Source: FindLaw
John W. Dean, a FindLaw columnist and former counsel to the president, pens a great article on why George Bush is becoming a very dangerous president.
President George W. Bush's presidency is a disaster -- one that's still unfolding. In a mid-2004 column, I argued that, at that point, Bush had already demonstrated that he possessed the least attractive and most troubling traits among those that political scientist James Dave Barber has cataloged in his study of Presidents' personality types.
Now, in early 2006, Bush has continued to sink lower in his public approval ratings, as the result of a series of events that have sapped the public of confidence in its President, and for which he is directly responsible. This Administration goes through scandals like a compulsive eater does candy bars; the wrapper is barely off one before we've moved on to another.
Currently, President Bush is busy reshuffling his staff to reinvigorate his presidency. But if Dr. Barber's work holds true for this president -- as it has for others -- the hiring and firing of subordinates will not touch the core problems that have plagued Bush's tenure.
That is because the problems belong to the President -- not his staff. And they are problems that go to character, not to strategy.
It's a very deep read, but one worth taking the time to go through. Especially his comments on an "October Surprise" as everything is going to hell with this administration and a Republican-controlled Congress right now.
As the 2006 midterm elections approach, this active/negative president can be expected to take further risks. If anyone doubts that Bush, Cheney, Rove and their confidants are planning an "October Surprise" to prevent the Republicans from losing control of Congress, then he or she has not been observing this presidency very closely.
What will that surprise be? It's the most closely held secret of the Administration. How risky will it be? Bush is a whatever-it-takes risk-taker, the consequences be damned.
Who knows what this year's "swift-boat-like" (October Surprise?) incident will be.
Rest assured that Karl Rove is hard at work trying to find a good spin on the Pandora's Box George Bush and his failing leadership has unleashed upon all of us.
Tags: [John Dean], [former counsel to the president], [Bush], [Bush is becoming a very dangerous president], [October Surprise], [swift boat incident], [the Karl Rove spin factor]
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