7:36 pm
Finally- fresh air and the truth. Thank you for the link.

Friday July 6, 2007, 9:18 pm
Top Ten Reasons to Impeach President Bush

10. Prevent pilfering of office supplies during last day in office
9. Give Rush Limbaugh a heart attack.
8. Give the Iraqi people an early celebration.
7. Expose Cheney as the real power behind the throne.
6. Screw up Karl Rove’s job search.
5. Wipe that silly smirk off his face.
4. Put a damper on fund raising for the Bush presidential library.
3. To stop all the whining.
2. Chip away at American Idol ratings
1. TO STOP THE MADNESS!

But seriously folks, isn’t it enough already?

Friday July 6, 2007, 11:32 pm
BY PAUL MINOT: - A Psychiatrist's Perspective - by Paul L. Minot, MD* DailyKos.com

Bush's irrational consideration of a "surge" in the wake of the [Iraq Study Group] report -- which apparently defies all credible counsel -- has begun generate speculation regarding his sanity. References to Bush's "delusions" have appeared in the MSM (notably on "Scarborough Country") and throughout the blogosphere. As a psychiatrist, I understandably get concerned when I see clinical terminology bandied about in political discourse, and thought it might be of interest to share my own perspective on this question.

First of all, let me state up front that I probably hate Bush as much (or nearly so) as anybody here. I think he has done more damage to our country than Osama Bin Laden ever did, and probably is the manifestation of OBL's most wicked fantasies following 9/11. Frog marching him to the Hague (along with Cheney, natch) is too good for him. I think the guy is both stupid and evil, and I have no intention of cutting him any slack here. But in the political/clinical tradition of Dr. Bill Frist's school of diagnostics, I have a distinct clinical impression that I think explains most of his visible pathology.

First and foremost, George W. Bush has a Narcissistic Personality Disorder. What this means, mostly, is that he has rather desperate insecurities about himself, and compensates by constructing a grandiose self-image. Most of his relationships are either mirroring relationships -- people who flatter him and reinforce his grandiosity – or idealized self-objects -- people that he himself thinks a lot of, and hence feels flattered by his association. Some likely perform both functions. Hence his weakness for sycophants like Harriet Miers, and powerful personalities like Dick Cheney.

Even as a narcissist, Bush knows he isn't a great intellect, and compensates by dismissing the value of intellect altogether. Hence his disses of Gore's bookishness, and any other intellectual that isn' kissing his ass. Bush knows that his greatest personal strength is projecting personal affability, and tries to utilize it even in the most inappropriate settings. That's why he gives impromptu backrubs to the German Chancellor in a diplomatic meeting -- he's insecure intellectually, and tries to make everyone into a "buddy" so he can feel more secure. (Pathetic, isn't it?)

The most disturbing aspect about narcissists, however, is their pathological inability to empathize with others, with the exception of those who either mirror them, or whom they idealize. Hence Bush's horrifying insensitivity to the Katrina victims, his callous jokes when visiting grievously injured soldiers, and numerous other instances. The guy simply has no capacity to feel for others in that way. When LBJ was losing Vietnam , he developed a haunted expression that anybody could recognize as indicative of underlying anguish. For all his faults, you just knew he was losing sleep over it. By the same token, we know just as well that Bush isn't losing any sleep over dead American soldiers, to say nothing of dead Iraqis. He didn't exhibit any sign of significant concern until his own political popularity was sliding -- because THAT'S something he can definitely feel. Which brings us to his recent "delusion". To be blunt, I don't see any indication that Bush has any sort of psychotic disorder whatsoever. The lapses in reality-testing that he exhibits are the sort that can be readily explained by his characterological insensitivity to the feelings and perceptions of others, due to his persistently self-centered frame of reference. By applying Occam's Razor to the question of what is psychologically driving Bush to endorse this "surge", I think it can be readily explained by his narcissism as follows. (Warning: Rampant speculation to follow!)

Bush knows that things aren't going his way in Iraq, and he knows that it is damaging him politically. He also sees that it is likely to get worse no matter what he does, and in fact it may be a lost cause. However, he recognizes that if he follows the recommendations of the ISG, that Iraq will almost certainly evolve into a puppet state of Iran, and given his treatment of Iran he will completely lose control of the situation -- and he will be politically discredited for this outcome.

