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Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President Hardcover – June 15, 2004

by Justin A., M.D. Frank (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Harper; First Edition edition (June 15, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0060736704
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060736705
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.9 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (137 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsWe are in BIG trouble.
By A Customer on June 28, 2004
Format: Hardcover
I'm 56, a grown woman descended from a long line of Republicans, including a
multi-term Republican State Senator.
Actually I had voted for a Republican candidate in every
Presidential election since I was 21 years old.
But when George W. Bush was running for President I saw a History Channel
documentary during which one of "W"'s oldest friends was being interviewed. The man
merrily related an anecdote he considered hugely amusing...
To make a long story short, although former First Lady Barbara Bush had
suggested to her new daughter-in-law Laura that it would be unwise to ever
criticize "W", Laura Bush made the mistake of doing just that.
Once.
It was during the period of time when Bush was newly entering politics. He gave
a speech that Laura had listened to very carefully.
Driving home from the political rally, George asked his young wife how she
thought he did.
She told him honestly that she didn't think he had done as well as he might
have.
The friend relating the story laughed that Bush was so furious at Laura's criticism
that he drove clean through his back garage wall and right out the other side
of the building.
The friend of George Bush who related the story thought it absolutely hilarious.
I didn't find it the least bit funny.
What I did think, was that it suggested a major character flaw and a horrifying
lack of self control.
And I found the very idea of that kind of flaw in a Presidential candidate to
be very unsettling.
And the idea of a violent, uncontrolled response to nothing more than a minor
criticism left me extremely uncomfortable with the idea of having George W.
Bush at the helm of this country.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsFool me twice... Can't get fooled again
By Edwin C. Pauzer VINE VOICE on March 29, 2006
Format: Hardcover
Without a personal interview, I believe all a psychiatrist can tell about a subject, in most cases, is whether he is alive or dead. But then, there's George Bush. While the author spoke in paradigms I did not understand or accept, he brought up some interesting events and behaviors in the life of George Bush that literally crawl with clues:

The loss of his sister, and not being told she died until after the fact. (Guilt?)

Putting firecrackers up the behinds of bull frogs and lighting the firecracker. (Psychopathic?)

His temper tantrums on the golf course. (Infantile? Can't get his own way.)

Following his mother's advice not to use the same word over and over, he gets a Thesaurus to find another word for tears. He adds to his essay, "The lacerates came streaming down her face." (Learning disability?)

Telling a college professor that the poor are lazy, and wish to remain that way. (Limited thought processes?)

As governor he presided over more executions, more than any other in the state's history. One was a woman who had been domestically abused by her husband for eighteen years. Even prominent religious leaders pleaded on her behalf. George let her die. (Again, psychopathic?)

As governor he received another plea from a murderer to have her execution stayed. He play-acted a woman pleading for her life, to a stunned (conservative) commentator named Tucker Carlson. (Again, really psychopathic?)

His rather simple and linear thinking. Responding to the question why terrorists hate us, he said, "They hate our freedoms." (Inability to think in complex abstracts?)

George cannot read the line: ".... shame on me." The type was quite clear. His inability to admit a mistake.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsIt's even worse than we thought
By Ryan M. Moore on March 7, 2006
Format: Hardcover
Picture a 7 year-old boy with a 3 year-old sister. Tragically, the 3 year-old sister has just died only a few months after being diagnosed with leukemia. However, the parents never told the boy about his sister's illness; they simply told him not to play with her. The girl dies on a trip to the East Coast that the parents have undertaken in an attempt to find treatment for her. On the day after her death, her parents play golf (!) They attend a small memorial service the next day, but there is no funeral. It seems that the parents have a hard time dealing with death, because 4 years earlier the woman's mother had been killed in a car accident, yet she did not attend her own mother's funeral service. Meanwhile, the boy has no idea his sister is dead, or even that she is sick, until the parents arrive back in Texas and finally break the news to him. In the ensuing months the mother's hair literally turns white, but otherwise the woman whose cold, disciplinarian personality has led her family to label her "The Enforcer" represses all signs of grief. The father is literally absent most of the time as he focuses on his political career.

As he gets older, the boy starts having trouble in school. It's obvious that he has some sort of learning disability and attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder. But the problems go unacknowledged and untreated because his parents have nothing but contempt for psychology. It's not necessarily that the boy is dumb, it's that he's unable to regulate his negative feelings, and it takes so much effort and manage his overwhelming anxiety that there's no energy left for thinking. He is impulsive and makes snap decisions because he is easily paralyzed by too much information or complexity.

As a young man he starts drinking heavily.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Great insight from a psychoanalytical point of view.

Published 20 months ago by David W. Whitten
2.0 out of 5 starsgreat joke gift

got this as a joke gift for my dad

Published 22 months ago by Peggy Dalberto
5.0 out of 5 starsI can't post what I truly think, as,

with what has become of our republic, the thought police might break down my door... and it's too expensive to replace. The number of stars will have to speak for themselves.

Published on February 20, 2014 by Sir Readsalot
2.0 out of 5 starsNot that great

After a while it became very boring and repetitive
Note: I'm not right wing at all.
I am a psychologist.

Published on January 27, 2014 by Dr. J.C.
1.0 out of 5 starsHatchet job

Bush on the Couch: a first-rate psychoanalytical hatchet job. It took me less than 60 seconds to find a list of Dr. Read more

Published on October 31, 2011 by Zach B.
5.0 out of 5 starsThoughtful, original analysis

Most political books these days are devoid of substance and promote an agenda, both on the Republican or Democratic side. Read more

Published on September 12, 2011 by D. Jones
4.0 out of 5 starsA competent professional analysis, but I preferred THE PRESIDENTS...

This is a fine book, with great intelligence on display. I just thought it was repetitive and a little dry--and in the end, that Dr. Frank seemed a little biased. Read more

Published on February 13, 2009 by Bibliophile
4.0 out of 5 starsExcellent Forensic Psychoanalysis of our President

Bush on the Couch was a well-researched forensic psychoanalysis of President George W Bush. Many of the insights were quite interesting. Read more

Published on December 23, 2008 by R. Edwards
4.0 out of 5 starsA Very Disturbing Look ...

This is one of the most disturbing books I have ever read. It is a disturbing look into a president's mind and it also reaffirms my belief that our current president has some... Read more

Published on December 20, 2008 by rebelmomof2
5.0 out of 5 starsThe Prez is mentally unfit for office. Magnificently direct case.

This book MUST be read. The explosive truth about our unbalanced, addicted, alcoholic president is so staggering it must be experienced. Read more

Published on November 25, 2008 by C. Johnson

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