In a message dated 8/26/2005 1:09:15 PM Central Daylight Time, mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx writes: White House aides scramble frantically behind the scenes to hide the dark mood of an increasingly angry leader who unleashes obscenity-filled outbursts at anyone who dares disagree with him. Hi, I am not sure that this is really new. We "watcher" types recognized (especially during the election year) that Bush had 'handlers' and the visual we had was that they would sit in a little room and smack their foreheads with their hands every time he would say or do something that was just plain strange or weird or mean or ... It is part of who he is--part of the persona of being a 'regular' guy which has been portrayed. Has no one read any of the comments by the people who get, themselves (if they are lucky), just 2-3 weeks of annual leave a year? There is a lot of vicarious living going on through our president (there was, too, via Bill Clinton, as well) In order to deal with his comment on this last vacation when he snapped that he needed to have a life beyond the presidency and to take care of it--his aides began spinning that he was going to spend 'quality time' with his wife. The spinning and the 'fixing up' of what he says is NOT new. In addition to admiring his 'handlers' (I do believe that he has the best ever...even better than Bill Clinton's -- and his were pretty good, too--but Al Gore's were not...and even I could have handled John Kerry better than HIS handlers...not that he did much 'wrong', but he has done lots 'right' and no one even knew...<sigh>) What is intriguing, to me, is people make comments that NOW they are liking him -- because he is making obsentity-filled comments and losing his temper. So, here's a thought. Maybe, even, his 'losing it' is also part of The Plan...after all, the stories of late are about how people are getting so so upset about so much (remember the guy who was killed because of a drive-off at the gas station--the drive-offs are occurring more and more and people are getting crankier and crankier ... so they need either to project it onto someone [ie Bush and his policies] or to be directed to put them onto someone else [if you are a Bush Handler and can find a grand target, deserved or not] OR to have that emotion 'matched' so that it can then be better 'handled' and then either directed elsewhere or diffused. (if it is not part of The Plan, then I would say, via observation, that Bush's handlers are so good at what they do that they are going to take what the Universe has offered, give thanks and then use it to and for their own uses...) (if you read what The Watchers read <g> though I was reading a book today whereby they are called Scanners...and there are actually companies who do this...it's where, I decided, I probably should be working...that or in the intelligence business who also hire Scanners...as it is something I do as a hobby...) Watching and Scanning, Marlena in Missouri