The ONLY chance that he has to avoid this political disaster, and save his political skin, is to hope against hope for "victory" in Iraq. Advancing the "surge" idea offers Bush two political advantages over following the ISG recommendations. One is that if it is implemented maybe, just maybe, he can pull out some sort of nominal "victory" out of the situation. The chances are exceedingly slim, granted, but slim is better to him than the alternative (none). Alternately, if the "surge" is politically rejected, he gains some political cover, so when things inevitably go to shit, he can say "I told you so" and blame the "surrender monkeys" for the outcome. Most people probably won't buy it, but some (his core base) will.

Now, I know what many of you are thinking -- is George Bush willing to risk the lives of hundreds, maybe thousands more American soldiers, on an outside chance to save his political skin, in a half-baked plan that even he knows probably won't work at all? Damn straight he is. Because George Bush is that narcissistic, that desperate, and yes, that sociopathic as well.

Anyway, that's MY two bits.

Some more thoughts on this: Narcissistic Personality Disorder is frequently associated with alcoholism. The insufferable "holier than thou" attitude associated with "Dry Drunk Syndrome" is indicative of underlying narcissism.

Also, the way that Bush embraces Christianity is characteristically narcissistic. Rather than incorporating the lessons of humility and empathy modeled by Jesus, Bush uses his Christian faith to reinforce his grandiosity. Jesus is his powerful ally, his idealized "buddy" who gives a rubber stamp to any cockamamie invasion he thinks up.

Finally -- and this will sound VERY familiar -- NPDs are notoriously unable to say they're sorry. Admitting error is fundamentally incompatible with their precarious efforts to maintain their sense of "okayness". Any friend, partner, or family member that has this character flaw almost certainly has NPD.

* Paul L. Minot, MD
Inpatient and outpatient general and adolescent psychiatry.
Maine General Medical Center , Seton Campus

Saturday July 7, 2007, 11:39 am
Well, Keith has done it again! I love the way this man expresses everything so well-he says what ALL the media should be saying and are too chicken to say. Good for you Keith, my main man! And let's see Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Dr. Minot, I agree with you-I had him diagnosed as a sociopath from when he was governor, and many of the traits are very much the same. A sociopathic personality is all of these things and more - sociopaths can kill from a distance and be quite comfortable with the experience in that they do not have to kill directly to be satisfied. There are many sociopaths who do not kill, however, they lack empathy. So I do believe he does have Narcissistic Personality Disorder on one Axis at least. This is also something he shares with his mother who lacks compassion, empathy and caring for others as well-she taught this one, her favorite, well, and she is extremely arrogant, class-conscious and haughty regarding her "station" in life, as is Jr. Bush. It is not unusual for socipathic tendencies and NPD to exist in the same person-they are a reflection of the same mirror image. This man is so sick and he is the President and no one could see this except a very few of us at the beginning. When I first heard him speak in person to a group of us state employees in 1997, I knew we were in trouble. No one was listening then-people looked into this man's empty eyes and made of him what they would-put compassion where there was none and saw what they wanted to see after 9/11 even though those characteristics had never been there and people had started to catch on rather quickly prior to 9/11. We could have saved a lot of time and lives had this man not stolen two elections in his self centered grab for power. I do not agree, however, that this sick man loves himself. I think he doesn't understand himself anymore than he understands others. He is a man without a spirit/soul. He is a shadow man or rather a man of shadows without any true personality-give him a role and he'll play it even if he doesn't quite believe it. He was totally different in some ways in TX and his hair trigger temper is well known-anyone looking beyond the superficial would have seen the smoldering angry man in his debates with McCain. He's like a tornado -a rage and fury without any care for what he destroys while smiling that empty stupid C- smile at people who to him are just blocks to having his way whatever it may be at that moment. Noted.

Sunday July 8, 2007, 12:50 pm
Shuster Rips Neoconservative Ajami For Comparing Scooter Libby To Fallen U.S. Soldiers