Kucinich Questions Bush's Mental Health

[RamboLiberal]

Source: Breitbart.com/AP

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich questioned President Bush's mental health in light of comments he made about a nuclear Iran precipitating World War III.

"I seriously believe we have to start asking questions about his mental health," Kucinich, an Ohio congressman, said in an interview with The Philadelphia Inquirer's editorial board on Tuesday. "There's something wrong. He does not seem to understand his words have real impact."

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Kucinich said he doesn't believe his comments about the president's mental health are irresponsible, according to a story posted on the newspaper's Web site.

"You cannot be a president of the United States who's wanton in his expression of violence," Kucinich said. "There's a lot of people who need care. He might be one of them. If there isn't something wrong with him, then there's something wrong with us. This, to me, is a very serious question."



Read more: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8SJOG9O3&show_article=1

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Way to go Dennis! Good for you for having the guts to say what other Dem pols probably only whisper. :kick:

[livetohike]

1. "If there isn't something wrong with him, then there's something wrong with us."

That says it all. Way to go Dennis :thumbsup:.

[sugapablo]

48. I posted about this in 2003.

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I don't intend this post to be a flame of the President. This is not a
Dem vs. Repub argument, but a serious question as to the Presidents
mental well being and the constitutions remedy for such occurances.

It seems that our President, Mr. George W. Bush, is showing signs of
mental instability. And while I'm not a psychologist who could
articulate the situation better than myself, there is no doubt in my
mind that this situation raises concerns for the general public.

Before we get into the question of whether or not Mr. Bush is becoming
unstable, I'd like to discuss the consitutional process of such an
occurance. What does happen in our political process if an elected
official begins to show signs of instability? Is an impeachment process
the only legal course of action?

The impeachment process is slow. What if there was an acute
psychological breakdown? What if this breakdown cause a situation where
time was of the essence to remove the official immediately or suffer
terrible casualties? Could the VP remove the President from office in
such a situation if he felt lives were on the line? What would the
process be?

That being said, I do not believe Mr. Bush has suffered an acute
breakdown, or that he has become insane, but I believe he is on his way
to becoming unstable.

Since 9/11, the President's rhetoric has become indicitive of someone
who's religious beliefs are causing delusions of grandeur. It's similar
to the "Jerusalem Syndrome" where vistors to the holy city believe they
have been "chosen" to fulfill some edict of their deity, namely God.

Even religious leaders from around the country, once Bush's chief
champions, are beginning to become uneasy about the tone of the
President's recent remarks (see
http://www.post-gazette.com/nation/20030212bushreligious0212p6.asp ).

President Bush's recent statements and actions are quite indicitive of
someone who believes they are on a "mission from God" and "the world be
damned" if they disagree. From his own words, it's becoming more and
more difficult to see someone who is rational, logical, and conscious of
future consequenced of his actions.

While one would be hard pressed not to see leaders like Saddam Hussein
and Kim Jong Il as threats to world peace and stability, it is also
quite evident that President George W. Bush represents one of THE most
distabilizing and threatening leaders of the world today in terms of
world peace, security, and longevity.

This I say with complete sincerity and humility. I hope those who have
supported Mr. Bush in the past can at least consider what I have said
here. Don't just dismiss this becuase you're a Bush supporter or a
Republican. Really think about it. And ask yourself the key question
to ask about any leader: How does your life compare to the day before
Bush took office? Are you doing better? Worse? The same?

--
Sugapablo - [e-mail]
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[FREEWILL56]

139. It was just coming to light back then,

but the trouble is is that he's not the only nutcase as nearly the whole of the republicon party has followed in his ways and footsteps in addition to a few select dinos. I guess the doctors call this mass hysteria or something to that effect. This also brings up a question of how do you reason with a madman or in this case madmen and women? The answer is simply you don't because you can't. The next question is who will it be and what will it take to put them into the mental hospital as he's made our white house into the nuthouse?

[FREEWILL56]

140. I forgot K&R on the OP.

[Seabiscuit]

182. That's funny. I thought Bush's mental illness shone like a beacon in the 2000 election campaign.

[MetaTrope]

101. "So long as I'm the dictator"

"Lucky me, I hit the Trifecta"

"I've been planning that myself" (re: forestalling a democratic transition from office)

We're just figuring this out now?

[WheelWalker]

107. And I'm betting

it's him.

[Maraya1969]

171. Welcome to DU The Villiage

:hi: (I don't want to call you an idiot.......I know where that name comes from.. :hi:

[Martin Eden]

186. IDIOT or LIAR? Either way, Bush unfit for office.

For those of you who have never seen this commentary from the summer of 2003, you're in for a treat:

On July 25, President George W. Bush made a truly staggering statement to the press after a meeting with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan: “The fundamental question is, did Saddam Hussein have a weapons program? And the answer is, absolutely. And we gave him a chance to allow inspectors in, and he wouldn’t let them in. And therefore, after a reasonable request, we decided to remove him from power, along with other nations, so as to make sure he was not a threat to the United States and our friends and allies in the region.”
<<<snip>>>

Explanation 1: The president of the United States believed what he said. In this case, he is so dim-witted and/or totally divorced from reality as to be mentally unfit to hold his current job — or, indeed, any job — and should be taken into medical care.

