Bush: Drunk with power, fanatical, dangerous: "A sensational account of an imploding George Bush is making the rounds.... "In meetings with top aides and administration officials, the President goes from quoting the Bible in one breath to obscene tantrums against the media, Democrats and others that he classifies as 'enemies of the state.' ... Thompson says he's interviewed, off-the-record, a number of White House staffers who talk of Bujsh declaring that his decisions are "God's will" and then tells aides to "fuck over" anyone they consider to be an opponent of the administration.""

"One aide says the President actually described the decision [to fire Tenet] as "God's will. God may also be the reason Attorney General John Ashcroft, the administration's lightning rod because of his questionable actions that critics argue threatens freedoms granted by the Constitution, remains part of the power elite. West Wing staffers call Bush and Ashcroft 'the Blues Brothers' because "they're on a mission from God." "The Attorney General is tight with the President because of religion," says one aide. "They both believe any action is justifiable in the name of God."

"The always testy Bush, now on a hair-trigger, flames out aides, calling them "fucking assholes" in front of other staff, or, of anyone he sees as critical, "unpatriotic" or "anti-American."

Bush: Drunk with power, fanatical, dangerous: "A sensational account of an imploding George Bush is making the rounds.... "In meetings with top aides and administration officials, the President goes from quoting the Bible in one breath to obscene tantrums against the media, Democrats and others that he classifies as 'enemies of the state.' ... Thompson says he's interviewed, off-the-record, a number of White House staffers who talk of Bujsh declaring that his decisions are "God's will" and then tells aides to "fuck over" anyone they consider to be an opponent of the administration.""

"One aide says the President actually described the decision [to fire Tenet] as "God's will. God may also be the reason Attorney General John Ashcroft, the administration's lightning rod because of his questionable actions that critics argue threatens freedoms granted by the Constitution, remains part of the power elite. West Wing staffers call Bush and Ashcroft 'the Blues Brothers' because "they're on a mission from God." "The Attorney General is tight with the President because of religion," says one aide. "They both believe any action is justifiable in the name of God."

"The always testy Bush, now on a hair-trigger, flames out aides, calling them "fucking assholes" in front of other staff, or, of anyone he sees as critical, "unpatriotic" or "anti-American."