Bush in the bunker

From the Nelson Report (subscription) via Huffington Post.

Sometimes insider gossip seems to confirm what all us outsiders think we're seeing, so, for what it's worth...we're hearing that some big money players up from Texas recently paid a visit to their friend in the White House. The story goes that they got out exactly one question, and the rest of the meeting consisted of The President in an extended whine, a rant, actually, about no one understands him, the critics are all messed up, if only people would see what he's doing things would be OK...etc., etc.

This is called a "bunker mentality" and it's not attractive when a friend does it. When the friend is the President of the United States, it can be downright dangerous. Apparently the Texas friends were suitably appalled, hence the story now in circulation.

How far is this from "the swagger?" The bully has been broken, and now all the insecurities are coming out. It's never pretty.

I was thinking last night that we still have 20 months left of this presidency. 20 more months.