Explanation 2: The president did not believe what he said but, rather, believes (unfortunately not without compelling post-Sept.11 evidence) that the vast majority of the American people are so dim-witted and/or uninformed and the vast majority of the American media is so sycophantic and/or terrified of being branded “unpatriotic” (or simply losing White House “access”) that he can now tell any lie, no matter how obvious and outrageous, and get away with it. In this case, he is morally unfit to hold his current job and should, by constitutional means, be forced to relinquish it as soon as possible.

Either explanation should scare the wits out of anyone who is not comatose.

When a single individual combines ignorance, immorality, dry-drunk syndrome, a publicly proclaimed commitment to perpetual military domination of the entire world by his country, a publicly expressed belief that God personally instructs him to make war on specific countries and a wildly irrational born-again brand of Christianity that views the Battle of Armageddon and the consequent end of life on earth as desirable developments and, at the same time, has command authority over an arsenal of weapons of mass destruction more than sufficient to achieve the end of life on earth, it is difficult to argue that this individual is not the most dangerous person who has ever lived.
<<>snip>>>
http://www.arabnews.com/?article=30536">Read the commentary

[opihimoimoi]

2. Abuser, Bully, NPD, etc ....yup, he fits....

[backscatter712]

9. IANAShrink, but my diagnosis:

Dementia, caused by alcohol and drug-induced brain damage.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder (as opihimoimoi suggested.)
Antisocial Personality Disorder (in other words, your classic psychopath, which explains the bullying, the cruelty and abuse.)

[hisownpetard]

14. Yeah, and a malignant narcissist at that!

[opihimoimoi]

63. A Narcissist of the Worst Kine......them Malignant ones....Worse than Caligula

[jeff30997]

87. Beside the fact hat he's afraid of horses and...

Didn't kill his mother he's pretty much as insane as Caligula.

Maybe we should call him Chimpygula ?

[opihimoimoi]

93. Void of Reason, Sanity, and Truth....he blunders on like George in Seinfeld...

[Maat]

94. Excellent assessment ..

says this Masters in Psychology and retired social worker.

Comforting to know that he has such power, isn't it (sarcasm there)!

[calimary]

121. Good assessment. AND you have to remember, this is an individual

who manifested sadistic behavior while young. Recall the oft-mentioned "kids' play" in which he and his friends indulged as boys - stuffing fire crackers into frogs' mouths and throwing them up in the air to watch them explode. As a college "kid," he ran a fraternity hazing as frat house president (DKE, I think it was) wherein pledges were BRANDED. BRANDED like cattle - with a burning hot coathanger whose end was shaped, like a branding iron, with a "d." Okay, folks. What does that evidence suggest? Or maybe, what does that evidence shriek out at the top of its lungs? I'd say sadism. Sadistic behavior. VERY sadistic behavior. BTW - Jeffrey Dahmer was one of those sickie serial killers, and I think John Wayne Gacy was another, who started down the road to murder as a young torturer and abuser of small animals. I've read psychologists' comments about perpetrating such abuse at an early age being a key warning signal of trouble, possibly lethal trouble, in adulthood.

As he "matured," george would get drunk in public and threaten a man who wrote something he didn't like - menacing him in front of his wife and son in a restaurant (Judy Woodruff's commentator/writer husband Al Hunt). Drunk again, he tried to pick a fistfight with his own father. As Texas governor, he mocked and smirked at the clemency plea of a condemned woman who had turned her life around and had become a genuine model prisoner (Karla Faye Tucker), and treated every such appeal with such negligence and indifference, in fact taking pride in every execution, even refusing to consider further evidence that in some cases turned up to render the original guilty verdicts questionable.

We've since seen much more subtle sadism at work since he stole Al Gore's Oval Office. Mainly verbal. From the most recent dissing of Kathleen Blanco over Katrina (sorry, george, the buck stops with YOU, especially when she asks for emergency help), to even the tiny little put-downs of reporters and others of lesser "professional rank" (David Gregory for asking a question in French to the French president, another reporter I believe in Texas for being bald, a Canadian government official for being too attractive - "yew've got a purty face"). He taunts our troops adversaries with "bring it on." Now he's talking World War Three.

He's a sadistic fuck. And he's got his finger on the button. Problems compounded by an OBVIOUS deterioration of mental faculties that you would see manifested IN ANYONE WHO DRANK AND SNORTED WITH THE FREQUENCY AND LENGTH OF TIME THAT HE HAS. He really is an increasingly irresponsible, reckless, and dangerous man.

And somehow we still can't IMPEACH??? IMPEACHMENT is STILL off the table???????

[backscatter712]

128. Good post. You think he's started drinking again? Or worse?

Lately, with the increase in the slurred speech, the grammatical errors, malapropisms and neologisms in his speech, I'm wondering if his brain's been pickled.

At the minimum, he's exhibiting "dry drunk" syndrome, with all the assholery that ensues, though I wouldn't be surprised if Bush was indulging in copious quantities of hookers (Jeff Gannon?), booze and blow as of late...

