Maybe Capital Hill Blue was Onto Something

The have reported a couple of times on the volatile nature of Bush's White House. Now current events add some credibility to their position.

It's a standing joke among the president's top aides: who gets to deliver the bad news? Warm and hearty in public, Bush can be cold and snappish in private, and aides sometimes cringe before the displeasure of the president of the United States

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The reality, say several aides who did not wish to be quoted because it might displease the president, did not really sink in until Thursday night. Some White House staffers were watching the evening news and thought the president needed to see the horrific reports coming out of New Orleans. Counselor Bartlett made up a DVD of the newscasts so Bush could see them in their entirety as he flew down to the Gulf Coast the next morning on Air Force One.

How this could be how the president of the United States could have even less "situational awareness," as they say in the military, than the average American about the worst natural disaster in a century is one of the more perplexing and troubling chapters in a story that, despite moments of heroism and acts of great generosity, ranks as a national disgrace.

This is very scary, the staff is afraid to tell the President the truth.

This long bit by Evan Thomas is damning, and displays a totally disfunctional process.

We see how Bush's management style made sure he blew it.