Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Cracking Up

There had been rumors: Little page-20 newspaper stories about temper tantrums, not-so-reliable tabloid blurbs about being back on the bottle, insider and ex-insider stories about inaccessibility and inflexibility.

However, now you have The Washington Times Magazine, which could theoretically be renamed "Inside Republican Washington Magazine", or "The White House Times"... usually the first (and only) published work that gets to go inside the White House to do feature length articles... writing this (link only temporary):
Bush rarely speaks to father, 'family is split'
President Bush feels betrayed by several of his most senior aides and advisors and has severely restricted access to the Oval Office, administration sources say. The president's reclusiveness in the face of relentless public scrutiny of the U.S.-led war in Iraq and White House leaks regarding CIA operative Valerie Plame has become so extreme that Mr. Bush has also reduced contact with his father, former President George H.W. Bush, administration sources said on the condition of anonymity.

In addition, Matt Drudge, the first person Republicans call when they have news to share expands on it with this (link only temporary):
The sources said Mr. Bush maintains daily contact with only four people: first lady Laura Bush, his mother, Barbara Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Undersecretary of State Karen Hughes. The sources also say that Mr. Bush has stopped talking with his father, except on family occasions.

Note that that list consists only of women? Weird.

History will judge President George W. Bush harshly... but it may also just judge him to be nuts. I don't need to wait for history: I believe that for the next 3 years, a madman will occupy the most powerful station on earth.

Hat tip to Americablog... I copied John's article almost word for word.

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