Yep, sure makes me feel safe knowing his finger's on the button...

[calimary]

144. Damn, discussions like this make me wish I'd saved all kinds of documentation

and articles and pictures and analyses to add in here!

There's one piece I read (undoubtedly from here, along with comments from people) that described how noticeably more coherent he was while speaking extemporaneously when he was governor, and how far he's devolved since then. Time was he could put several sentences together, off the cuff, smoothly and grammatically correct to boot. Now, he's barely sentient. He's not that old. It can't be senility yet, I don't think. It suggests to me massive and progressive brain damage from a whole lotta drinking over a whole lotta years. Remember, too, the last "youthful indiscretions" that the republi-CON apologists for him will concede go back to - um - his 40's. Wasn't all that long ago. That was a LOT of drinking. And a lot of heavy drinking - to the point where we're talking a few DUIs, public intoxication, and other frightful behavior. I remember reading quite a bit, fairly early on, about the clues that strongly suggested he was a dry drunk. And recall, also, he never went through any 12-step program or surrendered himself or put aside his ego or tried to make amends (this, after all, is mr. I-Never-Made-Any-Mistakes). He claimed to have cold-turkey'ed it, which many experts on the subject say that's not an effective way to conquer alcohol addition (especially an addiction as severe as his obviously is).

Besides, if you simply look at him, look at the gin blossoms that don't always get covered up with makeup or something, the times he's fallen on his face (the pretzel incident comes to mind) and yes, the slurred speech.

When I first started listening to him speak, one thing struck me. I don't know how much drinking you ever did, but I found at dorm parties and such in college, when my friends would imbibe, and I would try to also, I felt as though I sounded different when I talked, as did they. There was a lot more artificial-sounding effort to ee-NUN-SEE-ATE, almost too precisely, to make sure everybody could tell you were able to handle coherent speech and a few of those 50-dollar words. That way, nobody would be able to tell you were drunk. Yeah, sure!! THAT works like a frickin' charm!!! And he struck me as doing that when he tried to speak and let everybody know that - yee-HAW! He can talk them-thar purty words all serious and straight-like!

I would say he's killed so many brain cells in his miserable life that he can count what's left of them on his fingers and toes by now.

:eyes:

[mwb970]

152. If he can count that high. /nt

[Lautremont]

3. How can koxinich impoon the prexledent with suchlike queschuns???

Thats like saying viceprexledent is a heartless bastard!

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

17. I no, its ass nine.

:-) MKJ

[ChickMagic]

22. Well done!

:rofl:

[kentauros]

62. I thought that meant

that he was inane! :)

[FtWayneBlue]

4. His mental health

is certainly questionable to say the least.

Kudos to Kootch for having the guts to say in public what we have been saying in private.

[lovuian]

5. He does have a god delusion

Bush really thinks he is godly minion

[kestrel91316]

70. I happen to think he truly believes he is the Second Coming of Christ.

Heaven knows enough of his minions worship him as if he were.

[olddad56]

78. when he is more likely the anti-christ.

[jeff30997]

89. Yeah.

Remember those nuts who were praying to Bush?

[lynnertic]

149. I don't remember hearing about anyone actually praying to him. please tell me more.

[jeff30997]

192. Hi lynnertic. I made a little mistake in my post.

Actually I wanted to say: Praying FOR Bush.

Here's an example:

http://www.prayforbush.com/

But just for fun I googled Praying TO Bush and I was stunned

to find this:

The children at the Kids on Fire summer camp are intent as they pray over a cardboard cutout of President George Bush. They raise their hands in the air and sway, eyes closed, as they join the chant for "righteous judges".

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1883730,00.html

Those are really sick people !:scared:

[kestrel91316]

100. Exactly.

[bdamomma]

120. he may believe that, but he is far from it, he hates the poor,

hates children, elderly, kills, murders, is ignorant and arrogant.

He is not a well man.

[Newsjock]

6. And with rec #5, awaaaaay we go

He'd damn well better not be forced to "apologize" tomorrow, either.

[RamboLiberal]

12. Wonder if Dennis will be asked about this tonight in the debate

This could be fun! :popcorn:

[lazyriver]

13. Somehow, I don't see DK as the apologizing-for-speaking-

his-mind type of Congressman.

[MissDeeds]

23. I agree

[gateley]

49. I agree - just one of the reasons I like him! nt

[hootinholler]

41. You don't know kooch!

:rofl: Apologize? :rofl:

For asking about the welfare of POTUS? He's genuinely concerned for the man's health! I bet he even would find an institution to care for the shrub if elected.

-Hoot

[FREEWILL56]

142. Hmmmm. Like in one of the secret prisoner camps of the CIAs?

[hootinholler]

164. I was thinking more along the lines of St. Elizabeth's mental ward...

But I'm ok with your suggestion as long as there's a fair trial before we hang him.

-Hoot

[CountAllVotes]

7. msg. for you Cong. Kucinich

you just got MY VOTE!!!

:dem: :kick:

K&R!!!!!!!!!

[hootinholler]

42. Good! He could use $20 or $50.

He doesn't attract the corporate dollar, wonder why?

-Hoot

[bdamomma]

161. he doesn't kiss up to the corporations like some do.

he would be corporations worst nightmare.

