] In press conferences, TV ads, and interviews this year, ] President Bush has manifested a series of ] psychopathologies: an abstract notion of reality, ] confidence unhinged from facts and circumstances, and a ] conception of credibility that requires no correspondence ] to the external world. Tonight, as he vowed to stay the ] course in Iraq, Bush demonstrated another mental defect: ] incomprehension of his role in history as a fallible ] human agent. Absent such comprehension, Bush can't fix ] his mistakes in Iraq because he can't see how or even ] that”he screwed up. ] ] Here's how Bush, in his speech this evening, described ] Iraq's place in history: Very good read as to the perception of Bush and his policies. MSNBC - About last night |