Bush on the Couch Once Again

In the weeks following Christmas, this reporter has suffered the winter epizootic which has gripped much of this part of the country. With the doctor's help (belatedly sought and received), I am making progress and expect to be able to post more regularly again soon.

In the meantime, there is a new piece out detailing the psyche of G. W. Bush. It is written by two psychologists. They are Briggs and Briggs, evidently related. While I do not agree that their analysis is complete, they do have valuable and interesting things to say. Below I will place the conclusion of their article as it appears on < truthout.org > and will place the link to the full article.

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From "Bush and the Psychology of Incompetent Decisions":

Psychologically, President Bush has received support for so long because many have thought of him as "one of us." Most of us feel inadequate in some way, and watching him we can feel his inadequacies and sense his uncertainties, so we admire him for "pulling it off." His model tells us, "If you act like you're confident and competent, then you are." We are the culture that values the power of positive thinking and seeks assertiveness training. We believe that the right attitude can sometimes be more important than brains or hard work. He's bullied us, too. We don't dare to really confront the scale of his incompetent behavior, because then we would have to face what it means to have such an incompetent and psychologically disabled decision-maker as our president. It raises everyone's uncertainty. And that is, in fact, happening now.

-- Briggs and Briggs

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011807J.shtml

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