[Gregorian]

8. Dennis Kucinich speaks for me in every way.

There is no candidate that has my total confidence, besides him.

Of course Bush is ill. He was raised by two creatures that would damage anyone in a formative stage.

[rodeodance]

10. ha ha ha!

[INdemo]

11. Will Dennis be forced to apologize by the Democratic Leadership?

[MuseRider]

16. If he does

I will, I will, I will...oh I don't know. I just don't see him doing that. Who is going to make him? Pelosi? Nope, I don't see that happening.

[harun]

28. I think they know better than to ask him to do that (n/t)

[MuseRider]

35. LOL

the little guy (I say that referencing others) has more guts than the rest of them combined. Apologize for speaking the truth? Never.

:hi:

[CrispyQ]

18. Wouldn't surprise me a bit. --nt

[Amonester]

19. Good question.

IF Dennis can "make a deal" in exchange for them to start the impeachment hearings of the Five Deferments' Dick (to start with, then the 'so caring' (as per DiFi) sociopath who funds "jihadist groups" along with "bandar bush"), I, for one, wouldn't have any problem with a minor apology.

Otherwise: no way.

[halobeam]

32. I think Dennis will agree to apologize if Bush agrees to see a shrink of Dennis' chosing.

[PassingFair]

43. Better censure his ass.

Where's Steney Hoyer on this?

Asleep at the wheel?

[benld74]

15. Really should'nt be a question at this point in time, should it?

[MissDeeds]

20. Dennis has the courage to say what many are wondering

This whole issue of *'s mental health has been out there for some time. The book "Bush on the Couch" addressed this very issue. I think even KO asked aloud last week, in a moment of incredulity, "Is he nuts?" or words to that effect.

Why the hell can't the dolts in DC bring this issue to the fore? People world wide are wondering if he's mentally fit/competent for office. Jeezuz, what does that say about us if we sit by and let this madman run our government?

And yes, I know to remove him means we'd be stuck with Darth, but I think the same questions of mental health could ensnare him as well.

[bdamomma]

122. darth has problems too, deep seeded problems and I heard

both can impeached.

[Breeze54]

21. Kucinich isn't the first to say it but ~~ Way to go Dennis!!

* is nucking futs!!!! :crazy: But we already knew that.

:kick: & Recommend # 3

[Bryn]

179. It's Halloween today!

He'd win first prize. He scares me!! Look at that face of insane chimp! Booooooooooooooo!

[OhioChick]

24. It's About Damn Time

Someone asked.
K&R
:kick:

[everydayis911]

25. Bush never should have

got this far with all the evidence that shows he's not with it. Not only is he stupid, which I thought for sure in 2000 that people would see it and he will lose to Gore. Using words like misunderestimated, sublimbable, and how natural gas is found in our neighborhood. Just simply amazing. It's like being in contemp of court which btw when is Harriet Miers going to testify?
Oh that's right NEVER. Good Luck Dennis.

[dickbearton]

90. Bush and Chaney are mentally ill, it's the American people who voted for Bush, that are nuts!

To many Americans are ignorant and stupid. No one, should have
voted for Bush, the second time around; the GOP is just plain
nuts. Look at those clowns running in the GOP; some of them
are mentally ill, all of them are mentally impaired. The whole
bunch are nuts. What is wrong with this country, that this is
even allowed to happen?

[bdamomma]

124. and what is that saying the enemy within, this has been a

government takeover by Americans!!! Treasonous, criminal ones at that!!

[Prophet 451]

26. Thank you Dennis!

Thank the Lord that someone high-profile finally said it!

Bush has an emotional age of about ten, massive father issues, dry-drunk syndrome, class-based narcissism. I could go on for a while but this guy needed a quiet therapist's office, not the pressure of the presidency and the manipulation of Darth Cheney.

[eppur_se_muova]

27. As should we all. nt

[The Wizard]

29. It looks like Congressman Kucinich

is aiding and abetting the enemy in a time of war. 911 changed everything. :sarcasm:
As I said in my very first post here: "Our pResident is a nut."
You gotta know Dennis just got put on the no-fly list.

[Jim Sagle]

111. As well as the don't-fly-on-small-planes list.

[lyonspotter]

30. GOOD

THANKS!

[Jim__]

31. Question away Dennis.

I see you're rising in the polls too!

[Az_lefty]

33. the shrub is a punk-ass coward...

he gets off on this stuff, it makes him feel like a man.

[halobeam]

34. Way to go Dennis!

I think you should follow this up with asking to see Bush's medicals.

[Va Lefty]

36. How long before Right-Wing noise machine demands an apology?

[ClintonTyree]

47. I think they'll just let it die.

I think THEY know Bush is nucking futs as well and won't want to draw any attention to that FACT. If Americans even BEGIN to question Bush's sanity in any official way he could be in even deeper doo-doo than he already is.

I say they just let it die without a single remark. If they do, we'll KNOW Bush mentally unsound because THEY know it too.

[felipe]

55. They will let it go because they won't allow Kucinich any air time

Go Dennis.

