Kucinich Doubts Bush's Mental Sanity

PHILADELPHIA -- Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich questioned President Bush's mental health in light of comments he made about a nuclear Iran precipitating World War III.

"I seriously believe we have to start asking questions about his mental health," Kucinich, an Ohio congressman, said in an interview with The Philadelphia Inquirer's editorial board on Tuesday. "There's something wrong. He does not seem to understand his words have real impact."

Kucinich, known for his liberal views, trails far behind the leading candidates in most Democratic polls. He was in Philadelphia for a debate at Drexel University.

Bush made the remarks at a news conference earlier this month.

He said: "I've told people that if you're interested in avoiding World War III, it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing them (Iran) from having the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon."

Kucinich said he doesn't believe his comments about the president's mental health are irresponsible, according to a story posted on the newspaper's Web site.

"You cannot be a president of the United States who's wanton in his expression of violence," Kucinich said. "There's a lot of people who need care. He might be one of them. If there isn't something wrong with him, then there's something wrong with us. This, to me, is a very serious question."

In response, Republican National Committee spokesman Dan Ronayne said it was hard to take Kucinich seriously.

Comments

[NATIONALSECURITY4US]

10:29 PM on 10/31/2007

You know Kucinich is no better...

Dennis was told about these crimes long ago & did nothing 2 resolve them...

Just like Edwards talking about how it's time 2
tell the truth = BULLSHIT...

Everyone but Richardson was contacted by me about these event in some way form or fashion..

Here's a breakdown

Dodd / Clinton / Obama + all of the others received a E.F.F. email dated 1/22/2006 from me
about not re-newing the patriot act along with the story of what has happened...

Edwards was told as well as Kerry 2 use the info. as ammo against bush at the Miami debate or LOSE THE ELECTION = they didn't = they lost.

Edwards was faxed / phoned about this...Then left the Senate after defeat...

Kucinichs' office was called / mailed & sent a large manilla envelope containing 10+ pages of
a variety of things pertaining to these crimes.

Biden was sent a official e-mail from within his website well over a year ago & told that the STATE DEPT. WILL continue 2 suffer 1 heart-ache after another until their debt is settled.

Same goes 4 repubs. side with all the Senators running & rudy was likely told.

People running 4 pres. who were in Congress in
6/2004 & onwards were sent 1/22/2006 E.F.F. e-mail both in house/senate...

SO THERE IS THE TRUTH THESE WEASELS WON'T TALK ABOUT...

NOW LET'S SAY THE SHOE WAS ON THE OTHER FOOT LIKE 1 OF THEIR CHILDREN / RELATIVES DID WHAT I
DID === WOULD THEY BE SILENCE THEN OR TELLING
THIS TALE TO HI-HEAVEN...

http://360.yahoo.com/caspereraser1

[HearNoWeasel]

01:50 PM on 10/31/2007

What Bush does may look insane. But it makes good sense after reading an article that addresses this point-by-point: "Facsist America, in 10 Easy Steps",
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=5487
Compare that to immunity for spying on US citizens in FISA, the "issues" with Mukasey, the latest Blackwater immunty. It's illuminating.

[Ravenlea]

10:19 PM on 10/31/2007

Actually, I think Bush really is crazy. Cheney and others who help manipulate him from the shadows are a different kind of crazy/evil. Whether they are crazy nuts or crazy like foxes or a mix of both, they are bad news for this country and the world. Good article, by the way and, yes, very illuminating.

[Nova16]

12:49 PM on 10/31/2007

Bush is either a neurotic or a psychotic. A neurotic believes that 2+2=5. A psychotic knows that 2+2=4, but he's damn mad about it. Bush probably is a a sociopath with a Napoleonic complex. Regardless, his paranoia has increased as his popularity and poll numbers have decreased over the past few years as the American people have recognized his failed policies and programs to be unacceptable. This is causing him to be isolated from and annoyed with the American people and his frustration is creating a personality based on arrogance and intolerance to any who confront his position on issues. Not a good situation for a democracy requiring a clear headed, rational thinking leader.

