Straitjacket Bush - Rosa Brooks

[Cassandra]

http://www.latimes.com/la-oe-brooks24oct25,0,1949551.column?coll=la-home-commentary

"But all this creates a conundrum. What's a constitutional democracy to do when the president and vice president lose their marbles?

The U.S. is full of ordinary people with serious forms of mental illness -- delusional people with violent fantasies who think they're the president, or who think they get instructions from the CIA through their dental fillings.

The problem with Bush is that he is the president -- and he gives instructions to the CIA and military, without having to go through his dental fillings.

Impeachment's not the solution to psychosis, no matter how flagrant. But despite their impressive foresight in other areas, the framers unaccountably neglected to include an involuntary civil commitment procedure in the Constitution."

I knew they forgot a few things.

[BrklynLib at work]

1. Even a passing knowledge of the contents of "Bush on the Couch" shows he is certifiable.

[laststeamtrain]

2. K & R n/t