[bdamomma]

165. oh I believe that they (the Congress) know it also, just a question?

but does anyone think they (the Congress) are just letting him do what he is doing because they know how unstable he is and do not want him to "hit the Button", but the thing * keeps on pushing his agenda, with no regard to the consequences of his actions. Cheney seems to enjoy this.

But wouldn't a person come to the defense of the American people to stop this kind of sick psychotic man to potentially kill or harm us, why isn't Congress doing that, or should we take matters into our own hands.

[NewJeffCT]

92. They're probably already cranking up the Wurlitzer as we post

Hannity will express his mock outrage tonight, followed by a mention in the Washington Times and the NY Post in the morning, which will be picked up by Limbaugh and then it really gets going.

[lutefisk]

37. All the sycophants around the POTUS pretend Bush is just fine.

Just one more reason I despise the Republican Party - they defend the Party and its members at the expense of the Nation and the Constitution. Isn't that treason?

[jackstraw45]

58. Like Nancy Pelosi?

Other democrats should stand up WITH Dennis on this...they won't but they should..

[peace13]

38. A simple thank you Dennis Kucinich

and be safe out there.

[Dangerously Amused]

39. Thank YOOOOU!

About freakin' time SOMEbody raised that issue. I mean, could there BE any more evidence of serious mental illness other than what's already been documented, even by the MSM?


Good grief!

[thereismore]

40. FINALLY. my man! nt

[toadzilla]

44. thank you Dennis

[Rosa Luxemburg]

45. nice to see Dennis 'clipping Bush's wings'

don't let Bush fly

[govegan]

46. Kucinich speaks the truth

Not impeaching such a deranged character as the chimpinator is totally irresponsible.

Even more irresponsible is telling others that impeachment is off the table. Even if a legitimate reason exists, why would one so glibly state that as a fact? Irresponsibility bordering on treason, or just monstrous stupidity?????

[windoe]

50. Ingenious

what happens if a prez is declared insane? Trouble is so is Cheney for that matter.

[gateley]

51. I hope the Surgeon General chimes in. nt

[DinahMoeHum]

52. Dream Headline: "Kucinich: Bush is Mental"

:evilgrin:

[redqueen]

53. It's not like the whole frickin world doesn't already know!

Go Dennis!

:loveya:

[Red Zelda]

54. Suddenly, I kinda like DK

[Zenlitened]

56. "If there isn't something wrong with him, then there's something wrong with us."

Ding! :applause:

[mogster]

57. No wonder, read what he said in an interview during the APEC meeting

Whether it be Afghanistan or Iraq, we got more work to do. We the free world has more work to do, and I believe those of us who live in liberty have a responsibility to promote forms of government that deal with what causes 19 kids to get on airplanes to kill 3000 students.

The statement comes at the end of the first video:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ2-1IcVCEw
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=VRZFNSawTII

He doesn't look good at all in this interview; smirking all the time, and just look at how he sits and how he talks??

[Laura PourMeADrink]

69. 3000 STUDENTS??? wtf?

[FatDave]

102. Booze + speed

Or maybe it's just fetal alcohol syndrome. But he's definitely slurring, he's just doing it quickly.

[defendandprotect]

116. error

[truth2power]

131. You notice he can't say he's sorry?..

Part II, about 3:56 in..about the security lockdown for his visit that citizens were complaining about.

"If I inconvenienced anyone, I'm s...that's not my intent." Creepy!

I don't know how anyone can fail to see how impaired he is. He's mentally ill and cognitively impaired. I don't know how the American people can persist in this charade!

[nam78_two]

137. HUH?

Good God :eyes:....
Can't wait to see the brilliant things coming out of this clown once he is out of office and won't have as many coaches or prompters or whatever it is that they do that leads to the occasional semi-coherent speech.

[sandrakae]

59. He is a fucking nut case. Hats off to Dennis for having the guts to speak the truth.

[SammyWinstonJack]

67. I agree, he is bat shit crazy. So what does that make his die hard supporters?

:crazy:

[sandrakae]

136. Anyone that still supports George Bush is bat shit crazy.

[bdamomma]

163. I think we should rally behind Dennis on this one, for bringing

this out in the open, and get ready if needs our support for saying this. Because if he brings this on the floor of the House he will be shunned, but I am sure he is speaking for many of us. This cannot be sweep under the rug, and we are not fools to see that there is something definitely wrong with *.

this article comes to mind along with the book of Bush on the Couch

http://www.larouchepub.com/other/interviews/2006/3314justin_frank.html

[philly_bob]

60. With any other prez, this'd be shabby. With Bush, it's prudent /nt

[Just-plain-Kathy]

61. Happy to give the 50th recommend!! ...Way to go Kooch!!

:patriot:

[HuffleClaw]

64. goddamned right 'There's something wrong.' !!!!!

and watch the right DEMAND he apologize for daring to mention the obvious truth

[AlinPA]

65. Outstanding. Kucinich has guts to tell the truth about Bush**.

[The_Casual_Observer]

66. Troubling thing about this is that Dennis is always right.

[RamboLiberal]

68. And the RNC chimes in

“Dennis Kucinich has always been a hard guy to take seriously. but this takes the cake," said Dan Ronayne, Republican National Committee spokesman. "Maybe he thinks preposterous quotes are the only way he can get his failed campaign any attention.”

http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20071030_Kucinich_Time_question_Bushs_mental_health.html

:rofl: Prove Dennis wrong Ronayne!

