WP, Dan Froomkin: Bush's Messiah Complex; A delusional view of himself

[DeepModem Mom]

Bush's Messiah Complex
By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Monday, January 7, 2008

With time running short on his presidency -- and on the eve of a trip to the Middle East -- President Bush seems to have overcome his aversion to talking about his legacy and is now speaking fervently about how he expects to be remembered. As it turns out, the president sees himself as quite the heroic figure.

"I can predict that the historians will say that George W. Bush recognized the threats of the 21st century, clearly defined them, and had great faith in the capacity of liberty to transform hopelessness to hope, and laid the foundation for peace by making some awfully difficult decisions," Bush told Yonit Levi of Israel's Channel 2 News. Bush held several interviews with Middle Eastern journalists last week in anticipation of his trip to the region, which starts tomorrow. "When he needed to be tough, he acted strong, and when he needed to have vision he understood the power of freedom to be transformative," Bush said of himself to Nahum Barnea and Shimon Shiffer of the Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot.

As for the people of the Middle East, Bush told Hisham Bourar of al-Hurra Television: "I would hope that they would say President Bush respects my religion and has great love for the human -- human being, and believes in human dignity." The Bush record, the president told Nadia Bilbassy-Charters of al-Arabiya Television, is one of liberation -- "liberation, by the way, not only from dictatorship, but from disease around the world, like HIV/AIDS or malaria." On a personal basis, Bush told Bilbassy-Charters that he hopes that people would know "that he hurts when he sees poverty and hopelessness" and "that he's a realistic guy."

Bush's self-image contrasts sharply with his image among his fellow Americans. More than 60 percent of Americans disapprove of the job is doing, and a CNN poll in November found that 58 percent of Americans rated Bush either a poor president, a very poor president, or the worst president ever. Bush's view of himself is particularly delusional as he heads to a region that remains traumatized, angry and distrustful on account of Bush's disastrous war in Iraq, his antagonism of Iran and his perceived crusade against Islam....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/01/07/BL2008010701413_pf.html

[CJCRANE]

1. * only listens to his own echo chamber nt

[Demeter]

2. He's a Legend In His Own Mind

and of course, he's got all those adoring women to mirror this.

Our grandchildren will grow up with fears of the Bush-Man as their particular boogie (or boggart).

[Botany]

3. Bat Shit Crazy

"I would hope that they would say President Bush respects my religion and has great love for the human
-- human being, and believes in human dignity."

So the million dead Iraqis show his love?


<Bush's view of himself is particularly delusional .....> say it loud say it proud.

[Vincardog]

4. Knock Knock: Reality calling you Dip Shit A$$ Hatter you will be remembered as the

DISMAL FAILURE you are and have always been.
You have added Mass murderer and genocide to your pathetic resume as well.

[virgdem]

5. Bush is a..

sociopathic megalomaniac with a messianic complex.

I've thought that for 7 going on 8 years now, even before 911, but that event convinced me more than ever.

[FSogol]

6. From 2030: Wasn't "W" the Presidnet that almost choked to death on a pretzel?

:shrug:

[grasswire]

7. grandiosity - a central symptom of narcissism

He's the textbook case.

[Supersedeas]

8. has he hired the team of lobbyist/historical revisionists to pass along this bile