The president was "mad"

[eleny]

This choice of words by Clarke to describe the president's manner has been gnawing on me. Does anyone else remember him using the word "mad" during his interview on Hardball last night (Wednesday)? Matthews just played it for Biden to illustrate another point. But Clarke said that when the shrub told him to find a connection between 9/11 and Iraq, Clarke said Bush* was mad. And everyone present in the room would also probably agree that "he was mad".

What gets to me about it is that it's far too colloquial a word to describe anger - at least for Clarke. And I sort of wonder if he was trying to imply or color the shrub as a madman. Especially after listening to Randi Rhodes' interview this afternoon with the author, Kevin Phillips. They discussed how Bush's base is the religious right that believes in "the rapture" and all that stuff. So when Bush* says that god told him to attack Iraq, he's validating scripture.

I know that the religious related stuff has been discussed here at DU. It's the "mad" that stuck with me since last night. And btw, I think Clarke is smart enough to imply madness in this way. If it's true that he chose that word on purpose, I think it's pretty cool.

[CatWoman]

1. as in the Madness of King George

yep, that chimp has gone ape

:D

[AndyTiedye]

2. Mad Cowboy Disease

has been running rampant

[Vickers]

6. Omigawd!

"Mad Cowboy Disease"

You owe me one keyboard.

Back on topic: if Clarke was saying "mad" as a way of implying mentally unstable, that is pretty sly.

[izzie]

3. I have seen a lot of these religious nuts that seem mad.

I have met alot in Alaska and they were really something. It is like they have one track minds. One young man would not read his history book but would read the Bible and said that had all the history we needed to know.One class the preacher came to class as he did not like what they were teaching. I felt I was back in the South with all that type around once more. They would do the most unlikely things that no one else would do.It is just some thing you run into every place and they are going to preach, even if you do not like it. If you come from NE where people leave you alone it is a shock at first.They do seem somewhat mad.

[Ksec]

4. Mad means insanity.

He could have used angry but he used Mad. I guess his intention was to say bush is freakin looney toons.

[ezee]

5. Clarke

was saying that after * told him to find out if Saddam, Iraq, Clarke said that they would and that they had and that it would not come back that it was Saddam. He then said that * was mad at that answer. At least thats the way I heard it.
Clarke never did say anything in his book about the pResident being mad. This issue Clarke describes in his book on Page 32 starting at the 3rd paragraph