[FreedomCorpse]

11:16 AM on 10/31/2007

Yes Dennis, the war criminal in chief does have a problem, its diagnosis is best left to the psychiatrists and courts at the hague. It all reflects quite poorly on the US. But reflects even worse on House and Senate which does nothing.

[Ramirez]

10:37 AM on 10/31/2007

The Democrats major platform for eight years has been simply, "I hate Bush." All of them need different ways to frame their hatred and they need news and creative ways to say it.

The meme of "Bush is crazy" was inevitable, and it was expected that a fringe candidate (who has nothing to lose) would be the one to say it.

In the end, it don't mean nothing. It's just an anklebiter talking smack.

[Ravenlea]

11:24 AM on 10/31/2007

I'm inclined to think that anyone who this far into the Bush presidency can still defend him and his administration - who/which, among other things, lied us into an unjustifiable war and then totally bungled the follow-up, who have violated the constitution over and over, who think it's ok to torture other human beings and to lie about doing it... is either blind or a little crazy him or her self.

Kucinich is hardly an ankle biter. He's very smart and has a lot to offer and considering the fact that the press barely ever gives him any coverage, he's doing quite well: http://www.dennis4president.com/go/newsroom/kucinich-rides-wave-of-improving-poll-results-into-presidential-debate/

[Ramirez]

04:03 PM on 10/31/2007

As a fringe candidate, Kucinich can say anything he wants and no one will think anything about it one way or the other. Now he is saying the president is crazy. Oooookay. So, is his rhetoric "over the top"? Hmm. Is there media discussion over his remarks? No. Does the White House express outrage and demand a retraction? No.

Why? Because no one cares.

[TomasDolor]

11:33 AM on 10/31/2007

Well, Ramirez shows up one more time to give his right wing take down.
If the leader of the most powerful military in history has invaded Iraq, is circling Iran with a full complement of warships and missiles, and is talking about starting WWIII, which invading Iran just might do, it's not just "another anklebiter", it's the truth as seen by the most informed analysts in the world. That is, we are on the verge of World War III, and, our president seems to be doing everything he can to start it. So in the humble opinion of quite a few of us, maybe even a majority, that is a crazy thing to do.
American patriots choose to bring our troops home, not invade other countries, mend our fences, take care of our own sadly neglected country.

[MilwaukeeDan]

10:16 AM on 10/31/2007

Kucinich is the only politician who has the balls to say what more than 50% of the country thinks."There's something wrong. He doesn't seem to understand his words have real impact". Exactly Dennis, everytime I see this guy, I expect him to break out and start speaking in tongues, conversing with jeebus, or whoever he speaks with. Do a poll and see what the people say. This man is insane.

[ReasonIsMyReligion]

09:50 AM on 10/31/2007

Bush insane?

"Welcome to the club of the rest of us" as Calamity Jane used to say on Deadwood.

[SunshineDaydream]

10:41 AM on 10/31/2007

kucinich is not new to the club.

[helonias]

09:36 AM on 10/31/2007

Maybe its a beautiful mind thingee from Babs

[Doofus]

09:08 AM on 10/31/2007

Just because Bush is crazy, does
NOT mean Iran isn't out to get US.

On the other hand...

Kucinich/Paul - Tag Team 2008 - They ARE the Man!

[MilwaukeeDan]

10:18 AM on 10/31/2007

Please explain how Iran is out to "get us".

[Doofus]

10:16 PM on 10/31/2007

It's an allusion to a Groucho Marx line:
'Just because you're paranoid doesn't
mean someone's not out to get you.'

Certainly, Iran only wants to be our friend.
Our 'bridge over troubled water', so to speak.

[average joe]

10:37 AM on 10/31/2007

I swear to God I saw a flying saucer me and skirley mac. I told you he's smokem crack.

[SunshineDaydream]

10:42 AM on 10/31/2007

speak english much?

[jake106]

09:05 AM on 10/31/2007

Pot, meet kettle.