[tridim]

76. Attack the messenger..

I'd really like to know exactly why he said that. DK should be taken a hell of a lot more seriously than some no-name RNC spokesman with a general non-comment.

[kestrel91316]

71. My dream team if Gore jumps into the race: Gore/Kucinich.

If Gore doesn't jump in, Edwards/Kucinich. The man has cast iron cojones.

[tridim]

77. I think I'd faint if that ticket was announced.

And I never faint.

[sellitman]

99. We are on the same page.

Exactly as you said...in that exact order.

Where can I sign up?

[Nothing Without Hope]

133. Gore/Kucinich. That would be wonderful!!! n/t

[backscatter712]

72. Good for Kucinich!

This is a big example of why I'm voting for him - he's not afraid to tell the truth and to bring attention to those elephants in the corner that need to be addressed!

Assuming he gets defeated in the primaries, he should run in the general election as an independent.

[wicket]

73. Give 'em hell Dennis!

:kick: :kick: :kick:

[katty]

74. Questioning this since 2001 and before that! he's a crazy cultist

[Pacifist Patriot]

75. Only saying what most of us have been screaming for years.

Kudos Dennis!

[olddad56]

79. exactly, sort of overstating the obvious.

[olddad56]

80. Perhaps Mr. President has been mis-underestimating his own mental health

[greiner3]

81. I've read that in Nixon's last days;

As he was despondent and drunk 24/7, there were inside people that kept a watch on the nukes so dickie couldn't accidentally... Is there such a system in place now, or is that cheney's plan to really start the big third one?

[proud2BlibKansan]

82. How long before the repukes demand an apology?

Or Rush calls him a phony congressman?

[burythehatchet]

105. one dude who will NOT apologize is DK

[earth mom]

83. I wish Kucinich had just come out & said * is the sociopath he is. nt

[Faygo Kid]

84. My only beef is the use of the word, "question." Looks like a proven fact to me.

Very well put, that W. is "wanton in his expression of violence." He is at the very least pathological. Babs' boy all the way. From torturing animals as a child to his mocking of Karla Faye Tucker to "bring 'em on" to World War III - all while naturally being a personal coward (hello, Rush) - I must take issue with anybody who says there is any longer a question.

Kudos to Dennis, though.

[yurbud]

85. it's too bad corporate america won't let this guy win. You know he'd actually look out for us and

tell the truth if he got in office.

[Herman74]

86. Trouble is, after Bush is officially declared psychotic, you got...

...The Dark Lord, Darth, waiting, just waiting to assume the throne he covets, thereby no needing to send his instructions from his netherworld corner of the great Republican sewer.

[0rganism]

91. Sith always come in pairs, master & student

At this point, we may as well let the master take the reins in name as well as in fact.

[NewJeffCT]

95. I can see him at his swearing in ceremony

The circle is now complete. When I left you, I was but the learner; now I am the master.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSCyMi-C0iM

[eridani]

110. Which is why Kucinich has introduced a bill to impeach Cheney first. n/t

[backscatter712]

130. Unfortunately, it wouldn't be impeachment if we're talking about *'s mental health.

We'd be talking more about the 25th Amendment, where either Bush is so incapacitated that Cheney takes over *shudder* or Cheney and a majority of the Cabinet declare Bush to be unable to discharge the duties of President, in which case Cheney still becomes President.

Of course, once that happens, Cheney still can be impeached if there's a testicle to be found anywhere in Congress.

[olddad56]

88. What about the VP, the man who is really pulling the strings.

Now there is a psycho nut job. I think he is much more dangerous that George. George is too stupid to be dangerous. Don't ever corner the nut job. He is crazy enough to blow up the world.

[janetle]

96. He's just evil!

[Pacifist Patriot]

97. I think most of our rich and powerful share the same personality disorders...

mostly borderline personalities and narcisstic personalities, but I don't think they have a psychotic split from reality. George, on the other hand, resides on his own planet. I think his mental disease is being dangerously exploited.

[bdamomma]

123. with Cheney coaching him to do it. Both men are extremely

dangerous, they need to be removed, they are threat to us and this world really, people from other countries are looking at us, what does that say about us to have this unstable man in office. Haven't we learned anything about ruthless men??

[Golden Raisin]

98. What a pleasure and relief to finally hear

a Democratic Congressperson say outloud and publicly what so many of us have thought and feared. It's disgraceful that Kucinich is the only one. I'm gonna bust a gasket if the Democrats try to make him apologize or censure him. This is truly like the little boy in The Emperor's New Clothes!

[Up2Late]

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[scarface2004]

104. he s insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i see him foaming at the mouth.....total nutjob!!

[WheelWalker]

108. In my lay opinion, his behavior as president

argues presumptive insanity. I'd challenge him to check himself into a psychiatric ward and see if they let him out after 48 hours; but, I'm pretty certain they wouldn't let him out, and that would leave us with the sane but soulless Dickie Tra La, Tra La.

