Politics: George Bush is a megalomaniac?
This post written by Bill Dennis on Peoria Pundit.
That’s the impression I’m supposed to be getting, I think, from this column by Georgie Anne Geyer:
The White House sees terrorists as born, not created by history, bearing the mark of Cain, not the mark of circumstance. There is a scarlet “T” written on their foreheads at birth and the only answer is to destroy them. This kind of thinking, of course, relieves the thinker of any responsibility for the presence of the insurgent-terrorist-whatever in our innocent midst.
What’s more, there is not much real give in the administration’s policies. True, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other American diplomats met Memorial Day weekend with the Iranians in Baghdad (a good first move but limited, since the Iranians have most of the power because of our incredible stupidity in Iraq). But by all reports, President Bush is more convinced than ever of his righteousness.
Friends of his from Texas were shocked recently to find him nearly wild-eyed, thumping himself on the chest three times while he repeated “I am the president!” He also made it clear he was setting Iraq up so his successor could not get out of “our country’s destiny.”
Others have said that this reminded them of President Nixon’s paranoia during the final months of his presidency. I disagree. Nixon knew he was crooked, so of course he suspected they were on to him. There’s no one more paranoid than someone with something to hide.
Bush isn’t hiding anything. He just cannot concede than anything he wants to do can possibly be wrong. That’s why he surrounds himself with “yes” men who tell him he’s right and whisper in his ear that history will vindicate him, like it did Truman. It’s no wonder he’s developed a bit of megalomania.
No doubt that history will be kinder to Bush than his critics, but historians will use his administration as a textbook example of the futility of trying to be the world’s policeman.
Billy Dennis is a former reporter and editor at small daily and weekly newspapers in Illinois and Missouri. He comments on media, news and politics. He also owns and operates 
History will most likely link Bush to his other famous relative President Franklin Pierce who was best known for securing the disruption of the Union and has the reputation as the worst president of the US.
It does seem that Bush is becoming more the megalomaniac type of personality almost bordering on tantrums. I enjoy your blog. Good postings!