[Dansden]

08:13 AM on 10/31/2007

Mental health implies that a person has the capability for a balanced perception of reality. BUSHY was born on THIRD BASE and thought he hit a HOMER.....

His parental inluence TELLS THE WHOLE STORY- he NEVER had a CHANCE for MENTAL HEALTH! When parents do NOT allow their progeny to experience tha consequences of their actions then those children are reared they are INVINCIBLE, SPECIAL and BETTER than OTHERS- when , in reality, they are MUCH INFERIOR to others in reality judgment, self-esteem issues and compatibility relational needs. A CHIEF ENABLER is required to be the spouse or significant other because they do not have the capacity to judge reality in ANY WAY except through their INORDINATE and INADEQUATE EGO!!

[CologneCitizen]

05:33 AM on 10/31/2007

It doesn't matter if he is insane or not.

Everybody will agree he is an incompetent, stupid person. I have seen no press conference where he has handled an unexpected question with: knowledge, confidence or style. Whenever he gets stuck, ( and this happens a lot ) he tries to make fun of the situation, which is an old trick. You realize, he has no clue what the question meant. Unless instructed before, there is no way he could talk ad lib about history, finances, whatever, you name it.

He is not capable of "selling" anything, unless he sells it to people who are even dumber than he is.

[realitytrumpsbull]

05:27 AM on 10/31/2007

I don't think Bush is nuts, I think he's an
asshole. Same difference, though, I guess,
but starting a war with Iran is just plain
Not Right. Kucinich DOES however, have a point
when he starts talking about impeachability,
not for reason of insanity, but for blatant
illegality of some of the crap that's gone on,
and then there's the Blackwater story, and
then there's the money, and I'm not even
sure I really want to know the Rest Of The
Story, but there are some problems and that's
what Kucinich should focus on if he's talking
impeachment. For Congress to go forward on
impeachment, it's going to take some serious
convincing and well-documented arguments,
and, even if all the info is right, there'
still the issue of The Money. There's some
pretty greasy hands out there, in Congress-land,
tens and hundreds of billions of dollars
involved, so who's going to sign something
that'd derail the Perpetual Neverending Gravy Train? Also, if we end up owing deed and title
on the country to China, what did we win, exactly, in this 'war on terror'?

We live in Interesting Times, made moreso
by long-standing public corruption and Other Problems. I guess the consolation prize is
that there are other crooked countries out
there, too, I have zero faith in the EU
in terms of their ethics and honesty, you
saw how fast they printed 180 billion dollars
to cover over their involvement in the whole
US mortgage thing, there's some pretty crafty
people out there that wouldn't mind watching
OUR country take a face-plant, so in some
ways Bush is just the PBIF, the Poor Bastard
In Front, but in other ways this administration
has been pretty licentious, too. Then, there's
oil, black gold, billions and billions and
someone please exhume Carl Sagan so we can
have someone that can count...

[unclebucky]

12:43 AM on 10/31/2007

Hm.

There is not a clean line between insanity and civility. Not a single reliable measurement that one could use to evaluate someone's mental health. It is an art, an obscure art, not a science.

But with Bush, Kucinich is spot on. Dumbya probably let it be known very, very early, when he said: "Well *I'M* the President now." and "If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvUEsm0wNIA

Ugh.

--UB.

[VOTER]

11:41 PM on 10/30/2007

Dennis will not get the nomination.

However, he gets the Medal of Freedom for saying

aloud what we all know to be true.

[Macready]

05:59 AM on 10/31/2007

He definitely does Voter ... impeachment is the only answer . . . the sickness of the bush/cheney regime is criminal and has destroyed America

[wanked]

06:17 AM on 10/31/2007

Kucinich WILL get the nomination IF YOU VOTE FOR HIM...and SUPPORT his campaign. He is NOT far behind in the polls.He is in FIRST place in the DNC poll, and in 4th place in many national polls, and climbing. Corporate media fears him like the plague because he speaks the truth to power. BUSH IS A SICK MUTHAF#CKA. He is unable to realize the consequences of his actions upon others.