[LWolf]

106. My prediction:

Dennis will NOT be strong-armed into any tearful apology by Pelosi/Hoyer.

:evilgrin:

[Sarah Ibarruri]

109. I LOVE THIS MAN!!! nt

[2 Much Tribulation]

112. hmmm. Bush knows the meaning of his words, he wants to instill FEAR and Inevitiability-thinking

Although the charge Kucinich makes may hold, this doesn't seem to be the best example, but only if you consider it from the perspective of machiavellian politics that * practices.

[defendandprotect]

113. Love the guy . . .. Dennis all the way .....!!!!!!

[focusfan]

114. it would be great if they found him incapable

maybe we can be rid of him once and for all.

[bdamomma]

125. I would love to see this, and I would love to see Cheney's plan

fail.

[NotGivingUp]

115. There has to be something wrong with any person who doesn't see

anything wrong with bush.

[defendandprotect]

117. KUCINICH / Edwards . . . . . . with both Elizabeths in the cabinet -- !!!!

[Lena inRI]

118. Always loving your courageous convictions, Dennis. . .

. . .if the political world truly had a level playing field, Dennis Kucinich would be the front-runner all the way to November, 2008.

I don't know how I could continue participating in this corrupt government if it weren't for principled people like Dennis who never stops speaking for me.

If Al Gore never enters the race, I'm writing your name in for November.

Period.



:yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock:

[bdamomma]

119. OMG, someone who has balls!!!

yes, if there was ever a time to just support someone not as a candidate this is the time, this man is questioning his mental state, which is way past the time to get this answered, bring Dr. Justin Franks to discuss his mental state. The man has a personality disorder.

[whistle]

126. Kucinich took the words right out of my mouth when I asked, "Is Shrub* nuts?"

[Raejeanowl]

127. I'm Glad That Anyone Has The Balls To Say It n/t

[Lint Head]

129. Yes. They are trying to hang Dennis on the UFO sightings.

:dem:

[Doctor Panacea]

172. Agreed

Lint Head, I logged on to DU today to make the same comment.

I am sure we all know it was pure coincidence that they asked Kucinich about UFOs in the debate just a couple of days after he questioned Bush's sanity. Just a coincidence. Nothing to see here, folks. Move along. :sarcasm:

[Nothing Without Hope]

132. The truth only from Kucinich. Again.

I'm sick of hearing Clinton and Obama.

Bush is mentally unfit to hold office and must be removed ASAP. Cheney also.

K & R

[KingFlorez]

134. Somebody had to say it

Big kudos to Dennis for standing up and saying it.

[Divine Discontent]

135. HIP HIP

[libodem]

138. Boy Howdy!

You got that one right, Dennis.

[Chovexani]

141. DK is the man

:loveya:

[bjobotts]

143. The senate is already busy putting together a condemnation.

How dare he question the sanity of the emperor.
I mean look what they did to Stark.
Why isn't Pelosi already asking for an apology?

More and more the members are getting brave enough to point out the obvious.
One says he's getting soldiers heads blown off for his own amusement...
Then Kucinich says he's seriously mentally ill to be talking the way he does about WWIII, which he seems determined to get us involved rather than keep us out of it like a normal president would be trying to do.

Dennis Kucinich...way ahead of all the others. The only real change.

[lonestarnot]

145. Damn Dennis! Spouting truth again I see.

:applause:

[BrightKnight]

146. It was clear that he had mental health issues before the "election."

I posted threads about this many years ago. Apparently nobody else can see it. A man with his upbringing and education should be able to construct a simple sentence. The king is nuts.

[Cleita]

147. In a way I'm kinda glad Dennis gets somewhat ignored by the

press. He can say truthful things like this without us fearing that he might crash in small airplanes or commit "suicide" somehow.

[eridani]

148. Well, there's that n/t

[Dewlso]

150. Why didn't anyone question it before?

Look at his presidency. The guy is clearly in a field by himself. He has proven to be completely out of touch with reality.

[D23MIURG23]

157. Perplexing isn't it?

I'm beginning to think that everyone in government save for Kucinich and a couple others are living in the same alternate reality as *. Stating the obvious is becoming an "irresponsible" and radical act.

[peacebuzzard]

151. I Love this man.

Thanks ..... I liked you best before. Now there is no other that comes even close!!!

[Voltaire99]

153. Good for Dennis

A useful remark.

But as Erich Fromm would add, it is indeed us, too. If the society is insane, then how can the leader be sane?

[NotGivingUp]

154. Wow! Mine was the 150th Recommend! That tells you a heck of a lot right there!

Go, Dennis!!!!!!

[CJCRANE]

155. Kucinich and Stark

The only Dems brave enough to point out that the Emperor isn't wearing any clothes.

[CGowen]

156. Presidential Illness and the 25th Amendment ? n/t

[ellie]

158. I'm surprised

that someone didn't declare that what Dennis said was "bad form," but it's still early, I guess.

[Summer93]

159. Bush statements .....

When *ush stated "mission accomplished" what mission was he referring to? What was accomplished?

I haven't seen much discussion of this statement even though most people seem to accept that the reference was to the Iraq "war" and that it has not been accomplished.

