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Monday, August 22, 2005

Capitol Hill Blue: Is Bush Out of Control?

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!”

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

If you look at Bush on TV, the times when he doesn't looked drugged to complacency, he does appear to be struggling mightily to withhold an explosive outburst.

Jack Clark 7:35 PM [+]   
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