Inside Bush's head

Here is a letter to the editor from the Spokesman Review that really points to the failed Bush "Presidency."

Letters to the editor
A look inside Bush's head

Let's imagine a candidate for president of the United States with the following psychological tendencies.

He views the world in absolutes and opposites – good or evil, right or wrong, friend or enemy, victory or defeat.

Believing he is always right, he is unmoved by evidence to the contrary. So he won't compromise, pay attention to critics, or consider changing his mind.

He thinks political slogans can explain away objective realities, so he cherry-picks his facts and knowingly misrepresents the true situation.

Certain that a higher power guides him, he assumes his government would naturally have the approval of the higher power. He thinks some religious beliefs should hold sway over science.

Wishing to become a great historical figure in world affairs, he longs for an evangelical mission of international deliverance.

Knowing his motives are pure, he would break the laws he is sworn to uphold, and favor unlimited executive powers to be exercised in secret.

These tendencies are anti-democratic and dysfunctional, so a person who has them ought to be last in line for consideration as president, wouldn't you think? Or, if such a person already were the president, you would hasten to shorten his tenure, wouldn't you?


Lee Freese
Pullman