Could his statement been referring to something else? If so, what?

[humbled_opinion]

169. The RW Spin on this is that the Carrier (Abraham Lincoln) was flying the

banner and that their position was that the ships mission, which had been an extended 10 month deployment, was accomplished and that Bush only actually said that major combat operations were completed.

[goaman]

160. so what if he saw a UFO

I think the attempt to ask dennis that stupid question about UFO is a payback for him questioning our great leaders mental health.

BUt...

so what if he saw a UFO? Is that considered bad ??
So what if he said he felt connection in his heart when that happened?
Nobody is talking about Bush saying that God told him to attack Iraq, and so he did.
Questions like these are just ridiculous. Why ask questions that do not have anything to do with anybody running for president? Since when seing a UFO became a disqualifier for being a president???
Mass media should stop asking or reporting questions like that. Aren't there more important issues to discuss?

[bdamomma]

166. exactly, so what about seeing UFO's

we have a psycho case here who says God talks to him. Sickening, we all need to stand by Dennis on this one, this has to brought out into the open, and the media (sorry to say) will be no help to us on this.

[rasputin1952]

180. One should never forget St. Ronnie's SOTU speech where he

defended the insanely expensive SDI program by saying that we would be fighting the next war in space, and his discussions about how other life forms could be a threat.

Odd how the rw forgets those little gems. FWIW, Reagan was suffering from Alzheimers for quite some time, and they just covered it up. While Alzheimers is organic in nature, bush's "insanity" is has a psychological basis. Neither is good for the Chief Executive, or anyone else that has immense power.

[BrightKnight]

194. .

[NeedleCast]

162. Such a Dead On Statement

Honestly, I'm probably not left enough to vote for Kucinich, but I like the man and that counts for a lot. His message here is awesome because it's not combative, it doesn't come off as being a Democrat attacking a Republican. It points out real, visual facts instead of being convoluted in rhetoric. it doesn't beat around the bush but still has compassion for a sick man.

[Name removed]

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[Nihil]

175. Fuck off troll. (n/t)

[Name removed]

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[Dukkha]

168. He claims on record God told him to invade Iraq

that makes * by definition schizophrenic and he should be committed

[tavalon]

170. Hey, the president is too wearing clothes

They are fancy clothes with threads of silver and gold. You say you can't see them. Well I can, if I look at a certain angle at the right time of ...........................oh hell, he's naked, isn't he? Our emperor is buck ass naked and fucking stupid to boot!

Wow, that's just a touch of reality there in a duh statement. He has mental health issues? Ya think?

[HughMoran]

173. I can see the RWers saying "this from a guy that believes in UFO's"

I heard the moronic commentator on MSNBC say "...from a guy who believes in UFOs". Well, he may believe in UFOs, but all he said was that he saw an "unidentified object" in the sky. Only moronic commentators would stretch that to such an absurd extreme.

Oh, and he states the obvious when he says that Bush in whacked in the head!

[bdamomma]

174. yea, but they got a guy who speaks to GOD!!!

[Nihil]

176. Yep ... see #167 above ...

:eyes:

[HughMoran]

190. lol - I didn't actually read the post above

Just saw the title - lol - funny!

(in an ironic sort of way)

[Bryn]

177. Go, Go, Go Dennis

That's why I am voting for Dennis. He is Da Man.

:kick:

[Name removed]

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[classysassy]

181. A gutsy guy

I wish Nancy and the rest of those nutless dimwits would take notice.

[zonkers]

183. hee-hee.

[niyad]

185. I've been questioing it since he started running.

[Kurovski]

187. Kick. (nt)

[0007]

188. Kucinich is a damn good man!

[Generator]

189. Thank God

I've never been one to endorse the idea that Bush is nuts or especially drunk or on drugs. BUT I'm so tired of bizarro world. No one ever points out that this man and his mission in the world are dangerous. That what he says is dangerous.

Our Dems don't speak out, except to apologize. Who do we blame if the war starts? JUST the Republicans? Bullshit.

I can't take bizarro world anymore-with so many on DU and the polls saying Hillary is the front runner-fine-if the Democratic vision is never learning from the past, never confronting the lies and cover-ups and corruption in our mist, and continuing war-I'm feeling very lost.

There is no Democratic party anymore is there?

There is just this new thing now-whatever it IS-and only a very very few like Kucinich are still left in the real thing.

I will not be silent on that.

[Zorra]

191. Anyone that lies the US into a senseless, deadly war is crazier than a

a shithouse rat, and this point is not debatable. Bu*h is seriously, dangerously and certifiably nuts.

DK speaks the truth.

[Megahurtz]

193. Dennis For President!!!

:yourock:

[hisownpetard]

195. DK questioning Bush's mental health: isn't that a case of the pot calling the kettle

a UFO?

[Indi Guy]

196. Kucinich is spot on, except for one thing

It's the mental health of the VP (puppet master) that is most in question.

By all objective accounts, Cheney's dark/paranoid/controlling mentality is way off the charts. If he were elected dog catcher, I'd tremble for the dogs - but even more for their owners!

[Vidar]

197. You are the man, Dennis!