In the light of the evidence reviewed here, it is evident that Bush's marked tendency towards rage
episodes, public fits of anger, and obsessive fixations has not subsided. Indeed, Bush'suncontrollable temper tantrums have been if anything more severe during October and November, (^)
1991, as his presidency began to buckle under the strain of the economic depression Bush was
unable and unwilling to overcome. We must therefore conclude that the treatment received by Bush
for his thyroid condition during May, 1991 and the successive months has not remedied the mental
and cognitive disturbances which were at the root of Bush's psychosomatic affliction, Basedow'sdisease. This means that Bush's health, and most especially his mental health, must be considered a (^)
decisive issue for the 1992 presidential campaign. Citizens must accordingly set aside White House
propaganda statements and carefully consider the advisability of returning to the White House an
individual who has demonstrably experienced psychotic episodes during his tenure in the White
House, and who has presented no convincing evidence of remission.
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NOTES:
- "Tough and Tender Talk," People Weekly, December 17, 1990, p. 52.
- Anton Chaitkin, Treason in America, (New York, 1985), p. 476 ff.
- Cited in Chaitkin, p. 478.
- Elizabeth Drew, Portrait of an Election, (New York, 1981), p. 106.
- J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, (New York: Bantam, 1986), p. 1.
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise, New York: Scribners, 1960), p. 128.
- Mary McGrory, "The Babbling Bush," Washington Post, September 29, 1988.
- Mary McGrory, loc. cit.
- Maureen Dowd, "The Language Thing," The New York Times Magazine, July 29, 1990.
- Maureen Dowd, loc. cit.
- Maureen Dowd, loc. cit.
- David Hoffman, "Reading Bush's Lips," Washington Post, December 4, 1988.
- Maureen Dowd, op. cit.
- David Hoffman, op. cit.
- David Hoffman, loc. cit.
- David Hoffman, loc. cit.
- Maureen Dowd, op. cit.
- David Hoffman, op. cit.